加拿大原是英国的殖民地,但最早在这里建立殖民地的是法国人而不是英国人。英国人与法国人争夺对北美的控制权,于1763年打败法国,占领魁北克。1867年7月1日,魁北克等东部四殖民地在渥太华成立联邦式“加拿大自治领”,成为北美第二个独立国家,但最高行政权仍归英王。最早获得开发并处于领先地位的是加拿大的东部地区。联邦 Canada was originally a British colony, but the earliest here to establish a colony of French rather than British. The British and French raced for control of North America, defeating France in 1763 and occupying Quebec. July 1, 1867, Quebec and other four eastern colonies set up a federal “Canadian Dominion” in Ottawa and became the second independent nation in North America. However, the highest administrative power still belonged to the King of England. The earliest developed and leading is the eastern part of Canada. federal