1856 in Canada

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Events from the year 1856 in Canada.

Incumbents[]

• Monarch — Victoria

Federal government[]

• Parliament — 5th

Governors[]

• Governor General of the Province of Canada — Edmund Walker Head

Premiers[]

• Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada —
  • Canada West Premier
    • ,
  • Canada East Premier

British North America Colonies[]

• Colonial Governor of Newfoundland — Charles Henry Darling
• Premier of Newfoundland — Philip Francis Little
• Governor of Nova Scotia — John Gaspard Le Marchant
• Premier of Nova Scotia — William Young
• Governor of New Brunswick — John Manners-Sutton
• Premier of New Brunswick — Charles Fisher
• Governor of Prince Edward Island — Dominick Daly
• Premier of Prince Edward Island — John Holl

Events[]

• Mar 30 - British Empire's Crimean War ends
• May 15 – Creation of the village of Embrun, Ontario.
• Formation of the British Methodist Episcopal Church (BME), an all Black church.
• The Grand Trunk Railway opens its Sarnia-Toronto-Montreal line.

Births[]

• May 16 – Charles Melville Hays, railway executive (died 1912)
• May 20 – Eliza Ritchie, feminist
• July 6 – Kate Simpson Hayes, playwright and legislative librarian (died 1945)
• July 31 – John Oliver, politician and Premier of British Columbia (died 1927)

Deaths[]

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