1830 in Canada

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Decades:	1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s
See also:	History of Canada Timeline of Canadian history List of years in Canada

Events from the year 1830 in Canada.

Incumbents

• Monarch: George IV (died June 26),^[1] William IV (starting June 26)^[2]

Federal government

• Parliament of Lower Canada: 13th
• Parliament of Upper Canada: 10th (until March 6)

Governors

• Governor of the Canadas: James Kempt
• Governor of New Brunswick: Howard Douglas
• Governor of Nova Scotia: Thomas Nickleson Jeffery
• Civil Governor of Newfoundland: Thomas John Cochrane
• Governor of Prince Edward Island: John Ready

Events

• Influenza epidemic strikes tribes of British Columbia.
• Canada is divided into counties.
• William Lyon Mackenzie re-elected to the Assembly with a Reform minority.
• Ridout's Hardware Store, later known as Aikenhead's Hardware opens in Toronto.

Births

• March 1 – James Armstrong, politician (died 1893)^[3]
• August 7 – Thomas White, journalist and politician (died 1888)
• November 18 – Michel Auger, politician (died 1909)

Full date unknown

• Crowfoot, a chief of the Siksika First Nation (died 1890)
• Benjamin Allen, politician (died 1912)

Deaths

• June 24 – François Blanchet, author, physician, teacher, militia officer, businessman, seigneur, politician, office holder (born 1776)
• September 6 – Abraham Erb, Mennonite settler and miller who founded Waterloo, Ontario (born 1772)

References

1. "King George IV". Official website of the British monarchy. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
2. "William IV". Official web site of the British monarchy. 15 January 2016. Archived from the original on 21 September 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
3. "Profile". lop.parl.ca. Retrieved 2022-07-29.