1825 in Canada

none April 2026 June 2023 1825 Events from the year 1825 in Canada. Incumbents Monarch: George IVKing George IV https://www.royal.uk/king-george-iv-r-1820-1830 18 April 2016 Official website of the British monarchy Federal government Parliament of Lower Canada: 12th (starting January 8) Parliament of Upper Canada: 9th (starting January 11) Governors Governor of the Canadas: George Ramsay Governor of New Brunswick: Howard Douglas Governor of Nova Scotia: James Kempt Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: Thomas John Cochrane Governor of Prince Edward Island: Charles Douglass Smith Events January 2 – The Parliament House, in Toronto, is burned. June 27 – The Canada Company is founded September 7 – Soldiers of the 70th Regiment subdue a fire, which consumes over eighty buildings, in Montreal. September to October: The Great Miramichi Fire destroys at least 10 000 km2 to 20,000 km2 and killing at least 280 people. October 26 – US finishes Erie Canal from Buffalo to Hudson River and New York City.Anniversary of the Opening of the Erie Canal in 1825 https://www.govinfo.gov/features/erie-canal 2023-06-02 GovInfo en The Peter Robinson settlement brings 2,000 poor Irish families to Scott's Plains (now Peterborough, Ontario) Births February 24 – Richard William Scott, politician and Minister (died 1913) March 22 – Jane Mackenzie, second wife of Alexander Mackenzie, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (died 1893) March 24 – Joseph-Octave Beaubien, physician and politician (died 1877) April 13 – D'Arcy McGee, journalist, politician and Father of Confederation, assassinated (died 1868) May 25 – William Hallett Ray, politician, (died 1909) May 29 – William Henry Pope, lawyer, politician, judge and a Father of Confederation (died 1879) July 29 – Thomas McGreevy, politician and contractor (died 1897) August 12 – Louis-Charles Boucher de Niverville, lawyer and politician (died 1869) August 20 – Amor De Cosmos, journalist, politician and 2nd Premier of British Columbia (died 1897)Biography – DE COSMOS, AMOR – Volume XII (1891-1900) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/de_cosmos_amor_12E.html 2023-06-02 www.biographi.ca Full date unknown Big Bear, Cree leader (died 1888)Biography – MISTAHIMASKWA (Big Bear, Gros Ours) – Volume XI (1881-1890) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mistahimaskwa_11E.html 2023-06-02 www.biographi.ca References 1825 in Category:Years of the 19th century in Canada Canada Category:1825 in North America