- 1848 in Canada
"See also:"
1847 in Canada ,
other events of 1848,1849 in Canada and thelist of 'years in Canada' .----
Events
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January 2 -Maple sugar is made in St. Anselme.
*January 15 - Wellington and Commissioners streets inMontreal are flooded.
*January 27 - Ploughing about Bathurst and Beckwith.
*March 4 - The so-called Great Ministry ofRobert Baldwin andLouis-Hippolyte Lafontaine begins.
*May 15 - MP's vote themselves 50 pounds each for 25 days.
*July 5 - Run on the Savings Bank, Montreal, followed by re-deposit.
*September 20 - Opening of theJesuits ' College, Montreal.
* First telegraph lines inNova Scotia andNew Brunswick .
* Responsible government established inNova Scotia and theCanadas .Births
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January 19 -John Fitzwilliam Stairs , politician
*February 4 -James Brien , politician
*February 24 -Grant Allen , artist
*March 7 -Isidore-Noël Belleau , politician
*March 24 -Honoré Beaugrand , journalist
*April 14 - James Walker, jurist
*April 23 -George Clift King , Mayor of Calgary
*May 20 -Joseph-Aldéric Ouimet , politician
*July 18 - Hugh Graham, newspaper publisher
*November 24 -William Stevens Fielding , Premier of Nova ScotiaDeaths
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