1869 in Canada - Definition

See also: 1868 in Canada, other events of 1869, 1870 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.

Incumbents

• Prime Minister - John A. Macdonald
• Governor General - Viscount Monck of Ballytrammon then Lord Lisgar

• Premier of New Brunswick - Andrew Wetmore
• Premier of Nova Scotia - William Annand
• Premier of Ontario - J.S. Macdonald
• Premier of Quebec - Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau

Events

• February 2 - Lord Lisgar replaces Viscount Monck of Ballytrammon as Governor General
• February 11 - Patrick James Whelan is hanged for the assassination of Thomas D'Arcy McGee
• October 9 - Sir Francis Hincks becomes Minister of Finance
• October 24 - The Canadian Illustrated News is founded in Montreal
• November 19 - The Deed of Surrender recognizes the purchase of Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory from the Hudson's Bay Company: the lands are placed under the direct control of the Crown, but do not yet formally belong to Canada
• Timothy Eaton opens his first store in Toronto
• Newfoundland rejects Confederation with Canada
• Red River Rebellion begins
• George Hunt founds Huntsville, Ontario
• 1869 to 1870 - Smallpox epidemic strikes Canadian Plains tribes, including Blackfeet, Piegan, and Blood.

Births

• March 18 - Maude Abbott, feminist
• June 20 - William Donald Ross, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
• November 25 - Herbert Greenfield, Premier of Alberta
• December 18 - William Sanford Evans, Manitoba politician
• December 30 - Stephen Leacock, author

Deaths