1848 in Canada

Years in Canada:	1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851
Centuries:	18th century · 19th century · 20th century
Decades:	1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s
Years:	1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851

Events from the year 1848 in Canada.

Incumbents

Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada —
- William Henry Draper, Canada West Premier
- Samuel Harrison, Canada East Premier
Premier of Nova Scotia — James Boyle Uniacke

January 2 – Maple sugar is made in St. Anselme.
January 15 – Wellington and Commissioners streets in Montreal are flooded.
January 27 – Ploughing about Bathurst and Beckwith.
March 4 – The so-called Great Ministry of Robert Baldwin and Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine begins.
May 15 – MP's vote themselves 50 pounds each for 25 days.
July 5 – Run on the Savings Bank, Montreal, followed by re-deposit.
September 20 – Opening of the Jesuits' College, Montreal.

January 19 – John Fitzwilliam Stairs, entrepreneur and statesman (died 1904)
February 4 – James Brien, politician and physician (died 1907)
February 24 – Grant Allen, science writer, author and novelist (died 1899)
March 7 – Isidore-Noël Belleau, politician and lawyer (died 1936)
March 24 – Honoré Beaugrand, journalist, politician, author and folklorist (died 1906)
April 14 – James Walker, jurist
April 23 – George Clift King, politician and 2 Mayor of Calgary (died 1935)
May 20 – Joseph-Aldric Ouimet, politician (died 1916)
July 18 – Hugh Graham, 1st Baron Atholstan, newspaper publisher (died 1938)
October 23 – Joseph Tassé, politician (died 1895)
November 24 – William Stevens Fielding, journalist, politician and Premier of Nova Scotia (died 1929)
December 21 – George Boyce, politician (died 1930)

February 1 – John Neilson, publisher, printer, bookseller, politician, farmer, and militia officer (born 1776)

Years in Canada:	1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851
Centuries:	18th century · 19th century · 20th century
Decades:	1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s
Years:	1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851