1824 in Canada

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Events from the year 1824 in Canada.

• Monarch: George IV^[1]

• Parliament of Lower Canada: 11th (until July 6)
• Parliament of Upper Canada: 8th (until January 19)

• Governor of the Canadas: Robert Milnes
• Governor of New Brunswick: George Stracey Smyth
• Governor of Nova Scotia: John Coape Sherbrooke
• Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: Richard Goodwin Keats
• Governor of Prince Edward Island: Charles Douglass Smith

• The first Welland Canal is begun, partly in response to American initiatives in the Erie Canal.
• Russians begin exploration of mainland that leads to discovery of Nushagak, Kuskokwim, Yukon, and Koyukuk Rivers.
• William Lyon Mackenzie establishes the Colonial Advocate.
• First Lachine Canal near Montreal is completed.

• January 4 – Peter Mitchell, politician, Minister and a Father of Confederation (died 1899)
• March 14 – John Robson, journalist, politician and Premier of British Columbia (died 1892)
• August 4 – Antoine Gérin-Lajoie, poet and novelist (died 1882)
• November 18 – John Bolton, businessman and politician (died 1872)^[2]

• Philip Francis Little, 1st Premier of Newfoundland of the colonial (died 1897)
• Edward Whelan, journalist and politician (died 1867)

• January 17 – William Osgoode, judge (born 1754)
• February 9 – Ward Chipman, lawyer, public servant, politician (born 1754)
• April 4 – Alexander Henry the elder, fur trader, merchant, militia officer, jp, and author (born 1739)
• August 3 – Joseph Barss, privateer (born 1776)