1826 in Canada

none April 2026 June 2023 1826 Events from the year 1826 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 Parliament of Upper Canada: 9th 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 Governor of Upper Canada: Peregrine Maitland Events June 8 – A mob of the ruling party, the Family Compact, destroy the Colonial Advocate's press at York. Wilton, Carol.Wilton, Carol. “‘Lawless Law’: Conservative Political Violence in Upper Canada, 1818-41.” Law and History Review, vol. 13, no. 1, 1995, pp. 111–36. JSTOR, 10.2307/743957. Accessed 2 June 2023. William Lyon Mackenzie, publisher, prosecutes and is awarded £625 in damages. September 21 – Construction of the Rideau Canal begins. Births March 10 – Louis-Ovide Brunet, priest and botanist (died 1876) March 17 – Alexander Morris, politician, Minister and 2nd Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (died 1889) June 11 – James Colledge Pope, politician and 5th Premier of Prince Edward Island (died 1885) June 21 – Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, Governor General of Canada (died 1902) June 23 – Louis Babel, priest (d. 1912) June 29 – Robert Christie, Ontario businessman and politician (died 1914) July 21 – Hugh Richardson, jurist (died 1913) August 25 – Hector-Louis Langevin, lawyer, politician and a Father of Confederation (died 1906) September 17 – Jean-Baptiste-Éric Dorion, journalist and politician (died 1866) Deaths November 18 – James Monk, chief justice References 1826 in Canada Category:Years of the 19th century in Canada Category:1826 in North America