1862 in Canada

Incumbents

Federal government

Governors

Premiers

Events
  • April 7 – United Kingdom-United States treaty for suppression of African slave trade is signed.
  • May 20 – Macdonald-Cartier government falls. Free interprovincial trade granted by the Crown.
  • August 2 – Victoria, British Columbia is incorporated as a city

Full date unknown
  • The first female student is accepted into Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick
  • Smallpox sweeps through Fort Victoria area and down the length of the northwest coast, killing an estimated 200,000 First Nations people – William Duncan, an Anglican missionary on the northwest coast, establishes the village of Metlakatla with 50 Tsimshian followers, who adopt the Christian faith and a European lifestyle. By 1880, more than 1,000 converts live there.
  • Construction begins on the Cariboo Wagon Road to link coastal shipping to Barkerville and the Cariboo goldfields.

Historical Documents

1862 published letter describes Fraser River riches in the Cariboo Gold Rush[1]

Settling Indigenous people near Winnipeg is opposed by residents in 1862 published letter[2]

Arts and literature

Births

Full date unknown

Deaths

References
  1. "The Gold Diggings of British Columbia," Illustrated London News (March 29, 1862). Accessed 8 October 2017 http://personal.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/goldbc1862.html
  2. "Settling Indians in St. Paul's Parish," The Nor'-Wester, Vol. III, No. 11 (June 11, 1862), pg. 1, Manitobia – Digital Resources on Manitoba History. Accessed 8 October 2017. Two images: http://manitobia.ca/content/en/newspapers/NWR/1862/06/11/1/Ar00106.html/Olive http://manitobia.ca/content/en/newspapers/NWR/1862/06/11/1/Ar00100.html/Olive


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