1794 in Canada

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Events from the year 1794 in Canada.

Incumbents[]

  • Monarch: George III

Federal government[]

  • Parliament of Lower Canada1st
  • Parliament of Upper Canada1st

Governors[]

  • Governor of the Canadas: Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester
  • Governor of New Brunswick: Thomas Carleton
  • Governor of Nova Scotia: John Wentworth
  • Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: John Elliot
  • Governor of St. John's Island: Edmund Fanning
  • Governor of Upper Canada: John Graves Simcoe

Events[]

  • 1794 – Baranov builds first vessel in northwestern America at Voskres-senski on Kenai.
  • Jay Treaty establishes neutral commission to settle border disputes between United States and Canada; restores trade between the United States and British colonies of Canada; also guarantees Indians free movement across the border.
  • June – Close of a session of the Canadian Legislature, which began in November last. Only six acts have been passed. Public accounts are first published for tax-payers' information.
  • June 29 – Petition of Free Negroes.

Births[]

  • Daniel Tracey, doctor, journalist and politician (died 1832)

Deaths[]

  • March 26 – Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra, naval officer, explorer, administrator (born 1744)

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