1713 in Canada

Events from the year 1713 in Canada.

Incumbents

• French Monarch: Louis XIV
• British and Irish Monarch: Anne

Governors

• Governor General of New France: Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil
• Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville then Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
• Governor of Nova Scotia: Francis Nicholson
• Governor of Plaisance: Philippe Pastour de Costebelle

Events

• The Treaty of Utrecht. The French cede Newfoundland and the Hudson Bay region. They retain Cape Breton Island and Île Saint-Jean (Prince Edward Island).^[1]
• Treaty of Utrecht cedes French Acadia, Newfoundland, Hudson Bay and the "country of the Iroquois" to England.
• The Treaty of Utrecht ends Queen Anne's War, confirming British possession of Hudson Bay, Newfoundland and Acadia (except Île-Royale Cape Breton Island). France starts building Fortress Louisbourg near the eastern tip of Île-Royale.

Births

• Jean Baptiste de La Vérendrye born September 3, the eldest son of Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye (died 1736).
• Michel Bénard, councillor of the conseil souverain.

Deaths

There were no relevant deaths during this year in Canada.

References