The site was originally established in order to protect the French fishing interests in Newfoundland and the approaches to the French colony of Canada.

French colony of Canada, (1685-1699)

French colony of Canada, 1534-(1609-1763)

In summer 1847, Toronto, then a small city in the British colony of Canada, was swamped by an influx of 40,000 famine refugees from Ireland.

Around the time of the various colonies of Canada entering into the agreement for confederation.

French colony of Canada, (1668-1763)

When the war ended he left the newly formed United States of America for New Brunswick in the British colony of Canada.

French colony of Canada, (1634-1763)

When the much larger colony of Canada fell in 1759, deportation was seen as less practical.

The French colony of Canada was, during the greater part of the last century, and some part of the present, under the government of an exclusive company.