1822 in Canada

See also: 1821 in Canada, other events of 1822, 1823 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.

Events

• Louis-Joseph Papineau, a member of the legislative assembly since 1814, travels from Montreal to England to oppose an Act of Union identifying the French Canadians as a minority without language rights. The act is not passed in the British Parliament.

Births

• January 9 – George William Allan, politician
• January 25 – William McDougall, politician
• January 28 – Alexander Mackenzie, Prime Minister
• March 9 – Alexander Campbell, politician
• March 12 – Albert J. Smith, Premier of New Brunswick
• April 25 – Marc-Amable Girard, Premier of Manitoba
• May 4 – Charles-Eugène Boucher de Boucherville, Premier of Quebec
• August 31 – Timothy Warren Anglin, politician
• September 6 – Alexander Tilloch Galt, politician
• November 1 – Lemuel Cambridge Owen, Premier of PEI
• November 13 – Thomas Heath Haviland, politician

Deaths