1845 in Canada

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Events from the year 1845 in Canada.

Incumbents[]

• Monarch: Victoria

Federal government[]

• Parliament: 2nd

Governors[]

• Governor General of the Province of Canada: Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham
• Governor of New Brunswick: William MacBean George Colebrooke
• Governor of Nova Scotia: Lucius Cary, 10th Viscount Falkland
• Civil Governor of Newfoundland: John Harvey
• Governor of Prince Edward Island: Henry Vere Huntley

Premiers[]

• Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada —
  • William Henry Draper, Canada West Premier
  • Samuel Harrison, Canada East Premier

Events[]

• Halifax native Samuel Cunard chooses Boston as the western terminus for his steamships.
• Lord Cathcart, the new governor, arrives.
• The sits.
• The Welland Canal is opened.

Births[]

January to June[]

• January 9 – Laure Conan, novelist (died 1924)^[1]
• January 14 – Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Governor General of Canada (died 1927)
• February 13 – William James Topley, photographer (died 1930)
• April 5 – Leonard Burnett, politician, farmer and teacher (died 1932)
• May 4 – Louis Henry Davies, lawyer, businessman, politician and 3rd Premier of Prince Edward Island (died 1924)

July to December[]

• July 9 – Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, Governor General of Canada (died 1914)

John Sparrow David Thompson

• July 20 – Charles-Eusèbe Dionne, naturalist and taxidermist (died 1925)
• August 6 – John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll, Governor General of Canada (died 1914)
• November 10 – John Sparrow David Thompson, lawyer, judge, politician, and 4th Prime Minister of Canada (died 1894)
• December 15 – Edward Charles Bowers, politician (died 1929)

Deaths[]

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