Events from the year 1800 in Canada.
Incumbents Monarch: George III
Federal government Parliament of Lower Canada: 2nd (until June 4) Parliament of Upper Canada: 2nd (until July 4)
Governors Governor of the Canadas: Robert Milnes Governor of New Brunswick: Thomas Carleton Governor of Nova Scotia: John Wentworth Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: Charles Morice Pole Governor of St. John's Island: Edmund Fanning
Events Alexander Mackenzie, the explorer, joins XY Company. April – United Irish Uprising in Newfoundland. May 30 – Bar of Quebec is founded. August – Upper Canada expands westward and further into the interior, as the first settlers arrive at the upper Grand River. October 1 – Spain cedes Louisiana back to France.
Births January 3 – Etienne-Michel Faillon, Catholic historian (d.1870) August 22 – Edward Barron Chandler, politician (d.1880) October 21 – René-Édouard Caron, 2nd Mayor of Quebec City and 2nd Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec (d.1876) October 22 – James Ferrier, merchant, politician and 4th Mayor of Montreal (d.1888) November 21 – William Agar Adamson, Church of England clergyman and author (d.1868)
Deaths March 16 – Jean-Joseph Casot, last jesuit in Canada.
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