The Vikings were the first Europeans to reach Canada about 1,000 years ago.

Discover Canada records this in one direct sentence. The guide writes: The Vikings from Iceland who colonized Greenland 1,000 years ago also reached Labrador and the island of Newfoundland. The remains of their settlement, l'Anse aux Meadows, are a World Heritage site. The statement the test asks about is therefore TRUE.

Three commitments in one sentence. Discover Canada commits Viking arrival in Canada to THREE specific facts: the Vikings came from Iceland, they had colonized Greenland 1,000 years ago, and they reached Labrador and the island of Newfoundland. So the Vikings were not just travellers but a colonising people who had already established themselves in Greenland before reaching Canadian soil.

The settlement is named and protected. Discover Canada commits the Viking settlement in Canada to a specific archaeological site: l'Anse aux Meadows, on the island of Newfoundland — and identifies it as a World Heritage site. So the Viking presence in Canada is not legend but documented archaeology, internationally recognised by UNESCO World Heritage status.

Vikings predate other European arrivals. Discover Canada writes that "the ancestors of Aboriginal peoples are believed to have migrated from Asia many thousands of years ago. They were well established here long before explorers from Europe first came to North America." So Aboriginal peoples were here first, but among Europeans, the Vikings were the earliest to reach Canada — about 1,000 years ago. Other Europeans came much later: "European exploration began in earnest in 1497 with the expedition of John Cabot, who was the first to draw a map of Canada's East Coast." So Cabot's voyage came roughly 500 years after the Vikings — meaning the Vikings preceded the broader European exploration era by half a millennium. Jacques Cartier (1534–1542) and Samuel de Champlain (founding Québec City in 1608) came still later. So when the test asks about the Vikings being the first Europeans to reach Canada about 1,000 years ago, the answer aligns with the source's plain commitment: TRUE.

The question is testing whether new citizens know the Vikings reached Canada about 1,000 years ago. Discover Canada commits to one historical fact: the Vikings from Iceland (who had colonized Greenland 1,000 years ago) also reached Labrador and the island of Newfoundland. The right test answer is therefore TRUE.

FALSE would contradict the guide's explicit statement. The Vikings are named as the European arrivals from 1,000 years ago, with their settlement at l'Anse aux Meadows surviving as a World Heritage site. So TRUE is the answer.