1863 in Canada
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| Years in Canada: | 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 |
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| Decades: | 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s |
| Years: | 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 |
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Events from the year 1863 in Canada.
Incumbents
- Monarch — Victoria
Federal government
- Parliament — 7th then 8th
Governors
- Governor General of the Province of Canada — Charles Monck, 4th Viscount Monck
- Colonial Governor of Newfoundland — Alexander Bannerman
- Governor of New Brunswick — Arthur Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Baron Stanmore
- Governor of Nova Scotia — George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby
- Governor of Prince Edward Island — George Dundas
Premiers
- Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada –
- John Sandfield Macdonald, Canada West Premier
- Louis-Victor Sicotte, Canada East Premier until May 15, 1863
- Antoine-Aimé Dorion, Canada East Premier on May 15, 1863
- Premier of Newfoundland — Hugh Hoyles
- Premiers of New Brunswick — Samuel Leonard Tilley
- Premiers of Nova Scotia –
- Joseph Howe (until June 5, 1863)
- James William Johnston (on June 11, 1863)
- Premier of Prince Edward Island –
- Edward Palmer (before March 2, 1863)
- John Hamilton Gray (on March 2, 1863)
Parliaments and Assemblies
- 7th Parliament of the Province of Canada
- 8th Parliament of the Province of Canada
- 19th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly
- 22nd General Assembly of Nova Scotia
- 21st General Assembly of Prince Edward Island
- 22nd General Assembly of Prince Edward Island
Events
- March 17 — U.S. gives notice of intent to abrogate reciprocity.
- September 5 — Louis-Victor Sicotte appointed a puisne judge of the Superior Court for Saint-Hyacinthe District
- December 7 — New Brunswick and Nova Scotia: the Chesapeake Affair.
- Militia Pay Act for all males 18–60.
Births
- February 3 — James White, geographer
- May 19 — John Alexander Mathieson, jurist, politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island (died 1947)
- July 1 — William Grant Stairs, explorer, soldier and adventurer (died 1892)
- October 4 — Peter Veniot, businessman, newspaper owner, politician and 17th Premier of New Brunswick (died 1936)
- October 10 — Louis Cyr, strongman (died 1912)
- November 14 — Edward Foster, fingerprint expert
Deaths
- January 17 — Peter Warren Dease, HBC officer and Arctic explorer (born 1788)
- January 31 — Sir John Robinson, 1st Baronet, of Toronto, lawyer, judge and political figure (born 1791)
- November 20 — James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, Governor General (born 1811)
- December 10 — James FitzGibbon, British colonel who served in Canada for 45 years (born 1780)
Historical Documents
Report on escaped slaves in Canada West says they are doing well [1]
Editorial on the high rate of Canadian emigration to the U.S.A. [2]
Montreal doctor advocates making smallpox vaccination compulsory [3]
Ice bridge forms on the Niagara River [4]
References
- ^ S.G. (Samuel Gridley) Howe, The Refugees from Slavery in Canada West: Report to the Freedmen's Inquiry Commission (Boston: Wright & Potter, Printers, 1864; Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Library, 2005), pgs. III-IV. Accessed 5 September 2018 https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moa/ack4846.0001.001/3
- ^ "Leaving Canada," The Seattle Gazette, Vol. 1, No. 3 (December 26, 1863), pg. 2. Accessed 5 September 2018 https://www.sos.wa.gov/legacy/images/newspapers/sl_dir_seattleseatgaze/pdf/sl_dir_seattleseatgaze_12261863.pdf#page=2
- ^ Wm. H. Hingston, M.D., "A Few Remarks on Vaccination and Re-Vaccination," Canada Lancet, Vol. 1, No. 10 (December 15, 1863), pg. 1. Accessed 5 September 2018 http://eco.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_05197_10/2?r=0&s=1
- ^ "Ice Bridge at Niagara," The Illustrated London News (April 4, 1863), The Civil War in America from The Illustrated London News. Accessed 20 September 2018 http://iln.digitalscholarship.emory.edu/browse/iln42.1197.003/
