Colonial history, in Canada, has evolved from a country condemning First Nation’s people to what Canada is now. It is a country recovering from past mistakes and recognizing the mistakes the whole country has made to all indigenous people. Throughout the years, Canadians have become more educated about the difference between aboriginal people and other ethnicities.

Canadians have learnt that the problems aboriginal people face are mainly caused by a chain effect, originating from European racism. The education and knowledge of this information that are spread, nationwide, provide for a chance to fix past mistakes and bring a new generation of relationship between all Canadians.

When Canada was first settled, by the French, they were forced to make relationships with the First Nation peoples, because of the lack of knowledge the Europeans had about the landscape, geography and of the climate. In 1497, John Cabot discovered Newfoundland and recorded that the people living there looked like they were suited for labour. They were taller (would make good slaves) and they were savage. Before leaving, he established the fur trade which was the limit of European and Aboriginal relationship. Jacques Cartier sailed throughout the St. Lawrence and founded Montreal, in 1534. When Samuel de Champlain first sailed to New France, in 1603, he relied, mainly, on native knowledge, thus creating a stronger bond between the Hurons and the colonies and becoming enemy with the Iroquois. The relationship between the two nations evolved to a European dominated country where First Nations were assimilated into European ways of life.

The Aboriginal people were not the only ones mistreated by Europeans. All non-white immigrants were treated with little or no respect. When Chinese men came to find work and create a new life for themselves, along with their family, they were seen as tools.