1849 in Canada
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Events from the year 1849 in Canada.
Incumbents
Federal government
Governors
- Governor General of the Province of Canada — Lord Elgin
- Colonial Governor of Newfoundland — Charles Henry Darling
- Governor of New Brunswick — Edmund Walker Head
- Governor of Nova Scotia — Sir John Harvey
- Governor of Prince Edward Island — Dominick Daly
Premiers
- Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada—
- William Draper, Canada West Premier
- Samuel Harrison, Canada East Premier
- Premier of Nova Scotia — James Boyle Uniacke
Events
- January 1 – King's College becomes the University of Toronto
- February 10 – The Governor, Ministers, MPs and Montreal's council visit St. Hyacinthe, on the St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad.
- April 7 – A large fire engulfs St. Catharines, 40 km distant.
- April 25 – For sanctioning the Rebellion Losses Bill, Lord Elgin is mobbed by Tories and the Parliament House in Montreal is burned.
- May – The Hayes House in Dalhousie Square leased for Parliamentary purposes. The parliament is to sit alternately in Quebec City and Toronto.
- May 29 – Gen. Rowan, Administrator.
- July – A delegation of Anishinaabe chiefs petition Lord Elgin to address the encroachment of mining interests on the shore of Lake Superior and north shore of Lake Huron in the absence of a formal treaty.[2]
- September 17 – The Stony Monday Riot takes place in Bytown
- October 11 – The Montreal Annexation Manifesto is published
- December 26 – Electors ask J. McConnell, M.P.P. for Stanstead, if he favours annexation, which they believe will, alone, relieve depression.
Full date unknown
- The Beauharnois Canal, just southwest of Montreal is opened.
- The boundary at the 49th parallel is extended to the Pacific Ocean (bisecting Point Roberts, Washington).
- The Métis.
- An Act of Amnesty provides for William Lyon Mackenzie's return from exile in the U.S.
Births
- January 5 – Sam Steele, soldier and member of the North-West Mounted Police (died 1919)
- February 21 – Edouard Deville, cartographer and Surveyor General of Canada (died 1924)
- May 6 – Wyatt Eaton, painter (died 1896)
- July 12 – William Osler, physician (died 1919)
- July 22 – Charles Mickle, politician (died 1919)
- August 1 – George Mercer Dawson, scientist and surveyor (died 1901)
- October 17 – William Mackenzie, railway contractor and entrepreneur (died 1923)
- November 13 – Charles Constantine, North-West Mounted Police officer and superintendent (died 1912)
- November 20 – Francis Haszard, jurist, politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island (died 1938)
- November 28 – Henry Joseph Walker, politician and merchant (died 1918)
- November 30 – Lemuel John Tweedie, politician and 9th Premier of New Brunswick (died 1917)
- December 18 – Henrietta Edwards, women's rights activist and reformer (died 1931)
Deaths
- March 27 – Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford, colonial administrator (born 1776)
- October 6 – Eulalie Durocher, Catholic nun (born 1811)
References
- ^ "Queen Victoria | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- ^ Hele, Karl S. (February 10, 2020). "Mica Bay Incident". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Retrieved August 5, 2022.