1832 in Canada explained
Events from the year 1832 in Canada.
Incumbents
William IV[1]
Federal government
11th
Governors
James Kempt
Sir Archibald Campbell, 1st Baronet
Thomas Nickleson Jeffery
Thomas John Cochrane
John Ready
Events
Full date unknown
- 7,800 French-Canadians are killed by the cholera epidemic – 3,800 in Quebec and 4,000 in Montreal. Meetings of French Canadians attribute the cholera to British immigrants, 52 000 having arrived in that same year.
- The City of Montreal is incorporated. Heretofore an out-port of Quebec, it becomes a port of entry.
- William Lyon Mackenzie leaves for England with 25,000 names on the petition advocating more powers for elected representatives, with little result. He is expelled from the Assembly and re-elected while away.
- The Rideau Canal is opened after six years of construction.
Births
Deaths
Historical documents
Extensive geographical description of "Indian territories" from Labrador to Pacific Ocean (Note: racial stereotypes)[4]
Prince Edward Island society described in terms of class and ethnic (English, Scottish, Irish, Acadian) stereotypes[5]
Fur trading rivalry in Saguenay region makes trade of little value to any but Indigenous people, who "will soon be extinct"[6]
Notes and References
- Web site: 15 January 2016 . William IV . 18 April 2016 . Official web site of the British monarchy . 21 September 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170921001850/https://www.royal.uk/william-iv-r-1830-1837 . live.
- Web site: Significant Dates in Canadian Railway History . Colin . Churcher website . 2011-08-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060829044454/http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm . 2006-08-29.
- http://www.cbc.ca/history/EPISCONTENTSE1EP7CH1PA5LE.html The Carrick
- Joseph Bouchette, "Chapter II" The British Dominions in North America; Vol. I (1832), pgs. 27-60. Accessed 22 August 2021
- Joseph Bouchette, "Chapter XI" The British Dominions in North America; Vol. II (1832), pgs. 176-8. Accessed 22 August 2021
- Joseph Bouchette, "Saguenay, river" A Topographical Dictionary of the Province of Lower Canada (1832), image 282. Access 22 August 2021