1796 in Canada
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See also: 1795 in Canada, other events of 1796, 1797 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.
Events
- About 600 Blacks from Jamaica are deported to Nova Scotia. Known as Maroons, they help rebuild the Halifax Citadel. In 1800, most of them leave for Sierra Leone, Africa.
- York becomes the capital of Upper Canada.
- An American, named McLane, being convicted of high treason, is hanged on a gibbet, on the glacis of the fortifications, at Quebec. (Note - possibly 1797)