1857 in Canada

none April 2026 September 2023 1857 Events from the year 1857 in Canada. Incumbents Monarch — VictoriaQueen Victoria The Canadian Encyclopedia https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/victoria# www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca 5 December 2022 Federal government Parliament — 5th Governors Governor General of the Province of Canada — Edmund Walker Head Colonial Governor of Newfoundland — Charles Henry Darling Governor of New Brunswick — John Manners-Sutton Governor of Nova Scotia — John Gaspard Le Marchant Governor of Prince Edward Island — Dominick Daly Premiers Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada — , Canada West Premier , Canada East Premier , Premier of Newfoundland — Philip Francis Little Premier of New Brunswick — Charles Fisher Premier of Nova Scotia — William Young Premier of Prince Edward Island — John Holl Events March 12 — Desjardins Canal disaster - The bridge over Desjardins Canal, near Hamilton, Canada West, collapses under a Great Western Railway passenger train. About 60 people die.Desjardins Canal Disaster https://lha.hpl.ca/articles/desjardins-canal-disaster 2022-11-30 HPL en Grand Trunk Railway (Windsor-Montreal) completed, but $7 million in debt. December 31 - Queen Victoria names Ottawa as capital of the Province of Canada.Powell James Queen Victoria Chooses Ottawa - The Historical Society of Ottawa https://www.historicalsocietyottawa.ca/publications/ottawa-stories/momentous-events-in-the-city-s-life/queen-victoria-chooses-ottawa 2022-11-30 www.historicalsocietyottawa.ca en-gb The Palliser Expedition begins its exploration of Western Canada.Spry Irene M. The Palliser expedition : an account of John Palliser's British North American exploring expedition, 1857-1860 1973 Macmillan Co. of Canada 978-0-7705-0287-4 Toronto 15831858 Births January to June February 2 — Alexander Cameron Rutherford, lawyer and politician, first premier of Alberta (died 1941) February 25 — Robert Bond, politician and Prime Minister of Newfoundland (died 1927) February 27 — Adelaide Hoodless, educational reformer who founded the Women's Institute (died 1910) March 17 — Willis Keith Baldwin, politician (died 1935) June 20 — Adam Beck, politician and hydro-electricity advocate (died 1925) July to December July 27 — Ann Stowe-Gullen, doctor August 15 — Theodore Arthur Burrows, politician and Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba (died 1929) August 15 — John Strathearn Hendrie, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (died 1923) September 12 — George Halsey Perley, politician and diplomat (died 1938) October 10 — Cassie Chadwick, fraudster (died 1907) October 10 — George Johnson Clarke, lawyer, journalist, politician and 14th Premier of New Brunswick (died 1917) November 25 — Frederick W. A. G. Haultain, politician and 1st Premier of the Northwest Territories (died 1942) Deaths February 10 — David Thompson, fur trader, surveyor and map-maker (born 1770) March 13 — William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst, diplomat and governor general (born 1773) September 3 — John McLoughlin, physician, fur trader, and merchant (born 1784) November 3 — William Fitzwilliam Owen, naval officer, hydrographic surveyor (born 1774) Full date unknown Isabella Clark, first wife of John A. Macdonald, premier of the Province of Canada (born 1811) References 1857 in Category:Years of the 19th century in Canada Canada Category:1857 in North America