1793 in Canada
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Events from the year 1793 in Canada.
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Incumbents
Federal government
Governors
Events
- May 9 â First Parliament, of Lower Canada prorogued.
- July 9 â Act Against Slavery passed into law, making Upper Canada the first British territory to bring in legislation against slavery, although it did not abolish slavery entirely.
- Alexander Mackenzie reaches Pacific Ocean at Bella Coola.[2]
- David Thompson surveys Muskrat Country west of Hudson Bay.
- HBC Brandon House established on the Assiniboine River, outpost for trade south and southwest to Missouri and Yellowstone.
- Mackenzie reaches the Pacific at Dean Channel.
- Merchant vessels first navigate Lake Ontario.
Births
- March 24 : François-Xavier Paré, politician.
Deaths
- March 30 : François-Marie Picoté de Belestre, colonial soldier.