1862 in Canada

See also: 1861 in Canada, other events of 1862, 1863 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.

Events

• The first female student was accepted into Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick
• Smallpox sweeps through Fort Victoria area and down the length of the Northwest Coast, killing an estimated 200,000 Indian people – William Duncan, an Anglican missionary on Northwest Coast, establishes village of Metlakatla with 50 Tsimshian followers, who adopt Christian faith and European life-styles. By 1880 more than 1,000 converts live there.
• April 7 – United Kingdom-United States treaty for suppression of African slave trade signed.
• May 20 – Macdonald-Cartier government falls. Free interprovincial trade granted by the Crown.