- 1869 in Canada
"See also:"
1868 in Canada ,
other events of 1869,1870 in Canada and thelist of 'years in Canada' .----
Incumbents
*Prime Minister -
John A. Macdonald
*Governor General - Viscount Monck of Ballytrammon then Lord Lisgar*
Premier of New Brunswick -Andrew Wetmore
*Premier of Nova Scotia -William Annand
*Premier of Ontario -J.S. Macdonald
*Premier of Quebec -Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau Events
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February 2 - Lord Lisgar replaces Viscount Monck of Ballytrammon as Governor General
*February 11 -Patrick James Whelan is hanged for the assassination ofThomas D'Arcy McGee
*October 9 - SirFrancis Hincks becomes Minister of Finance
*October 24 - "The Canadian Illustrated News " is founded inMontreal
*November 19 - TheDeed of Surrender recognizes the purchase ofRupert's Land and theNorth-Western Territory from theHudson's Bay Company : the lands are placed under the direct control ofthe Crown , but do not yet formally belong to Canada
*Timothy Eaton opens his first store inToronto
* Newfoundland rejects Confederation with Canada
*Red River Rebellion begins
*George Hunt foundsHuntsville, Ontario
* 1869 to 1870 -Smallpox epidemic strikes Canadian Plains tribes, includingBlackfeet ,Piegan , and Blood.
*Maria Susan Rye began bringing groups of poorhouse and orphaned children to Canada from England.Births
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March 18 -Maude Abbott , feminist
*June 20 -William Donald Ross , Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
*November 25 -Herbert Greenfield , Premier ofAlberta
*December 18 -William Sanford Evans , Manitoba politician
*December 30 -Stephen Leacock , authorDeaths
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