Events from the year 1848 in Canada.

Incumbents

*Monarch — Queen Victoria, Victoria

Federal government

*Parliament of the Province of Canada, Parliament: 3rd Parliament of the Province of Canada, 3rd

Governors

*Governor General of the Province of Canada — Edmund Walker Head *List of lieutenant governors of New Brunswick, Governor of New Brunswick: William MacBean George Colebrooke *Governor of Nova Scotia: Lucius Cary, 10th Viscount Falkland *Colonial Governor of Newfoundland, Civil Governor of Newfoundland: John Harvey (British Army officer), John Harvey *List of lieutenant governors of Prince Edward Island, Governor of Prince Edward Island: Henry Vere Huntley

Premiers

*Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada — **William Henry Draper (judge), William Henry Draper, Canada West Premier **Samuel Harrison, Canada East Premier *List of premiers of Nova Scotia, Premier of Nova Scotia — James Boyle Uniacke

Events

*January 2 – Maple sugar is made in St. Anselme. *January 15 – Wellington and Commissioners streets in Montreal are flooded. *January 27 – Ploughing about Bathurst and Beckwith. *March 4 – The so-called Great Ministry of Robert Baldwin and Louis-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 the Jesuits' College, Montreal.

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*First telegraph lines in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. *1848 Newfoundland general election *Responsible government established in Nova Scotia and The Canadas.

Births

*January 19 – John Fitzwilliam Stairs, entrepreneur and statesman (died 1904 in Canada, 1904) *February 4 – James Brien, politician and physician (died 1907 in Canada, 1907) *February 24 – Grant Allen, science writer, author and novelist (died 1899 in Canada, 1899) *March 7 – Isidore-Noël Belleau, politician and lawyer (died 1936 in Canada, 1936) *March 24 – Honoré Beaugrand, journalist, politician, author and folklorist (died 1906 in Canada, 1906) *April 14 – James Walker (jurist), James Walker, jurist *April 23 – George Clift King, politician and 2 Mayor of Calgary (died 1935 in Canada, 1935) *May 20 – Joseph-Aldric Ouimet, politician (died 1916 in Canada, 1916) *July 18 – Hugh Graham, 1st Baron Atholstan, newspaper publisher (died 1938 in Canada, 1938) *October 23 – Joseph Tassé, politician (died 1895 in Canada, 1895) *November 24 – William Stevens Fielding, journalist, politician and Premier of Nova Scotia (died 1929 in Canada, 1929) *December 21 – George Boyce (Canadian politician), George Boyce, politician (died 1930 in Canada, 1930)

Deaths

*February 1 – John Neilson (Canadian politician), John Neilson, publisher, printer, bookseller, politician, farmer, and militia officer (born 1776 in Canada, 1776)

References

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