What European power controlled land in what is now canada

Canada was under British rule beginning with the 1763 Treaty of Paris, when New France, of which the colony of Canada was a part, formally became a part of the British Empire.

The European power that controlled the land in what is now Canada was that of the British.

Explanation:

The first colonies were set up in Canada in 1600s by the British with dominance over the trade of fur in view. By the later half of the 1700s, the British invaded the French colonies in the north to bring entire North America completely under the control of the British. These British colonies in the north were formally declared the 'Dominion of Canada' on 1st July 1867.