1817 in Canada

Incumbents

Federal government

Governors

Events

  • February 4 – Francois Page petitions for monopoly of navigation of Lower Canadian Rivers, by an invention of which he produces a model.
  • February 18 – Mr. McCord reads a petition for the deepening of the St. Lawrence.
  • February 28 – One Goudie and others petition for a monopoly of navigation of Lake Champlain, in Canada, as like U.S. monopolists injure Canadian Commerce, by trading into Canada.

Full date unknown

  • Famine in Newfoundland due to poor postwar economy.
  • Nova Scotia population estimated at 78,345.
  • David Thompson takes post as chief surveyor for International Boundary Commission.
  • The Rush-Bagot Agreement limits the number of battleships on the Great Lakes to a total of eight.

Births

Full date unknown

Deaths

  • November 23 – James Glenie, army officer, military engineer, businessman, office holder, and politician (b.1750)
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