1842 in Canada

See also: 1841 in Canada, other events of 1842, 1843 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.

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.
• circa this year: The Independent Order of Odd Fellows breaks from the Manchester Unity, soon opening lodges in Montreal and Halifax.

Births

• January 1 – John Morison Gibson, Ontario politician
• June 30 – William Smithe, Premier of British Columbia
• July 19 – Charles Woodward, businessman
• August 14 – Malcolm Alexander MacLean, Mayor of Vancouver
• December 15 – Neil McLeod, Premier of PEI
• December 28 – Calixa Lavallée, composer

Deaths