1769 in Canada
Appearance
Events from the year 1769 in Canada.
Events
- The American colonies begin their westward expansion, settling Tennessee.
- Prince Edward Island becomes a separate colony from Nova Scotia.
- April 20 - Chief Pontiac of the Ottawa is killed by a Kaskaskia Indian in Illinois.
Births
- March 12: Sir Archibald Campbell, 1st Baronet, army officer and colonial administrator
- August 16: Peter Fidler, fur trader, mapmaker, explorer
- October 6: Isaac Brock, military commander, administrator of Upper Canada
- Francis Gore, colonial administrator