1839 in Canada

Events from the year 1839 in Canada.

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February 15 - Chevalier DeLorimier and others who joined in the Rebellion are executed.
April 11 - Death of John Galt, novelist, one of the originators of the British American Land Company.
June 24 - Last meeting of the Committee of Trade, forerunner of the Board of Trade.
September 26 - Canadian rebels are transported to New South Wales.
October 19 - Hon C. Thompson, Governor of Upper and Lower Canada, arrives. It is determined that Upper and Lower Canada shall share revenue in the ratio of 2 to 3.

Lord Durham's report recommends the establishment of responsible government and the union of Upper and Lower Canada to speed the assimilation of French-speaking Canadians.
Territorial disputes between lumbermen from Maine and New Brunswick lead to armed conflict in the Aroostook River valley (the Aroostook War).
First Horse Railway in Upper Canada.
Mount Allison University founded by Charles Frederick Allison in Sackville, New Brunswick.

January 1 - Annie L. Jack, author
January 29 - Élie Saint-Hilaire, educator, farmer and politician (died 1888)
May 8 - Adolphe-Basile Routhier, judge, author and lyricist (died 1920)
May 31 - Louis-Alphonse Boyer, politician (died 1916)
October 8 - George Edwin King, jurist, politician and 2nd Premier of New Brunswick (died 1901)
September 17 - Antonin Nantel, priest, teacher, school administrator, and author (died 1929)
November 16 - Louis-Honoré Fréchette, poet, politician, playwright and short story writer (died 1908)

Augustus F. Goodridge, politician and Premier of Newfoundland (died 1920)
James Colebrooke Patterson, politician, Minister and Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba (died 1929)