1862 in Canada
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| Years: | 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 |
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Events from the year 1862 in Canada.
Incumbents
- Monarch — Victoria
Federal government
Governors
Premiers
- Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada –
- John A. Macdonald, Canada West Premier (until May 24)
- George-Étienne Cartier, Canada East Premier (until May 24)
- John Sandfield MacDonald, Canada West Premier
- Louis-Victor Sicotte, Canada East Premier
- Premier of Newfoundland — Hugh Hoyles
- Premier of New Brunswick — Samuel Leonard Tilley
- Premier of Nova Scotia – Joseph Howe
- Premier of Prince Edward Island – Edward Palmer
Events
- April 7 – United Kingdom-United States treaty for suppression of African slave trade is signed.
- May 20 – Macdonald-Cartier government falls. Free interprovincial trade granted by the Crown.
- August 2 – Victoria, British Columbia is incorporated as a city
Full date unknown
- The first female student is accepted into Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick
- Smallpox sweeps through Fort Victoria area and down the length of the northwest coast, killing an estimated 200,000 First Nations people – William Duncan, an Anglican missionary on the northwest coast, establishes the village of Metlakatla with 50 Tsimshian followers, who adopt the Christian faith and a European lifestyle. By 1880, more than 1,000 converts live there.
- Construction begins on the Cariboo Wagon Road to link coastal shipping to Barkerville and the Cariboo goldfields.
Historical Documents
1862 published letter describes Fraser River riches in the Cariboo Gold Rush[1]
Settling Indigenous people near Winnipeg is opposed by residents in 1862 published letter[2]
Births
- January 9 – Joseph-Octave Samson, businessperson, politician and 28th Mayor of Quebec City (died 1945)
Full date unknown
- Laura Borden, wife of Robert Borden, 8th Prime Minister of Canada (died 1940)
Deaths
- August 8 – Allan MacNab, businessman, soldier, lawyer and politician (born 1798)
- August 18 – Simon Fraser, fur-trader and explorer (born 1776)
References
- "The Gold Diggings of British Columbia," Illustrated London News (March 29, 1862). Accessed 8 October 2017 http://personal.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/goldbc1862.html Archived 2017-10-19 at the Wayback Machine
- "Settling Indians in St. Paul's Parish," The Nor'-Wester, Vol. III, No. 11 (June 11, 1862), pg. 1, Manitobia – Digital Resources on Manitoba History. Accessed 8 October 2017. Two images: http://manitobia.ca/content/en/newspapers/NWR/1862/06/11/1/Ar00106.html/Olive%5B%5D http://manitobia.ca/content/en/newspapers/NWR/1862/06/11/1/Ar00100.html/Olive%5B%5D
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