1815 in Canada

Incumbents

Federal government

Governors

Events

  • Great Migration from Europe begins.
  • January – Unaware of the Treaty of Ghent, Gen. Andrew Jackson (1767–1845) wins an overwhelming victory at the Battle of New Orleans.
  • February 9 – A bill to give the speaker a salary is read: the salary is 1,000 pounds.
  • February 18 – The United States ratify Treaties, signed in December 1814.
  • March 25 – Governor George Prevost informs Parliament, that then-Prince Regent George IV has ordered him to England, to answer charges of the naval commander.
  • March – Parliament votes 25,000 pounds for a canal from Montreal to Lachine.

Births

Deaths

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