1796 in Canada

"See also:"
1795 in Canada,
other events of 1796,
1797 in Canada and the
list of 'years in Canada'.

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Events

* About 600 Blacks from Jamaica are deported to Nova Scotia. Known as Maroons, they help rebuild the Halifax Citadel. In 1800, most of them leave for Sierra Leone, Africa.
* York becomes the capital of Upper Canada.
* An American, named McLane, being convicted of high treason, is hanged on a gibbet, on the glacis of the fortifications, at Quebec. (Note - possibly 1797)

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