1841 in Canada
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Events from the year 1841 in Canada.
Incumbents
Federal government
- Parliament: 1st (starting June 15)
Governors
- Governor General of the Province of Canada: Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham (until 16 September); vacant then
- Governor of New Brunswick: William MacBean George Colebrooke
- Governor of Nova Scotia: Lucius Cary, 10th Viscount Falkland
- Civil Governor of Newfoundland: John Harvey
- Governor of Prince Edward Island: Henry Vere Huntley
- Governor of Canada West: John Clitherow then Richard Downes Jackson
- Governor of Upper Canada: Charles Poulett Thomson
Premiers
- Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada â
- William Henry Draper, Canada West Premier
- Samuel Harrison, Canada East Premier
Events
- February 10 â The Union of Upper and Lower Canada establishes the Province of Canada.[2]
- June 15 â The 1st Parliament of the Province of Canada meets at Kingston.
- October 2 â The Canada Gazette publishes its first issue.[2]
- December 20 â The Kingston Common Council establishes a police force.
- The Dawn Settlement, in what is now Dresden, Ontario, is established to provide self-help for Blacks in agricultural communities.[citation needed]
Births
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- January 15 â Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, Governor General of Canada (died 1908)
- March 9 â Robert Atkinson Davis, businessman, politician and 4th Premier of Manitoba (died 1903)
- April 15 â Joseph E. Seagram, distillery founder, politician, philanthropist and racehorse owner (died 1919)
- April 21 â Jennie Kidd Trout, physician, first woman in Canada legally to become a medical doctor and only woman in Canada licensed to practice medicine until 1880 (died 1921)
- May 8 â John Norquay, politician and 5th Premier of Manitoba (died 1889)
- August 3 â Juliana Horatio Ewing, poet and writer of children's novels set in Canada.(died 1885)
- August 10
- James David Edgar, politician (died 1899)
- Oronhyatekha, Mohawk physician, CEO of an international benefit society, native statesman, scholar, rights campaigner and international shooter (died 1907)
- September 13 â George Airey Kirkpatrick, politician (died 1899)
- September 18 â George William Ross, educator, politician and 5th Premier of Ontario (died 1914)
- November 20 â Wilfrid Laurier, politician and 7th Prime Minister of Canada (died 1919)
- December 23 â John Brown, politician, miller, mining consultant and prospector (died 1905)