1839 in Canada

"See also:"
1838 in Canada,
other events of 1839,
1840 in Canada and the
list of 'years in Canada'.

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Events

* Lord Durham's report recommends the establishment of responsible government and the union of Upper and Lower Canada to speed the assimilation of French-speaking Canadians.
* Territorial disputes between lumbermen from Maine and New Brunswick lead to armed conflict in the Aroostook River valley (the Aroostook War).
* February 15 - Chevalier DeLorimier and others who joined in the Rebellion are executed.
* April 11 - Death of John Galt, novelist. He was one of the originators of the British American Land Company.
* June 24 - Last meeting of the Committee of Trade, forerunner of the Board of Trade.
* September 26 - Canadian rebels are transported to New South Wales.
* October 19 - Hon C. Thompson, Governor of Upper and Lower Canada, arrives. It is determined that Upper and Lower Canada shall share revenue in the ratio of 2 to 3.
* First Horse Railway in Upper Canada.
* Mount Allison University founded by Charles Frederick Allison in Sackville, New Brunswick.

Births

* January 1 - Annie L. Jack, author
* May 8 - Adolphe Basile Routhier, lyricist
* May 31 - Louis Alphonse Boyer, politician
* October 8 - George E. King, Premier of New Brunswick
* November 16 - Louis-Honoré Fréchette, writer
* Augustus F. Goodridge, Premier of Newfoundland
* James Colebrooke Patterson, politician

Deaths