1827 in Canada explained

Events from the year 1827 in Canada.

Incumbents

• Monarch

George IV^[1]

Federal government

• Parliament of Lower Canada

12th (until July 5), 13th (starting November 20)

• Parliament of Upper Canada

9th

Governors

• Governor of the Canadas

Robert Milnes

• Governor of New Brunswick

George Stracey Smyth

• Governor of Nova Scotia

John Coape Sherbrooke

• Civil Governor of Newfoundland

Thomas John Cochrane

• Governor of Prince Edward Island

Charles Douglass Smith

Events

• March 15 – The University of Toronto is chartered
• First temperance society in Canada formed in Montreal
• Elections overwhelmingly in favour of the Parti Patriote much to the annoyance of the British.
• 87,000 people in Lower Canada sign a petition denouncing the political abuses of the Château Clique.

Births

• January 3 – Letitia Youmans, temperance advocate (died 1896)
• January 7 – Sandford Fleming, engineer and inventor (died 1915)
• February 28 – Albert Lacombe, missionary (died 1916)
• April 16 – Octave Crémazie, poet (died 1879)
• August 22 – Ezra Butler Eddy, businessman
• October 21 – Charles Laberge, lawyer, journalist and politician (died 1874)
• November 17 – William Evan Price, businessman and politician (died 1880)^[2]
• December 27 – Pierre-Alexis Tremblay, politician (died 1879)

Deaths

• August 31 – Jean Boudreau, politician

Notes and References

1. Web site: King George IV . 18 April 2016 . Official website of the British monarchy.
2. Web site: Fiche — Toponymie — avenue du Ravin. www.ville.quebec.qc.ca. 2018-12-09. fr-CA.