1829 in Canada

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Events from the year 1829 in Canada.

Incumbents[]

  • Monarch: George IV

Federal government[]

  • Parliament of Lower Canada: 13th
  • Parliament of Upper Canada: 10th

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[]

  • January 4 – Sir , Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada founds Upper Canada College, as a feeder school to the newly formed University of Toronto and a home for the colony's upper class.
  • November 30 – construction of the first Welland Canal is completed.

Births[]

  • May 28 – A. B. Rogers, surveyor (died 1889)
  • June 7 – Joseph Godéric Blanchet, politician (died 1890)
  • July 10 – Louis-Adélard Senécal, businessman and politician (died 1887)
  • August 1 – John James Fraser, lawyer, judge, politician and 4th Premier of New Brunswick (died 1896)
  • December 5 – Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, politician, Minister, 4th Premier of Quebec and Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia (died 1908)

Deaths[]

  • June 6 – Shanawdithit, last recorded surviving member of the Beothuk people of Newfoundland (b. c1801)

References[]

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