1817 in Canada
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See also: 1816 in Canada, other events of 1817, 1818 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.
[edit] Events
- February 4 - Francois Page petitions for monopoly of navigation of Lower Canadian Rivers, by an invention of which he produces a model.
- February 18 - Mr. McCord reads a petition for the deepening of the St. Lawrence.
- February 28 - One Goudie and others petition for a monopoly of navigation of Lake Champlain, in Canada, as like U.S. monopolists injure Canadian Commerce, by trading into Canada.
- Famine in Newfoundland due to poor postwar economy.
- Nova Scotia population estimated at 78,345.
- David Thompson takes post as chief surveyor for International Boundary Commission.
- The Rush-Bagot Agreement limits the number of battleships on the Great Lakes to a total of eight.
[edit] Births
- January 1 - Francis Godschall Johnson, politician
- January 29 - John Palliser, explorer and geographer
- February 17 - Donald Alexander Macdonald, politician
- November 23 - William Jack, astronomer
