1856 in Canada
Years in Canada: | 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 |
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Years: | 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 |
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Events from the year 1856 in Canada.
Incumbents
- Monarch — Victoria
Federal government
Governors
- Governor General of the Province of Canada — Edmund Walker Head
Premiers
- Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada —
- Canada West Premier
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- Canada East Premier
- Canada West 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 31 – John Oliver, politician and Premier of British Columbia (died 1927)
Deaths
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