Events from the year 1853 in Canada.
Incumbents Monarch — Victoria
Federal government Parliament: 4th
Governors Governor General of the Province of Canada — James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin Colonial Governor of Newfoundland — Charles Henry Darling Governor of New Brunswick — Edmund Walker Head Governor of Nova Scotia — John Gaspard Le Marchant Governor of Prince Edward Island — Dominick Daly
Premiers Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada — Francis Hincks, Canada West Premier Augustin-Norbert Morin, Canada East Premier Premier of Nova Scotia — James Boyle Uniacke Premier of Prince Edward Island — John Holl
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 26 – Investigation of the riot proceeds, at Montreal. July – Irregular calling of jurors delays trial for riot. July 15 – The Grand Trunk Railway merges numerous smaller Canadian railways into a conglomerate, while also leasing an American railway, the Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad, giving it access to the year-round Atlantic port at Portland, Maine.
Full date unknown 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.
Births February 15 – Rodmond Roblin, businessman, politician and 9th Premier of Manitoba (died 1937) March 23 – Donald Mann, railway contractor and entrepreneur (died 1934) July 18 – William McGuigan, politician and 10th Mayor of Vancouver (died 1908) August 10 – Pierre-Évariste Leblanc, politician and Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (died 1918) September 25 – Henry Emmerson, lawyer, businessman, politician, philanthropist and 8th Premier of New Brunswick (died 1914) November 13 – Joseph Boutin Bourassa, politician (died 1943) December 19 – Charles Fitzpatrick, lawyer, politician and 5th Chief Justice of Canada (died 1942)
Deaths February 5 – Thomas Talbot, army and militia officer, settlement promoter, office holder, and politician (born 1771) March 31 – William Crane, merchant, justice of the peace, judge, and politician (born 1785) June 7 – Norbert Provencher, clergyman, missionary and Bishop (born 1787) June 28 – Benjamin Eby, Mennonite bishop and founder of Ebytown in Upper Canada (born 1785) July 11 – William Allan, banker and politician (born 1770) November 8 – Friedrich Gaukel, farmer, distiller and innkeeper who helped to transform the pioneer settlement of Ebytown into Berlin, Ontario
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