1821 in Canada explained

Events from the year 1821 in Canada.

Incumbents

• Monarch

George IV^[1]

Federal government

• Parliament of Lower Canada

• Parliament of Upper Canada

8th

Governors

• Governor of the Canadas

Robert Milnes

• Governor of New Brunswick

George Stracey Smyth

• Governor of Nova Scotia

John Coape Sherbrooke

• Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland

Richard Goodwin Keats

• Governor of Prince Edward Island

Charles Douglass Smith

Events

• July 17 – Construction of the Lachine Canal in Montreal begins.
• July – The Hudson's Bay Company merges with archrivals, the Montreal-based North West Company, creating unemployment for a substantial proportion of their Métis workforce.
• No foreigners allowed in Russian-American waters, except at regular ports of call.

Births

• February 21 – John Beverley Robinson, politician (d.1896)
• March 12 – John Abbott, politician and 3rd Prime Minister of Canada (d.1893)^[2]

• July 2 – Charles Tupper, politician, Premier of Nova Scotia and 6th Prime Minister of Canada (d.1915)
• July 6 – Henri Bernier, politician, businessman and manufacturer (d.1893)
• August 13 – Philip Carteret Hill, politician and Premier of Nova Scotia (d.1894)
• August 18 – Maurice Laframboise, lawyer, judge and politician (d.1882)

Notes and References

1. Web site: King George IV . 18 April 2016 . Official website of the British monarchy.
2. Web site: Biography – ABBOTT, Sir JOHN JOSEPH CALDWELL – Volume XII (1891-1900) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography . 2022-08-12 . www.biographi.ca.