Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 August 2022
What is this thing called Canada? The second-largest country in the world geographically, it is a loose-jointed construction that seems to lack the cohesion that many other nation-states enjoy. It is so vast that it is difficult to grasp the whole; some provinces are nations unto themselves. One is at a loss even to establish a founding moment in Canada’s past. While 1867 works for the four original provinces in “confederation,” this date serves less well for other areas of northern North America that were later induced to join the improbable experiment in nation-building.
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