Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Canadian \Ca*na"di*an\, a.
   Of or pertaining to Canada. -- n. A native or inhabitant of
   Canada.

   {Canadian period} (Geol.), A subdivision of the American
      Lower Silurian system embracing the calciferous, Quebec,
      and Chazy epochs. This period immediately follows the
      primordial or Cambrian period, and is by many geologists
      regarded as the beginning of the Silurian age, See the
      Diagram, under {Geology}.