1852 in Canada
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Events from the year 1852 in Canada.
Incumbents
Federal government
Governors
Premiers
- Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada â
- Francis Hincks, Canada West Premier
- Augustin-Norbert Morin, Canada East Premier
- Premier of Nova Scotia â James Boyle Uniacke
- Premier of Prince Edward Island â John Holl
Events
- January 15 â Trinity College opens.
- July 8 â Beginning of a fire which burns 11,000 houses in Montreal.
- October â The Bank of Montreal issues notes like the Bank of England's; denomination water-marked.
- October 25 â The Toronto Stock Exchange opens.[2]
- November 10 â The Grand Trunk Railway Company is incorporated to build a railway between Toronto and Montreal.[3]
- December 8 â Laval's Seminaire du Quebec founds Université Laval, North America's oldest French Language university.
Full date unknown
- The 1852 Newfoundland general election occurs.[4]
Births
- January 1 â Alexander Bethune, politician and 12th Mayor of Vancouver (died 1947)
- March 22 â Theodore Davie, lawyer, politician and 9th Premier of British Columbia (died 1898)
- April 5 â Alexander Warburton, politician, jurist, author and Premier of Prince Edward Island (died 1929)
- August 19 â John Andrew Davidson, politician (died 1903)
- September 9 â Fletcher Bath Wade, politician and barrister (died 1905)
- September 24 â Joseph Martin, lawyer, politician and 13th Premier of British Columbia (died 1923)
- November 2 â Paul Tourigny, politician (died 1926)
Deaths
- April 3 â Alexander Rankin, timber merchant, justice of the peace, politician, and office holder (born 1788)
- November 3 â Francis Gore, colonial administrator (born 1769)