Many people(especially Canadians) have commented about the use of the word "Eskimo" on the map. It has a much more controversial historical context in Canadian history, compared to its usage in Alaska and the continental United States; that I did not know about. This appears to be significantly due to the fact that the Canadian government issued "Eskimo tags" which had a number instead of the bearer's name that was used for official purposes. I would be interested to read anyone's experiences or knowledge on this topic to give further context. The word Inuit simply means people, while the etymology of Eskimo is unconfirmed according to the below article. In my opinion, the word "Eskimo" is not inherently inappropriate-However given it's historical context especially in Canada it harkens back to when it has been used in a bigoted context. I would be especially interested to read any opinions from any Inuit/indigenous Arctic people and thier opinions on the term. Below are two articles that someone has posted in the comments that you can read to get more context on this issue. www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/04/24/475129558/why-you-probably-shouldnt-say-eskimo www.vice.com/en_ca/article/xd7ka4/the-little-known-history-of-how-the-canadian-government-made-inuit-wear-eskimo-tags

Welcome to Canada. Where many lives were once lost in the Beaver Wars, and a Department Store once owned half of our country's territory.

I'm from the Netherlands and my grandma lived through the second world war. She always told me about our liberation by the Canadians. It led to some of her siblings moving there and she and my mom visited them very often. They even tried to move there themselves. When I was nine, I first went there. A beautiful country, thank you so much for liberating us! Love from the Netherlands

Thank you Canadá for welcoming me 20 years ago, best decision I have ever taken. With gratitude, work everyday and trying to be better people for our son and our community, the way we believe we can pay back for what Canada did for us. Canada is our home.

Nicely put together in just 10 minutes. As much as my mother and father were born here, I happened to be born in the UK, and never really got a good lesson on the history of Canada. This was very enlightening, and I'm proud to be a citizen of Canada for the last 22 years. I'm amazed the country is only 38m in population, as I would have thought most of the world would want to live in this great country. Thanks for the time and effort you put into this quick history lesson.

"The English and the French did not coexist peacefully." That's a great summary of 90% of Anglo-French relations Jeez y'all need to chill with the political nonsense. Apparently I need to spell this out: this is a joke about the frequent wars between the Kingdom of England, later the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Kingdom (Republic or Empire) of France. It has nothing to do with the demographics of Canada, or whatever situation you may feel is in Quebec, besides that the English and French fought over Nouvelle France/Quebec a couple times, a few hundred years ago.

Canadians still call it 'The Seven Years' War'. As do the Europeans. Literally only the USA refers to it as 'The French and Indian War'.

Just a comment to educate any viewers interested: Micmac is actually spelled Mi'kmaq and is pronounced "Mig-maw". Additionally, us Mi'kmaq traditionally referred to ourselves as L'nu, meaning people of the tongue or language. Our traditional territory of Mi'kma'ki actually covers all of the Atlantic provinces, up to the Gaspe région of Quebec, as well as a portion of Maine.

This is a really great video. I wish Epimetheus would do more like it, about many other countries. I'm especially interested in learning how Ancient Rome became modern Italy and, as well, about Ancient to modern Egypt. So little is ever said/written about these types of changes.

I was not born in Canada but the life that it made possible for me to create is something I would die and defend for. This is the greatest country in the world.

As a stateless, Canada welcomed me 30 years ago, and I still feel I won a lottery. A brave and beautiful country not afraid to bring people from all over the world, especially refugees. My wonderful adopted country is a model for the world, I would give my life to protect it’s values.

we Americans refer to Canadians as our good friends from the north. i been to Canada several times and I think the Canadians are friendly and great people . all my visits i really enjoyed and been all over Canada. i like the fact that most Canadians don't talk at you from a distance they generally like to get closer the speak . great manors from great people. thank you Canada.

Thanks for the video! I was sitting here and realized I had no clue about Canadian history. This has satisfied my initial curiosity and left me interested to learn more.

As a Mexican, I really love Canada. So knowing about their history is nice.

I'm American. We couldn't have asked to have a better neighbor to our North.

Thank you for a very well done video. You very respectfully summarised Canada's history.

For the Canadian flags proposed but didn't make the cut, I like the idea of the second one as it acknowledges both our French and British history/heritage. However, I also love the idea of the third flag where it has the three maple leaves. Glad that they stuck with the one we have now. That's the one I'm used to. Also, you didn't mention that Nunavut was the last territory to confederate to Canada in 1999. However, for a video that summarises Canadian history in ten minutes, you did a great job. Most people will find a point of interest such as Canada during World War I and would just find books or google up the information anyway. Or if interested in information about Confederation, they'd just look that up and would learn about the dates each province and territory joined Canada.

I am Canadian and you forgot one really important thing. Nunavut became is own territory in 1999.

"If some countries have too much history, WE, have too much...geography!..." Canadian PM Mackenzie King in 1936

Great vid. You've got a gift for effectively fitting long histories into short videos without making it seem too light on detail.

Very interesting. I had forgotten a lot about our history. I intend to take a look deeper... Thank you for the short version... NB, CA

The only country in the world who gained their independence simply by asking nicely. Proud to be Canadian :)

How dare you show Wayne Gretzky on the rangers

Great job! Comprehensive yet succinct. A really good resource for my Canadian history class. Thank you.

I'm Mexican but I love Canada I hope I can study in Canada someday and get my PR

Being American and hearing that most Canadians know More about the Us than we know Canada I wanted to try and understand a bit of their history so thank you.

The Viking Village mentioned at the beginning of the video was inhabited for about 10 years. It was established as a staging grounds to gather material from the other maritime provinces. Abandon because tension with the local Beothuk people, and supply lines. I been to the site a couples times in l'anse meadows, so cool there. A must see on the west coast of the island!

I live in the province of Quebec, my ancestors can be traced back in the 17th century from Eastern French :)

Great show, very informative, on the flags #2 encapsulates the history best

Samuel de Champlain was never mentioned in this video HE"S THE FOUNDER OF NEW FRANCE

I’m from Canada, and every time I hear about our history, I never know if I want to route for the English or the French.

Learn something new every day, wasn't aware Canada was stretching from quebec to the gulf of mexico, that tripped me out. South part of canada was called lousiana and that explains the french in new orleans, I always wondered about that.

*The video is very good, the historical knowledge about the war is good and easy to absorb. I hope the channel grows more and more🤗🤗🤗🤗*

I’m a Mi’kmaq from Nova Scotia. I wouldn’t want to live in any other province but here. What we lack in jobs, health care or hope, we make up for with a life style that’s second to none and a simple beauty and a thousand beaches that fit out coast line. The province I like to visit most is Quebec. I love Montreal but love Quebec City like no other. If I were fluent in French I would love to live there. This video is a very good Cole’s notes version on the history of Canada. But if you come to the east coast, I would pronounce it “new FIN land” and just for the hell of it pronounce scallop “ sk-all- up” not “sk-al-op”. Cheers

I really love Canada 🇨🇦🇨🇦🍁 From Brazil 💚💛/-🇧🇷

Useful history perspective. I am 7th generation Canadian. Happy and proud to be Canadian. My ancestors arrived from Ireland with a grant of land near Peterborough Ontario. They cleared and settled the land. I grew up on a farm that was a consolidation of several original land grants. I think Ontario is a great place to live. All the provinces and territories have something good to offer. I think BC would be a great place to live. I enjoy the maritime provinces. Canada is a land of tolerance, diversity and opportunity. We need to work to protect our democracy against the trend towards fascism that is advancing in too many EU nations and the US.

Canada is a wonderful country .It's history is glorious ,people is welcoming. I love Canada by heart.

To everyone complaining about things missed: any country’s history in 10 minutes is obviously going to be a bit short of comprehensive. Even Canada’s, though admittedly we might come the closest. We’re pretty boring, but that’s because boring history usually makes for better actual living, as opposed to the Chinese curse ‘may you live in interesting times’. Both the US and UK look mighty interesting at the moment; thank God we aren’t that kind of fun. Anyways, I get pointing out inaccuracies, but coming into a The History of _____ in 10 minutes to list off things missed seems a bit silly.

I’ve been to Montreal. I’m a native English speaker who’s fluent in Spanish and French. I was amazed the amount of Spanish speakers I met there. An amazingly multilingual area and I loved it.

Thanks so much for this! Brilliant information 👏

It was soo interesting to watch and listen! Thanks a lot!

Lol You're definitely not Canadian. You pronounced it "New-Found-Land". Thats WAY too proper and exact sounding. We pronounce it like "Noofin-land".

You forgot to say that the constitution was ratifyed at 3AM in a hotel room, where the pre-minister of Québec was not invited.

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A few other random comments: 1. Most of Canada is on treaty territory that belongs to First Nations. It has become practice in Canada to ask permission of a First Nation before new development takes place on their land. Lengthy consultation with First Nations groups usually proceeds any new industrial development. 2. Much like President Obama put a moratorium on industrial development in the Arctic, Canada followed suit in 2016. This has created much anger and division in Arctic communities, which are mostly Gwich'in, Dene or Inuvialuit, as it has ended their primary income sources: Oil and gas development, and diamond mining. Canada's federal government focuses more on climate change than it does on the economic development of the north. Many First Nations communities are only reachable by plane, as there's no roads into communities, and do not have potable water so boil water advisories are in place. To say the Canadian North is neglected is the understatement of the century. 3. Canada in general is experiencing severe housing issues, particularly in the cities of Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal, but most other major cities are also experiencing it. As Canada has a negative birth rate, the government relies on immigration for population growth. Immigration tends to be intentionally designed to bring in people who have little to no qualifications, for the purpose of filling employment areas Canadians will not touch. This is, in a sense, wage slavery. Combine it with the housing crisis that exists, and housing starts that cannot keep up with population growth, and you have both a housing crisis and race hate occurring in the country at an alarming rate. 4. Politically, the major newspaper chain in Canada is owned by GOP Republicans, and the Conservative Party of Canada has close ties to the GOP, especially Trump loyalists. The media in Canada has turned into a Liberal hate machine, with constant angry messages directed to the Prime Minister and ruling party. This is amplified by most provinces having Conservative leaders, and provincial Premiers intentionally doing the opposite of the federal government in an order to create an atmosphere of public rage against the government. There has been a recent assassination attempt against the Prime Minister which Canadian media refuse to call an assassination attempt. The Deputy Prime Minister was attacked in a hospital she went to visit in her home town. The RCMP, Canada's police force, is running out of officers to provide security for elected officials, because the threat of violence of death is very real. Canadians are in general an angry, paranoid and vile group of people at this time, because of the amount of rage farming taking place by the media and the Conservative Party. 5. While I am not a supporter of the Conservatives, a confusing aspect of Canadian politics is Canada is perhaps the most blessed country in the world when it comes to natural resources: trees, oil, gas, water, space for solar or wind farming, 75% of the world's uranium supply and the world's safest and biggest nuclear power station, plus Canada is known for developing clean technologies such as carbon capture making oil, gas and coal all viable. The world is currently experiencing an energy crisis which could easily be solved by Canada, but the Canadian government is blocking this from happening. Canada also has perhaps the greatest reserves of mining materials, which are once again being blocked by government. Canada could easily be the richest country in the world per capita, and have the ability for mass immigration of highly educated and skilled workers, but our government is not willing to do this. As Canada is experiencing high inflation, it is baffling to most Canadians as to why we don't take advantage of our resources in this time of economic need. 6. A final thought on Canada: When powers were handed out between federal and provincial jurisdiction 100 years ago, the provinces were given control of the areas the feds felt with less important - health care, schools, social programs. 100 years later and the important portfolios are at the provincial level. A number of provincial leaders, who are Conservatives, are finding ways to outsource as much health care delivery as possible as a way of busting unions, doing the same with education as a way to break the union and greatly decrease what teachers are paid, and eliminating as many social programs as possible, putting the onus on non-profit agencies to help people. Provincial governments are proving to be devastating and are redefining Canada into a country where there is very little kindness, empathy or care for children, seniors, and those with physical or mental illness. Canada is slowly becoming a disgusting country, and the blame for this mess has been placed entirely on Prime Minister Trudeau, who in truth is neither a good or a bad Prime Minister.

As a Manitoban, I heartily endorse this video. We actually celebrate Louis Real day every February, & there are multiple statues of him around our capitol, Winnipeg. I get the sense that Epimetheus isn't a Canadian, but this is still a decent history summary for me. I've found it quite a challenge to learn my own country's history, compared to how much I've learnt about US history through edutainment. I think Canadians have a lot less pride in our history--& in a way, I'm learning that that's not necessarily a bad thing. I feel like we have been ashamed of parts of our past--our relationships with the indigenous peoples, for example. Too ashamed to look back & try to gloss over it. But unless you want to get into the controversial, & the depressing, you're not going to really learn anything. There is much that's good, too, I think.

My history teacher : *teaches Canada’s history* This video : I’m about to end this mans whole career

As a Canadien Aboriginal, our country is beautiful. The natural resources here are always fought over and still are today. Not by armies, per say, but big corporations. Being Cree I will always be proud of Canada and gradually how we are trying to reconcile the nations great people. VIVA ABORIGINAL CANDIEN.

Increadible video man, BIG thank you!

I live in Ontario my dad's family comes from Saskatchewan and as much as I enjoy poking fun at the French my best friend is French and Canada just wouldn't be the same without Quebec I love living here we have a beautiful country to explore

Yay! My country 🇨🇦♥️🇨🇦♥️🇨🇦

Great video and very informative and clear. I am going to share it.

Newfoundland is great and unique. Also liked Nova Scotia, Ontario and Quebec. Very friendly people and amazing landscapes.

A joke I've heard in Alberta about Saskatchewan goes like this, "Don't live in Saskatchewan, Because if your wife leaves you, you'll see her walking away for two days."

As an Australian I appreciated this educational video. Thank You so much.

This was a very good overview of the whole subject. One small mistake is that the poster you show when you begin talking about World War II is a World War I poster. The soldier has a gun with a bayonet, a weapon that had become obsolete by 1939.

Thank you so much for the video mate

I was born in Montreal, QC but have lived in Victoria, BC for over 50 years. While I do miss my home town and it's unique features I truly love living on Vancouver Island. I am proudly Canadian.

Great TLDR video, it's a bit more complex than that, but yeah it's not really easy to fit in 400 years of history into a 10 minutes while going deep into details, so props to you, you did great job!

Good summary! I like the red maple leaf with the blue side bars on either side of the flag instead of the red side bars; these would be a nod to the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans as well as a nod to the red white and blue of the Union Jack.

As a Canadian (born and raised by Norwegian born parents), the most dreadful fact is that, at 40 years old, I am just now learning the history of Canada with such detail and accuracy. We have no patriotism in this country or passion for our history, and even on Canada Day, the events and gatherings are nothing like USA or Norway. Thank you for producing this great video. The fact Canada started off deep into the USA, prior to borders being drawn, and the various nations trying to take over until Canada was officially its own thing, is fascinating

I visited Canada in 2018 and fell in love. The diverse culture and the acceptance of thy diversity. Canadians are wonderful people. I live in Puerto Rico 🇵🇷. I hope to travel again and stay longer. 🤗

I'm a French Metis from Manitoba. I love my country and my province. I hope healing will happen after all the trauma of colonization is faced and dealt with. I'm proud of how welcoming our country has become to people who immigrate here. I hope the future is positive for Canada!

Amazing video. Subscribeddds

Thank you for this video!

Hey! Just wanted to let you know Ottawa was not initially delegated as the capital of Canada. Instead, Kingston ON was established as the capital in 1841 but Canadian forces realized it was way too close to the American border and moved to Ottawa in 1844.

I'm from Victoria, British Columbia. Born and raised. My mom has british ancestry, and my father has german/blackfoot ancestry.. I'm just so glad they incorporated Vancouver Island into Canada, and didnt exclude us to the U.S.!! 😳😳

Very informative! Much I do remember from school and some of your points I was unaware of. Great job. Would have liked to have had something about the Residential School system and it horrific impact on Indigenous peoples

Cool video man

Epimetheus I enjoyed the Short History of Canada that you brought to us through this Video.It is not meant to be comprehensive but still gives us an outline which included the most important events in Canadian History bring us down to Canada today. Thank you for the well done Narration and the effort and research to put this together.

Much love to Canada from the UK. Got family out there in Alberta

Thanks for making this it really helped with writing my homework essay.

Canada was discovered by the Spanish wayyyyy before anybody else. Sailors from the Northern Basque region(s) of Spain even have place names in Labrador and New Foundland to this day along with the Basque Flag in the Coat of Arms and Flag of St. Piere and Miquelon.

I’ve liked the simplicity of the Canadian flag and after seeing the other options I still feel they chose the right design This is just an opinion of somebody from the USA

Great vid for memorizing historical highlights

Wait, California has a larger population than Canada?

Friend, I think you forgot to mention that the absolute last territory that was made in Canada was Nunavut in 1999. Part of the territory of the northwest territories was taken to be able to shape that territory into what it is today.

To cover that much information in 10 minutes is frankly excellent. Yes, we do not use the terms Eskimo for the Inuit and Dene, nor do we use Indian for Indigenous or the First Nations, but otherwise that was a very interesting depiction of our history and I particularly appreciated the well done graphics.

Great information, thanks a lot!!

Many years ago, my family started researching their family tree. In doing so, they discovered that my generation are direct descendants the founders of Montreal. In 2011. we took a trip to Montreal and discovered their grave in the old city in the basement of a museum along the river. There is a monument in a park in the old city with their names engraved on it. My ancestors on both sides of my family originated from Canada. The founders of Montreal originated from France in the early 1600's. We were able to trace them back to Paris before the King sent them to establish the city of Montreal. I learned a lot of history on that trip.

I'm German and I'd love to visit Québec. Especially Québec-City and Montréal 😍

British Columbia is my favourite. 10 mountain ranges, Huge coastline with tons of hidden gems, big ass arid region in the okanogan with beautiful lakes, best skiing in the world, the list goes on. I also love the Alberta rockies and the foothills in Southern Alberta. Basically if you're a mountains or ocean person, I think BC is the best.

As a Canadian, I don't mean to be too correcting, but I would like it if more people in both Canada and The United States refer to their native peoples a "Indigenous" people, not Indians. I know that Colombus thought he landed in India and refered to the natives peoples as "Indian", it's just that in my opinion I don't think we should call them that. Thank you Epimetheus for doing a history video on my beloved nation! ❤

I love Totonto. I preferred the new Canadian flag now. Thanks for the heroes that started to fight fir the freedom of Canada and united the different provinces into a one country. I am proud as a Canadian citizen and enjoyed living in Toronto. I love visiting the many lovely cities and beautiful countryside of Canada.

I live in on Lake Ontario but I love visiting Quebec. Also, you forgot how Nunavut became its own territory in 1999. You also forgot to mention residential schools

I love the fact there was a beaver war between us and the french

I needed this. Either I suck at learning or my social studies teacher sucks at teaching 💀

I was born 3 years after WW2 near the German border and promptly got polio in one foot. We came to Canada when I was four and settled near Niagara Falls where we have the best fruit source and best weather (lucky) in the country. I've seen this country a few times and I fell in love with the mountains in the west. Thank goodness we now live in a modern golden age here with a superior social net.

Thank you for making good content like this. I like the alternative flags in exactly the numerical order they are presented in. The best Canadian Province to live in is the one you’re from, but I enjoy visiting Quebec the best, followed by British Columbia.

Soy chilena y estoy viviendo en Quebec, tu video fue muy útil para mi porque comprendí la importancia cultural de hablar francés aquí. Saludos!!

This is going to be one of my best history projects

as an international student from minnesota, studying in winnipeg. there are so many things i can say lol. this recent semester that started in jan of 2024, im taking INDG 1200, which is an intro to Indigenous peoples history in canada. for one, i'm not even fully locked in with the class because after every unit i learn theres this familar rage that encapulates my body. the same rage that consumes me after learning about african american history. i'm sure you can make a connection. the rhetoric of settler colonalism shall be a catalyst for the great undoing.

One important event that even many Canadians don't know to well: During the Klondike gold rush the lower Alaskan border which was not properly defined became an issue between Canada and the US due to it providing the best access to the Yukon region. Both Canada and the US agreed to allow Britain to mediate the matter, which they did by dividing the land evenly, however they failed to provide Canada with the primary concession they wanted (direct water access to the pacific). The UK had been wanting to improve relations with the US and as a result Canada felt betrayed by the UK. While the immediate effects were minor the event is significant as it is the first case of strong nationalistic sentiment largely kicking off the move towards fuller independence and notably helped the Laurier government move forward on the matter.

As always, very succinct and well made! As a Canadian, I feel you did a great job. My only constructive feedback would be that the Quebec separatist movement was a much more significant part of Canadian history than shown here, especially at the peak of tensions in the 60's and 70's with the FLQ and that was skipped to my surprise. That aside, well done and I look forward to your next video!

I love History,&as an American,wanted to learn more about Canada's roots.You did a great video--thanks🙂

For my Covid project, I did my family history and I have family members genratiosn back from like every aspect of this video. I have a few Scotts who came over to fight for the British in the civil american war then fled to Ontario. I have one English ancestor who worked for the Hudson's Bay Company as a surveyor. He married a Cree woman and their grandchildren were part of Louis Riel's rebellion, yes I'm Métis. I also have 6 ancestor who were among the first settlers in Quebec.

What about Samual de Champlain? He is pretty important in Canadian history. He’s the guy who founded Quebec City.

IT'S NEWFIN-LAND: from a Newfoundlander

New to Canada and tried learning the history of this beautiful country. I love everything about Canada.❤❤ Rich history

Well Explained 🔥