The Canadian people are made up of different national races．The first 1 settlers of the country were the Indians．
It was said that the Indians entered this continent 2 the Bering Strait and Sea from eastern Asia at most 10,000 years 3 ．When Europeans first 4 the country．Indians were living in most of areas 5 forests．There were only 6 Indians in the provinces near the Atlantic Ocean．
The second group of people to enter Canada 7 the Eskimos．They 8 the Bering Strait from Asia less than 3,000 years ago．There are few 9 of their early movements．The first white settlers in Canada were the 10 ．They came in greatest 11 to Quebec, but also to Nova Scotia, 12 they cleared farms on the southern side of the Bay of Fundy．The French built their castles qt Quebec City, and cleared farms out of the forests in the area． 13 the time of the British conquest(征服)in 1763, there had been about 60,000 Frenchmen in Canada, 14 chiefly between Quebec and Montreal．There were not many British in Canada 15 American Revolution drove large numbers northward．
Throughout the 19th century, 16 British people came to Canada．The descendants(后代)of these people 17 England, Scotland, and Ireland now make 18 about half of the population．Around the 19 of the century people came in increasing numbers from Europe and the largest numbers came 20 Central and Eastern．Germans, Czechs, Poles, Rumanians, and Ukrainians．