Events from the year 1825 in Canada.
Incumbents Monarch: George IV
Federal government Parliament of Lower Canada: 12th (starting January 8) Parliament of Upper Canada: 9th (starting January 11)
Governors Governor of the Canadas: George Ramsay Governor of New Brunswick: Howard Douglas Governor of Nova Scotia: James Kempt Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: Thomas John Cochrane Governor of Prince Edward Island: Charles Douglass Smith
Events January 2 – The Parliament House, in Toronto, is burned. June 27 – The Canada Company is founded September 7 – Soldiers of the 70th Regiment subdue a fire, which consumes over eighty buildings, in Montreal. September to October: The Great Miramichi Fire destroys at least 10 000 km2 to 20,000 km2 and killing at least 280 people. October 26 – US finishes Erie Canal from Buffalo to Hudson River and New York City. The Peter Robinson settlement brings 2,000 poor Irish families to Scott's Plains (now Peterborough, Ontario)
Births February 24 – Richard William Scott, politician and Minister (died 1913) March 22 – Jane Mackenzie, second wife of Alexander Mackenzie, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (died 1893) March 24 – Joseph-Octave Beaubien, physician and politician (died 1877) April 13 – D'Arcy McGee, journalist, politician and Father of Confederation, assassinated (died 1868) May 25 – William Hallett Ray, politician, (died 1909) May 29 – William Henry Pope, lawyer, politician, judge and a Father of Confederation (died 1879) July 29 – Thomas McGreevy, politician and contractor (died 1897) August 12 – Louis-Charles Boucher de Niverville, lawyer and politician (died 1869) August 20 – Amor De Cosmos, journalist, politician and 2nd Premier of British Columbia (died 1897)
Full date unknown Big Bear, Cree leader (died 1888)
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