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1810 in Canada

Years in Canada: 1807 1808 1809 1810 1811 1812 1813
Centuries: 18th century · 19th century · 20th century
Decades: 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s
Years: 1807 1808 1809 1810 1811 1812 1813

Events from the year 1810 in Canada.

Incumbents

Federal government

  • Parliament of Lower Canada: 6th (January 29 – March 1) then 7th (starting December 12)
  • Parliament of Upper Canada: 5th

Governors

Events

  • January – A Governor declares that, in case of hostilities, a force of regulars, adequate for the defence of Canada, will cooperate with the Militia.
  • March – Le Canadien of Quebec is suppressed, for "seditious utterances." Soldiers, led by a magistrate, seize the plant and apprehend the printer. Warrants to arrest Bedard, Taschereau, Papineau, Viger and others are issued. The Governor asks: "During the fifty years you have been under British rule, has one act of oppression, one instance of arbitrary imprisonment, of violation of property, or of the rights of conscience ever occurred?"
  • August : Construction of Chemin Craig.
  • November 26 – Brewer and businessman John Molson asks the colonial government for the exclusive right to construct and navigate steam-boats, on the Saint Lawrence River, for 15 years.
  • In the United States, War Hawks advocate war with Britain, which has been harassing American shipping.
  • David Thompson builds trade houses on Pend Oreille Lake and Flathead River.
  • York magistrate Alexander Wood is embroiled in a gay sex scandal.

Births

  • September 3 – Paul Kane, artist (d.1871)
  • September 20 – George Coles, Premier of Prince Edward Island (d.1875)
  • September 29 – Hugh Allan, businessman (d.1882)
  • December 14 – Jean-Baptiste Thibault, missionary noted for his role in negotiating on behalf of the Canadian Government during the Red River Rebellion of 1869–1870. (d.1879)

Full date unknown

Deaths

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