well, in the beginning, Canada was called british North America because britain owned it and the british had started to colonize it before anyone had. they were in fact the first people to immigrate to canada.
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I guess they started in 1497 but by the 1500's they had several settlements. A good date to use is 1583 as that settlement, St John's is still there but the British were active well before that.
some cultural groups supported britain
Great Britain had the biggest empire and the Germans were jealous and they wanted some of the land so when Germany were building up their navy Great Britain got worried that they were gonna come and take their land so they joined the triple entente because then he had backup if that did happen.
The USA used threats and promises to get Britain to agree that the USA should take whatever land they wanted. Though they had purchased only two islands off the coast of Canada, they took all the land needed to block the Yukons access to the ocean and taunted Canada to respond. Canada, particularly Ontario and Quebec, did not feel it worth defending their western province and allowed the USA to take land that was rightfully British Columbia's.
because of the money Britain was getting from the slave trade
in france and britain.