Events from the year 1829 in Canada.
Incumbents Monarch: George IV
Federal government 13th Parliament of Lower Canada 10th Parliament of Upper Canada
Governors Governor-General of the Province of Canada: James Kempt Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick: Sir Howard Douglas Governor of Nova Scotia: Thomas Nickleson Jeffery Colonial Governor of Newfoundland: Thomas John Cochrane Lieutenant-Governor of Prince Edward Island: John Ready
Events January 4 – Sir John Colborne, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada founds Upper Canada College, as a feeder school to the newly formed University of Toronto and a home for the colony's upper class. November 30 – Construction of the First Welland Canal is completed (construction to begin again in 1831)
Births May 28 – A. B. Rogers, surveyor (died 1889) June 7 – Joseph Godéric Blanchet, politician (died 1890) July 10 – Louis-Adélard Senécal, businessman and politician (died 1887) August 1 – John James Fraser, lawyer, judge, politician and 4th Premier of New Brunswick (died 1896) December 5 – Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, politician, Minister, 4th Premier of Quebec and Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia (died 1908)
Deaths June 6 – Shanawdithit, last recorded surviving member of the Beothuk people of Newfoundland (b. c1801)
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