January 4 – Sir John Colborne, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada founds Upper Canada College, as a feeder school to the newly formed University of Toronto and a home for the colony's upper class.
November 30 – Construction of the First Welland Canal is completed (construction to begin again in 1831)^[2]

Births

May 28 – A. B. Rogers, surveyor (died 1889)
June 7 – Joseph Godéric Blanchet, politician (died 1890)
July 10 – Louis-Adélard Senécal, businessman and politician (died 1887)^[3]
August 1 – John James Fraser, lawyer, judge, politician and 4th Premier of New Brunswick (died 1896)
December 5 – Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, politician, Minister, 4th Premier of Quebec and Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia (died 1908)^[4]

Deaths

June 6 – Shanawdithit, last recorded surviving member of the Beothuk people of Newfoundland (b. c1801)

Web site: King George IV . 18 April 2016 . Official website of the British monarchy.
Book: Lewis, William H. . Aqueduct Merrittsville and Welland: A History of the City of Welland: The Beginning Years . A.M.W Publications . 1997 . 0-9682743-0-7.
Web site: Biography – SENÉCAL, LOUIS-ADÉLARD – Volume XI (1881-1890) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography . 2023-10-02 . www.biographi.ca.
Web site: www.ixmedia.com . Articles Encyclopédie du patrimoine culturel de l'Amérique française – histoire, culture, religion, héritage . 2023-10-02 . www.ameriquefrancaise.org . fr.