1843 in Canada

"See also:"
1842 in Canada,
other events of 1843,
1844 in Canada and the
list of 'years in Canada'.

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Events

* January 19 - Mount Allison University is founded
* December 9 - Bishop's University is founded
* Fort Victoria built by British to strengthen their claim to Vancouver Island.
* David Thompson sends a set of refined maps to London.
* Lord Metcalfe comes to Montreal.
* The Cornwall and Chambly Canals are opened.
* Survey of Boundary, between the U.S. and Canada, is begun.
* Grace Marks is controversially convicted of murder. The crime and trial will form the basis for Margaret Atwood's novel "Alias Grace" in 1996.
* September 1, 1843 First Prime Minister of Canada Sir John A. Macdonald marries Isabella Clark

[http://www.primeministers.ca/macdonald/quickfacts.php The Prime Ministers of Canada - John A. Macdonald Quickfacts]

Births

* February 3 - William Cornelius Van Horne, businessman
* February 10 - Jean Blanchet, Quebec politician
* March 16 - James Mitchell, Premier of New Brunswick
* May 17 - Robert Beith, politician
* June 1 - David H. Harrison, Premier of Manitoba
* August 4 - Joseph Guillaume Bossé, politician
* October 2 - James P. Whitney, politician
* October 25 - Thomas Simpson Sproule, politician
* December 3 - William Otter, military commander
* December 6 - William Wilfred Sullivan, Premier of PEI

Deaths