Question: When did the fur trade began in canada?

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context: The North American fur trade was industry and activity related to the acquisition, trade, exchange, and sale of animal furs in North America. Aboriginal peoples in Canada and Native Americans in the United States of various regions traded among themselves in the pre–Columbian Era. Europeans participated in the trade from the time of their arrival in the New World, extending the trade's reach to Europe. The French started trading in the 16th century, the English established trading posts on Hudson Bay in present-day Canada during the 17th century, while the Dutch had trade by the same time in New Netherland. The 19th-century North American fur trade, when the industry was at its peak of economic importance, involved the development of elaborate trade networks.
question: When did the fur trade began in canada between Aboriginal peoples in Canada and Native Americans in the United States?
short_answers: pre–Columbian Era
wikipage: North American fur trade

context: No context provided
question: When did the French fur trade began in canada?
short_answers: the 1500s

16th century

1530s and 1540s

sixteenth century

context: The North American fur trade was industry and activity related to the acquisition, trade, exchange, and sale of animal furs in North America. Aboriginal peoples in Canada and Native Americans in the United States of various regions traded among themselves in the pre–Columbian Era. Europeans participated in the trade from the time of their arrival in the New World, extending the trade's reach to Europe. The French started trading in the 16th century, the English established trading posts on Hudson Bay in present-day Canada during the 17th century, while the Dutch had trade by the same time in New Netherland. The 19th-century North American fur trade, when the industry was at its peak of economic importance, involved the development of elaborate trade networks.
question: When did the English fur trade began in canada?
short_answers: 17th century
wikipage: North American fur trade

context: The North American fur trade was industry and activity related to the acquisition, trade, exchange, and sale of animal furs in North America. Aboriginal peoples in Canada and Native Americans in the United States of various regions traded among themselves in the pre–Columbian Era. Europeans participated in the trade from the time of their arrival in the New World, extending the trade's reach to Europe. The French started trading in the 16th century, the English established trading posts on Hudson Bay in present-day Canada during the 17th century, while the Dutch had trade by the same time in New Netherland. The 19th-century North American fur trade, when the industry was at its peak of economic importance, involved the development of elaborate trade networks.
question: By when had the Dutch fur trade began in canada?
short_answers: 17th century
wikipage: North American fur trade

context: The North American fur trade began as early as the 1500s with Europeans and First Nations and was a central part of the early history of contact between Europeans and the native peoples of what is now the United States and Canada. In 1578 there were 350 European fishing vessels at Newfoundland. Sailors began to trade metal implements (particularly knives) for the natives' well-worn pelts. The first pelts in demand were beaver and sea otter, as well as occasionally deer, bear, ermine and skunk.
question: When did the fur trade began in canada between the europeans and First Nations?
short_answers: 1500s
wikipage: Fur trade

Long answers:
long_answer:  The fur trade began in North America between Aboriginal peoples in Canada and Native Americans in the United States, in the pre–Columbian Era. Later in the 1500s, trade between Europeans and First Nations began. The French started trading in the 16th century, the English established trading posts on Hudson Bay in present-day Canada during the 17th century, while the Dutch had trade by the same time in New Netherland.

knowledge: content: Many indigenous peoples soon came to depend on the fur trade as their primary source of income and European-manufactured goods.
wikipage: North American fur trade
long_answer: The North American fur trade was industry and activity related to the acquisition, trade, exchange, and sale of animal furs in North America. Aboriginal peoples in Canada traded fur among themselves in the pre–Columbian Era. Europeans and First Nations began trading fur in Canada in the 1500s. The French started trading in Canada in the 16th century and the English and Dutch began trading in Canada in the 17th century. Many indigenous peoples depended on the fur trade as their primary source of income.