Why is Canada both British and French?

Is Canada a British or French colony?

Canada is an independent country. Both Britain and France laid claims to parts of what is now Canada starting in the sixteenth century and when the country of Canada was created in 1867, it was a British dependency. But it became independent in 1931. Canada remains part of the Commonwealth of Nations.

Is Canada mostly French or British?

French is the mother tongue of approximately 7.2 million Canadians (22.8 percent of the Canadian population, second to English at 56 percent) according to the 2016 Canadian Census. Most Canadian native speakers of French live in Quebec, the only province where French is the majority and the sole official language.

Is Canada part of France or Britain?

Canada has been a monarchy for centuries - first under the kings of France in the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, then under the British Crown in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and now as a kingdom in her own right.

Is Canada is UK or not?

Canada is not part of the United Kingdom, but it is part of the British Commonwealth of Nations. The Commonwealth is an association of independent countries (known as realms within the Commonwealth) who were once part of the British Empire and have retained some connection to it.

Is Canada American or British?

Is Canada independent of France?

Is Canada independent of Britain?

Is Canada losing its French?