- 1862 in Canada
"See also:"
1861 in Canada ,
other events of 1862,1863 in Canada and thelist of 'years in Canada' .----
Events
* The first female
student is accepted intoMount Allison University inSackville, New Brunswick
*Smallpox sweeps through Fort Victoria area and down the length of the northwest coast, killing an estimated 200,000 Indian people - William Duncan, an Anglican missionary on the northwest coast, establishes the village of Metlakatla with 50Tsimshian followers, who adopt the Christian faith and a European lifestyle. By 1880, more than 1,000 converts live there.
*April 7 - United Kingdom-United States treaty for suppression of African slave trade is signed.
*May 20 - Macdonald-Cartier government falls. Free interprovincial trade granted by the Crown.
* Construction begins on theCariboo Wagon Road to link coastal shipping to Barkerville and the Cariboo goldfields.
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