February 10 – The Union of Upper and Lower Canada establishes the Province of Canada.^[2]
June 15 – The 1st Parliament of the Province of Canada meets at Kingston.
October 2 – The Canada Gazette publishes its first issue.
December 20 – The Kingston Common Council establishes a police force.
The Dawn Settlement, in what is now Dresden, Ontario, is established to provide self-help for Blacks in agricultural communities.

Births

January 15 – Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, Governor General of Canada (died 1908)
March 9 – Robert Atkinson Davis, businessman, politician and 4th Premier of Manitoba (died 1903)
April 15 – Joseph E. Seagram, distillery founder, politician, philanthropist and racehorse owner (died 1919)
April 21 – Jennie Kidd Trout, physician, first woman in Canada legally to become a medical doctor and only woman in Canada licensed to practice medicine until 1880 (died 1921)
May 8 – John Norquay, politician and 5th Premier of Manitoba (died 1889)
August 3 – Juliana Horatio Ewing, poet and writer of children's novels set in Canada.(died 1885)
August 10
- James David Edgar, politician (died 1899)
- Oronhyatekha, Mohawk physician, CEO of an international benefit society, native statesman, scholar, rights campaigner and international shooter (died 1907)

September 13 – George Airey Kirkpatrick, politician (died 1899)
September 18 – George William Ross, educator, politician and 5th Premier of Ontario (died 1914)
November 20 – Wilfrid Laurier, politician and 7th Prime Minister of Canada (died 1919)
December 23 – John Brown, politician, miller, mining consultant and prospector (died 1905)

Notes and References

Web site: Queen Victoria The Canadian Encyclopedia . www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca . 5 December 2022.
Web site: Canada Gazette – 160 Years of the Canada Gazette – page 10. Canada Gazette. 2012-03-22. 2011-09-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20120325021702/http://www.gazette.gc.ca/cg-gc/book-livre/pg10-eng.html. 2012-03-25. dead.