1850 in Canada
See also: 1849 in Canada, other events of 1850, 1851 in Canada.
Events from the year 1850 in Canada.
Events
- January 14 - Malcolm Cameron visits Washington, D.C. about a trade reciprocity agreement.
- September - *October 11 - The St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad opens.
Full date unknown
- In the United States, the Fugitive Slave Act is passed. It provides that even free persons can be made a slave if suspected of being a runaway. As a result, more fugitive slaves and free Black persons come to Canada.
- The site of John By's headquarters during the construction of the Rideau Canal is incorporated as Bytown.
- Gold discovered in British Columbia, and coal on Vancouver Island.
- The Canadian government passes the Railway Guarantee Act.
Births
January to June
- January 27 - Louis-Philippe Hébert, sculptor
- April 15 - William Thomas Pipes, politician and Premier of Nova Scotia (d.1909)
- April 29 - George Murdoch, politician and 1st Mayor of Calgary (d.1910)
- March 13 - Hugh John Macdonald, politician, Minister and 8th Premier of Manitoba (d.1929)
- May 1 - Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, 10th Governor General of Canada (d.1942)
- May 6 - Joseph-Hormisdas Legris, politician and Senator (d.1932 in Canada)
July to December
- July 11 - John Augustus Barron, politician and lawyer (d.1936)
- September 27 - William Pugsley, lawyer, politician and 10th Premier of New Brunswick (d.1925)
- December 15 - Joseph-Alphonse Couture, veterinarian
- December 31 - John Wycliffe Lowes Forster, artist (d.1938)
Full date unknown
- Daniel J. Greene, politician and Prime Minister of Newfoundland (d.1911)
- Charles Braithwaite, politician and agrarian leader (d.1910)