1787 in Canada

none April 2026 May 2023 1787 Events from the year 1787 in Canada. Incumbents Monarch: George IIIKings and Queens of Canada https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/royal-family/kings-queens.html#e2 aem 24 February 2021 11 August 2017 Governors Governor of the Canadas: Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester Governor of New Brunswick: Thomas Carleton Governor of Nova Scotia: John Parr Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: John Elliot Governor of St. John's Island: Edmund Fanning Events HBC David Thompson wintered with Piegans on Bow River. Prince William Henry (future William IV) lands at Quebec. At an investigation into judicial abuses, it is stated that one judge takes wine to excess, before taking his seat on the Bench; and that another habitually disregards the pertinent French law and applies the law of England. The Toronto Purchase occurs. Births February 10 – John McDonald, businessman and political figure (d.1860) February 12 – Norbert Provencher, clergyman, missionary and Bishop (d.1853)Provencher, Bishop Joseph Norbert OMI World https://www.omiworld.org/lemma/provencher-bishop-joseph-norbert/ 2022-11-29 en-US November 12 – Pierre-Flavien Turgeon, Archbishop of Quebec (d.1867) November 9 – William MacBean George Colebrooke, lieutenant governor of New Brunswick (d.1870) Deaths April 14 – Benjamin Frobisher, fur-trader (b. 1742) References 1787 in Category:1780s in Canada Category:1787 in North America Category:1787 in the British Empire Canada 87