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Canadian cattle

• a breed of small cattle developed in Quebec from stock brought to Canada by early French settlers.

  See also: Black Jersey  Canadian ((n.)) (def. 8b)  Canadian breed (def. 2)  Canadian cow  Canadian Jersey  French Canadian (def. 2b)  Quebec Jersey  

  • 1936  The Canadian Cattle Breeders' Association dates to 1895, and administers the publication of the Canadian Cattle Breeders' Herd Book.
  • 1941  Jacques Cartier brought cattle to the St. Lawrence on his third voyage in 1541, and some were brought by Champlain in 1608. But of enduring importance were importations between 1660 and 1665 when Colbert sought to introduce some of the best cows from Normandy and Brittany. The Canadian or French Canadian cattle which have been propagated in Quebec province practically in pure form for nearly 300 years, are the direct descendants of those seventeenth century introductions.