1853 in Canada

Events

February 23 - A description of the proposed bridge across the St. Lawrence is published.
June 6 - Gavazzi Riot in Quebec are quelled by military.
June 18 - The Grand Trunk Railway is opened to Portland.
June 26 - Investigation of the riot proceeds, at Montreal.
July - Irregular calling of jurors delays trial for riot.
The first Canadian railroad is built, running from Portland, Maine from Montreal.
The Grand Trunk Railroad is chartered.
Mary Ann Shadd becomes the first woman in North America to become editor of a newspaper. Working out of Chatham, Ontario, she publishes, edits and writes in the Provincial Freeman, a newspaper serving the Black community in Ontario.
Russian explorer-trappers find oil seeps in Cook Inlet.