Events from the year 1749 in Canada.
Incumbents French Monarch: Louis XVGuéganic (2008), p. 13. British and Irish Monarch: George II
Governors Governor General of New France: Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière then Jacques-Pierre de Taffanel de la Jonquière, Marquis de la Jonquière Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial Governor of Nova Scotia: Edward Cornwallis Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: George Brydges Rodney
Events Halifax, capital of Nova Scotia, is founded by British General Edward Cornwallis to counter French presence at Louisbourg. La Vérendrye was awarded the cross of Saint Louis, in honour of his career. French agricultural settlement established in what would become Windsor, Ontario.
Births Full date unknown Joel Stone, founder of Gananoque, Ontario (died 1833)
Deaths December 5 - Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye, French Canadian military officer, fur trader and explorer (born 1685).
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