1853 in Canada
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See also: 1852 in Canada, other events of 1853, 1854 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.
Events
- February 23 - A description of the proposed bridge across the St. Lawrence is published.
- June 6 - Gavazzi Riot in Quebec are quelled by military.
- June 18 - The Grand Trunk Railway is opened to Portland.
- June 26 - Investigation of the riot proceeds, at Montreal.
- July - Irregular calling of jurors delays trial for riot.
- The first Canadian railroad is built, running from Portland, Maine from Montreal.
- The Grand Trunk Railroad is chartered.
- Mary Ann Shadd becomes the first woman in North America to become editor of a newspaper. Working out of Chatham, Ontario, she publishes, edits and writes in the Provincial Freeman, a newspaper serving the Black community in Ontario.
- Russian explorer-trappers find oil seeps in Cook Inlet.
Births
- February 15 - Rodmond P. Roblin, Premier of Manitoba
- March 23 - Sir Donald Mann, railway entrepreneur
- July 18 - William McGuigan, Mayor of Vancouver
- August 10 - Pierre-Évariste Leblanc, Quebec politician
- September 25 - Henry R. Emmerson, Premier of New Brunswick
- December 19 - Charles Fitzpatrick, politician and jurist