1833 in Canada
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Events from the year 1833 in Canada.
Incumbents
Federal government
Governors
- Governor of the Canadas: Matthew Whitworth-Aylmer, 5th Baron Aylmer
- Governor of New Brunswick: Sir Archibald Campbell, 1st Baronet
- Governor of Nova Scotia: Thomas Nickleson Jeffery
- Civil Governor of Newfoundland: Thomas John Cochrane
- Governor of Prince Edward Island: Murray Maxwell
- Governor of Upper Canada: John Colborne
Events
- September â William Lyon Mackenzie returns from the United Kingdom.
- September 19 â Military riot at Montreal.
- November 13 â Meteor showers at Niagara, Ontario.
- November to December â William Lyon Mackenzie expelled three times and re-elected twice.
- Royal William, formerly operating between Quebec and Halifax, becomes first steamship to cross Atlantic.
Births
- April 22 â John Waldie, politician (died 1907)
- July 7 â Henry Joseph Clarke, lawyer, politician and 3rd Premier of Manitoba (died 1889)
- September 3 â Byron Moffatt Britton, politician, lawyer and lecturer (died 1920)[2]
- September 15 â Alexander Roberts Dunn, first Canadian awarded the Victoria Cross (died 1868)
- October 13 â Edward Blake, politician and 2nd Premier of Ontario (died 1912)
- November 24 â Antoine Labelle, priest and settler (died 1891)
- December 10 â George Haddow, politician and merchant (died 1919)
Deaths
- March 3 â James Bardin Palmer, land agent, lawyer, office holder, and politician (born 1771)
- November 20 â Joel Stone, founder of Gananoque, Ontario (born 1749)