1805 in Canada
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Years in Canada: | 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 |
Centuries: | 18th century · 19th century · 20th century |
Decades: | 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s |
Years: | 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 |
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Events from the year 1805 in Canada.
Incumbents
Federal government
- Parliament of Lower Canada: 4th (starting January 9)
- Parliament of Upper Canada: 4th (starting February 1)
Governors
- Governor of the Canadas: Robert Milnes
- Governor of New Brunswick: Thomas Carleton
- Governor of Nova Scotia: John Wentworth
- Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: Erasmus Gower
- Governor of Prince Edward Island: Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres
Events
- January 29 – 4th Parliament of Lower Canada session starts, ends April 27, 1808
- February 1 – 4th Parliament of Upper Canada session starts, ends May 21, 1808
- 100th Regiment of Foot (Prince Regent's County of Dublin Regiment) arrives in Nova Scotia
- Lewis and Clark reach the Pacific Ocean.
- Yurii Lisianski sails to Canton with the first Russian cargo of furs to be sent directly to China.
- Vermont passes an act to establish the line between that State and Canada.
Births
- February 16 – Edmund Walker Head, Governor (d.1868)
- August 26 – Joseph-Bruno Guigues, first bishop of the diocese of Bytown (Ottawa) (d.1874)
- December 8 – Amand Landry, farmer and politician (d.1877)
Full date unknown
Deaths
- March 23 – Richard Dobie, an early Canadian businessman and a sometimes partner of Benjamin Frobisher (born 1731).