Events from the year 1716 in Canada.
Incumbents French Monarch: Louis XVGuéganic (2008), p. 13. British and Irish Monarch: George IGibbs, G. C. (September 2004; online edn, January 2006) "George I (1660–1727)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, . Retrieved 30 July 2007 (subscription required).
Governors Governor General of New France: Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac then Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville Governor of Nova Scotia: Thomas Caulfeild Governor of Placentia: John Moody
Events Jacques Talbot came to Montreal as a schoolmaster. References