1842 in Canada
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Events from the year 1842 in Canada.
Events
- January 10 - Governor General of Canada Sir Charles Bagot arrives at Kingston, Ontario.
- January 12 - The Islander is founded
- August 9 - The Webster–Ashburton Treaty ends the Aroostook War, settling once and for all the Maine–New Brunswick border dispute.
- October 16 - Queen's University is founded
- The first Railway in Nova Scotia is begun.
Full date unknown
Births
- January 1 - John Morison Gibson, politician and Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (died 1929)
- March 4 - Hector Berthelot, lawyer, journalist and publisher (died 1895)
- June 26 - Zoé Lafontaine, wife of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (died 1921)
- June 30 - William Smithe, politician and 6th Premier of British Columbia (died 1887)
- July 11 - Louis-Philippe Turcotte, historian (died 1878)
- August 14 - Malcolm Alexander MacLean, 1st Mayor of Vancouver (died 1895)
- August 15 - Judson Burpee Black, physician and politician (died 1924)
- September 9 - Silas Tertius Rand Bill, politician, merchant and shipowner (died 1890)
- December 15 - Neil McLeod, lawyer, judge, politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island (died 1915)
- December 28 - Calixa Lavallée, musician and composer (died 1891)
Full date unknown
- Pitikwahanapiwiyin, Cree chief (died 1886)
- Jean Baptiste Blanchet, politician (died 1904)
- Arthur Boyle, politician (died 1919)
- Thomas Scott, Orangemen (died 1870)
Deaths
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