1830 in Canada

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Events from the year 1830 in Canada.

Incumbents

• William IV (starting June 26)^[2]

• Parliament of Lower Canada: 13th
• Parliament of Upper Canada: 10th (until March 6)

Governors

• Governor of the Canadas: James Kempt
• Governor of New Brunswick: Howard Douglas
• Governor of Nova Scotia: Thomas Nickleson Jeffery
• Civil Governor of Newfoundland: Thomas John Cochrane
• Governor of Prince Edward Island: John Ready

Events

• Influenza epidemic strikes tribes of British Columbia.
• Canada is divided into counties.
• William Lyon Mackenzie re-elected to the Assembly with a Reform minority.
• Ridout's Hardware Store, later known as Aikenhead's Hardware opens in Toronto.

Births

• March 1 – James Armstrong, politician (died 1893)^[3]
• August 7 – Thomas White, journalist and politician (died 1888)
• November 18 – Michel Auger, politician (died 1909)

Full date unknown

• Crowfoot, a chief of the Siksika First Nation (died 1890)
• Benjamin Allen, politician (died 1912)

Deaths

• June 24 – François Blanchet, author, physician, teacher, militia officer, businessman, seigneur, politician, office holder (born 1776)
• September 6 –
  Mennonite settler and miller who founded Waterloo, Ontario (born 1772
  )