| Years in Canada: | 1769 1770 1771 1772 1773 1774 1775 |
| Centuries: | 17th century · 18th century · 19th century |
| Decades: | 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s |
| Years: | 1769 1770 1771 1772 1773 1774 1775 |
Events from the year 1772 in Canada.
Incumbents
- Monarch: George III
Governors
- Governor of the Province of Quebec: Guy Carleton
- Governor of Nova Scotia: Lord William Campbell
- Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: John Byron
- Governor of St. John's Island: Walter Patterson
Events
- Samuel Hearne explores Coppermine River to Arctic Ocean.
- HBC Mathey Cocking, to Blackfeet country west of Eagle Hills.
- The Hudson's Bay Company opens Cumberland House on the Saskatchewan River.
- James Cook and George Vancouver explore the northwest coast of America.
- The Yorkshire emigration begins with the arrival of 62 passengers aboard The Duke of York.
Deaths
- September 30: Jean-Louis Le Loutre, priest, Spiritan, and missionary (born 1709)