1818 in Canada

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See also: 1817 in Canada, other events of 1818, 1819 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.

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Events

• April 1 - An expedition sails for the North Pole.
• August 28 - The Governor (Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond) dies of hydrophobia.
• Halifax and St. John's are made free ports.
• 49th parallel becomes British North America/U.S. border from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains

Births

• May 8 - Samuel Leonard Tilley, Premier of New Brunswick
• November 29 - George Brown, newspaper publisher and politician

Deaths