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Updated: 10 Sep 2017
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Created byEleanor Faraone
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1496 - John Cabot Lands in Newfoundland1600 - First Permanent Settlement Established by Samuel de Champlain1660 - Radisson and des Groseillier prevented from setting up their own company by there French government.1670 - Formation of Hudson's Bay Company1779 - Formation of the North West Company1816 - Canadian Fur Trade Banned in the US1821 - Major Fur Trade Companies Merge1840 - Silk Beats Beaver Pelts in Europe1885 - The Canadian Pacific Railway1950 - Japan Enters North American Markets1993 -Canada signed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)1994 - Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA)2009 - Canada established a Free Trade Agreement with the European Free Trade Association.2013 - Canada is negotiating with Nigeria and Ghana in the area of Extractive Industries, Mining, and Infrastructure.2013 - Canada is negotiating trade agreements with China, Japan and South Korea in the area of Information and communication technologies1670 - HBC obtains trading rights for Rupert's Land1713 - Treaty of Ultrecht
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