<P> In their 1983 book The Anglo Guide to Survival in Québec, humourists Josh Freed and Jon Kalina tied the Iberian origin theory to the phrase nada mas caca ("nothing but shit"). No historian or linguist has ever analyzed this explanation as anything more than an obvious joke . </P> <P> The demonym "Canadien" or "Canadian" used to refer exclusively to the aboriginal groups who were native to the territory . Its use was extended over time to the French settlers of New France, and later the English settlers of Upper Canada . </P> <P> European explorer Jacques Cartier transcribed the word as "Canada" and was the first to use the word to refer not only to the village of Stadacona but also to the neighbouring region and to the Saint Lawrence River, which he called rivière de Canada during his second voyage in 1535 . By the mid 1500s, European books and maps began referring to this region as Canada . Canada became the name of a colony in New France that stretched along the St. Lawrence River . The terms "Canada" and "New France" were often used interchangeably during the colonial period . </P> <P> After the British conquest of New France (including ceding of the French colony, Canada) in 1763, the colony was renamed the Province of Quebec . Following the American revolution and the influx of United Empire Loyalists into Quebec, the colony was split on 26 December 1791 into Upper and Lower Canada, sometime being collectively known as "The Canadas", the first time that the name "Canada" was used officially, in the British regime . </P>

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