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1821 in Canada

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1821 in Canada

Events from the year 1821 in Canada.

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Events

  • July 17 - Construction of the Lachine Canal in Montreal begins.
  • July - The Hudson's Bay Company merges with archrivals, the Montreal-based North West Company, creating unemployment for a substantial proportion of their Métis workforce.
  • No foreigners allowed in Russian-American waters, except at regular ports of call.

    • Births

  • February 21 - John Beverley Robinson, politician (d.1896)
  • March 12 - John Abbott, politician and 3rd Prime Minister of Canada (d.1893)
  • July 2 - Charles Tupper, politician, Premier of Nova Scotia and 6th Prime Minister of Canada (d.1915)
  • July 6 - Henri Bernier, politician, businessman and manufacturer (d.1893)
  • August 13 - Philip Carteret Hill, politician and Premier of Nova Scotia (d.1894)
  • August 18 - Maurice Laframboise, lawyer, judge and politician (d.1882)

    • References

    1821 in Canada Wikipedia
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