Average costs and comments from CostHelper's team of professional journalists and community of users. Do-it-yourself materials to install an asphalt shingle roof on an average one-story ranch-style home (with a gently sloping roof of 1,700-2,100 square feet) can run $680-$3,700, depending on the quality of the materials.
The Origin of the Name. Manitoba. The name Manitoba originated in the languages. of the Aboriginal people who lived on the. Prairies and travelled the waters of Lake. Manitoba. These people, the Cree and Assiniboin First. Nations, introduced European explorers, traders.
The name Canada is now generally accepted as originating from the St. Lawrence Iroquoian word kanata or canada, meaning village or settlement. Related translations include land or town, with subsequent terminologies meaning cluster of dwellings or collection of huts.he French colony of Canada, New France, was set up along the Saint Lawrence River and the northern shores of the Great Lakes. Later the area became two British colonies, called Upper Canada and Lower Canada until their union as the British Province of Canada in 1841.