The genealogy research undertaken to date reveals that our
Roy-Apted ancestors migrated to Canada over the past 400 years. Among the early
pioneers were the Roy and
the Hogue
branches of the family tree who arrived in the mid1600s. During the 1700s, the Smith
branch of the Family tree came to Canada as well as the Mumford
branch. During the 1800s, the McConnell and
the Latta
branches arrived. Finally, the Apted and Duff
branches of the family tree settled here in the early 1900s, shortly after the
turn of the century. Evidently, the Roy-Apted family tree has very deep roots
in Canada.
There are a variety of online portals that tell the story of
Canada and its history. For example, take a look at Canada: A People's History - Official Site,
A Brief History of
Canada - Menu - Sympatico, Canada
History in Videos, and Canada History Timeline, As
well, refer to the Portal Canada – Wikipedia and
the Portal
History of Canada – Wikipedia, from which the following excerpts are
drawn.
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The land that is now Canada was
inhabited for millennia by various groups of Aboriginal peoples.
Beginning in the late 15th century, British
and French
expeditions explored, and later settled, along the Atlantic coast. France ceded
nearly all of its colonies in North America
in 1763 after the Seven Years' War. In 1867, with the union of three British North American
colonies through Confederation,
Canada was formed as a federal
dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces and territories
and a process of increasing autonomy from the United
Kingdom. This widening autonomy was highlighted by the Statute of Westminster
of 1931 and culminated in the Canada
Act of 1982, which severed the vestiges of legal
dependence on the British parliament.
Canada is a federation
that is governed as a parliamentary democracy
and a constitutional monarchy
with Queen Elizabeth II
as its head of state. It is a bilingual
nation with both English
and French as official languages at the federal
level. One of the world's highly developed countries,
Canada has a diversified economy that is reliant upon its abundant natural
resources and upon trade—particularly with the United States, with which Canada
has had a long and complex relationship.
It is a member of the G7,
G-20, NATO, OECD,
WTO, Commonwealth,
Francophonie,
OAS, APEC, and UN.
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