- 1850 in Canada
"See also:"
1849 in Canada ,
other events of 1850,1851 in Canada and thelist of 'years in Canada' .----
Events
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January 14 -Malcolm Cameron visitsWashington, DC about a trade reciprocity agreement.
* September - Protestants indignant at a 500 pound grant to Priest Chiniquy for temperance advocacy.
*October 11 - TheSt. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad opens
* In the United States, the Fugitive Slave Act is passed. It provides that even free persons can be made a slave if suspected of being a runaway. As a result, more fugitive slaves and free Black persons come to Canada.
* The site ofJohn By 's headquarters during the construction of theRideau Canal is incorporated asBytown .
*Gold discovered inBritish Columbia , andcoal onVancouver Island .
* The Canadian government passes theRailway Guarantee Act .Births
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January 27 -Louis-Philippe Hébert , sculptor
*April 15 -William T. Pipes , Premier of Nova Scotia
*April 29 -George Murdoch , Mayor of Calgary
*March 13 -Hugh John Macdonald , politician
*May 1 -Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn , Governor General
*May 6 -Joseph-Hormisdas Legris , politician
*July 11 -John Augustus Barron , politician
*September 27 -William Pugsley , Premier of New Brunswick
*December 15 -Joseph-Alphonse Couture , veterinarian
*December 31 -John Forster , artist
*Daniel J. Greene , Prime Minister of Newfoundland
*Charles Braithwaite , Manitoba politicianDeaths
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