1849 in Canada
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See also: 1848 in Canada, other events of 1849, 1850 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.
Events
- January 1 - King's College becomes the University of Toronto
- February 10 - The Governor, Ministers, MPs and Montreal's council visit St. Hyacinthe, on the St. Lawrence abd Atlantic Railway.
- April 25 - For sanctioning the Rebellion Losses Bill, Lord Elgin is mobbed and the Parliament House in Montreal is burned.
- May - The Hayes House in Dalhousie Square, leased for Parliamentary purposes. The parliament is to sit alternately in Quebec City and Toronto.
- May 29 - Gen. Rowan, Administrator.
- December 26 - Electors ask J. McConnell, M.P.P. for Stanstead, if he favors annexation, which they believe will, alone, relieve depression.
- The Beauharnois Canal is opened.
- The boundary at the 49th parallel is extended to the Pacific Ocean (bisecting Point Roberts, Washington).
- The Courthouse Rebellion is launched by the Red River Métis.
- An Act of Amnesty provides for William Lyon Mackenzie's return from exile in the U.S.
Births
- January 5 - Sam Steele, police officer
- February 21 - Edouard-Gaston Deville, surveyor
- May 6 - Wyatt Eaton, artist
- July 12 - William Osler, physician
- July 22 - Charles Mickle, Manitoba politician
- August 1 - George Mercer Dawson, explorer/surveyor of Canadian Rockies and Western Canada
- October 17 - Sir William Mackenzie, railway entrepreneur
- November 13 - Charles Constantine, police officer
- November 20 - Francis Longworth Haszard, Premier of PEI
- November 30 - Lemuel J. Tweedie, Premier of New Brunswick
- December 18 - Henrietta Edwards, feminist