1792 in Canada
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Events from the year 1792 in Canada.
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Incumbents
Federal government
Governors
Events
- Catherine II grants a monopoly of furs in Alaska to Grigorii Shelikov.
- Captain George Vancouver begins his explorations of the British Columbia Coast.
- Many Black Loyalists in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia migrate to Sierra Leone in West Africa, mainly because the promises of land in Canada were not kept by the British.
- May 7 â Lower Canada is divided into 21 counties.
- August â the 1st Parliament of Upper Canada is elected.[2]
- October 15 â The law of England is introduced in Upper Canada.
- December 20 â A fortnightly mail is established between Canada and the United States.
- December â A bill to abolish slavery in Lower Canada does not pass.
Births
- February 9 â Thomas Cooke, missionary, and the first Bishop of Trois Rivières (d.1870)[3]
- August 29 â James William Johnston, lawyer, politician, and judge (d.1873)
Deaths
- November â Samuel Hearne, explorer, fur-trader, author, and naturalist (b.1745)
Full date unknown
- Marguerite-Thérèse Lemoine Despins (March 23, 1722 â June 6, 1792) was a mother superior of the Sisters of Charity of the Hôpital Général of Montreal. (b.1722)
- Thomas Peters, black Loyalist and founding father of Sierra Leone (b.1738)