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The first Canadians were the ancestors of the Amerindians who arrived across the Bering Strait before 20,000 BC. During the last glaciations of the Pleistocene, around 8000 BC.
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The colonization of Canada was led by the French people (1608) with the foundation of Quebec.
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The British also colonized the region, especially after the Seven Years' War (1756-1763)
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Canada first joined the British Commonwealth as an independent state in 1931