1832 in Canada
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Events from the year 1832 in Canada.
Incumbents
- William IV[1]
Federal government
Governors
- Governor of the Canadas: James Kempt
- Governor of New Brunswick: Sir Archibald Campbell, 1st Baronet
- Governor of Nova Scotia: Thomas Nickleson Jeffery
- Civil Governor of Newfoundland: Thomas John Cochrane
- Governor of Prince Edward Island: John Ready
Events
- January 1 – William Lyon Mackenzie readmitted into the Legislative Assembly after being expelled
- February 25 – The first railway charter in Canada is issued for the Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad.[2]
- March – Attempted assassination of William Lyon Mackenzie at Hamilton.
- March 30 – Bank of Nova Scotiais founded
- May 21 – Election riots at Legislative Assemblyfor Montreal West.
- June – The immigrant ship The Carrick arrives in Quebec filled with Irish immigrants. A few of these immigrants are ill with cholera, which becomes an epidemic in Lower Canada and Upper Canada.[3]
- June 20 – Eighty-eight deaths from Asiatic cholera are reported at Montreal.
- November – 1832 Newfoundland general election.
- December – A meeting, at Toronto, proposes annexation of the District of Montreal to Upper Canada.
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- 7,800 French-Canadians are killed by the cholera epidemic – 3,800 in Quebec and 4,000 in Montreal. Meetings of French Canadians attribute the cholera to British immigrants, 52 000 having arrived in that same year.
- The City of Montreal is incorporated. Heretofore an out-port of Quebec, it becomes a port of entry.
- William Lyon Mackenzie leaves for England with 25,000 names on the petition advocating more powers for elected representatives, with little result. He is expelled from the Assembly and re-elected while away.
- The Rideau Canal is opened after six years of construction.
Arts and literature
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Births
- January 1 – David Oppenheimer, entrepreneur and 2 Mayor of Vancouver (died 1897)
- January 9 – Félix-Gabriel Marchand, journalist, author, notary, politician and 11th Premier of Quebec (died 1900)
- March 27 – Roman Catholic priest and educationist (died 1900)
- April 30 – Wilfrid Prévost, lawyer and politician (died 1898)
- August 15 – Lucius Richard O'Brien, painter (died 1899)
Deaths
- July 18 – Daniel Tracey, doctor, journalist and politician (born 1794)
Historical documents
Extensive geographical description of "Indian territories" from
racial stereotypes)[4]
Prince Edward Island society described in terms of class and ethnic (English, Scottish, Irish, Acadian) stereotypes[5]
Fur trading rivalry in Saguenay region makes trade of little value to any but Indigenous people, who "will soon be extinct"[6]
References
- ^ "William IV". Official web site of the British monarchy. 15 January 2016. Archived from the original on 21 September 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- ^ Churcher website, Colin. "Significant Dates in Canadian Railway History". Archived from the original on 2006-08-29. Retrieved 2011-08-02.
- ^ http://www.cbc.ca/history/EPISCONTENTSE1EP7CH1PA5LE.html The Carrick
- ^ Joseph Bouchette, "Chapter II" The British Dominions in North America; Vol. I (1832), pgs. 27-60. Accessed 22 August 2021
- ^ Joseph Bouchette, "Chapter XI" The British Dominions in North America; Vol. II (1832), pgs. 176-8. Accessed 22 August 2021
- ^ Joseph Bouchette, "Saguenay, river" A Topographical Dictionary of the Province of Lower Canada (1832), image 282. Access 22 August 2021