The first settlers in Canada were both French and English. During these early settlement years the land was divided into colonies which were called the British colonies. However, in the 1860s there were many problems amongst the colonies. At that time, the Province of Canada (Ontario and Quebec) faced problems due to a division amongst the English and French speaking people. Each colony also needed to develop a larger market to sell its products and a railroad was part of this. The reason that the railroads were needed was because they wanted to increase the trading among different colonies. Colonies were going bankrupt trying to put in railroads alone so joining together they would have enough money. During this time there was also a military
