Explore Indigenous Cultures in Canada Through Tourism
The name “Canada” is based on the Huron-Iroquois wordkanata, which means “village.” Misinterpreting the directions he received from two Indigenous youth back in 1535, explorer Jacques Cartier used the word “Canada” to refer to the region governed by chief Donnacona near what is now called Quebec City. “Canada” eventually became the name for all the land at the top of the North American continent.