1832
in
Canada

Decades:
  • 1810s
  • 1820s
  • 1830s
  • 1840s
  • 1850s
See also:

Events from the year 1832 in Canada.

Incumbents

Federal government

Governors

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.

Arts and literature

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Historical documents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]

References

  1. "William IV". Official web site of the British monarchy. 15 January 2016. Archived from the original on 21 September 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  2. Churcher website, Colin. "Significant Dates in Canadian Railway History". Archived from the original on 2006-08-29. Retrieved 2011-08-02.
  3. http://www.cbc.ca/history/EPISCONTENTSE1EP7CH1PA5LE.html The Carrick
  4. Joseph Bouchette, "Chapter II" The British Dominions in North America; Vol. I (1832), pgs. 27-60. Accessed 22 August 2021
  5. Joseph Bouchette, "Chapter XI" The British Dominions in North America; Vol. II (1832), pgs. 176-8. Accessed 22 August 2021
  6. Joseph Bouchette, "Saguenay, river" A Topographical Dictionary of the Province of Lower Canada (1832), image 282. Access 22 August 2021
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