1832 in Canada
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See also: 1831 in Canada, other events of 1832, 1833 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.
[edit] Events
- January 1 - William Lyon Mackenzie readmitted to the Legislative Assembly after being expelled
- March - Attempted assassination of William Lyon Mackenzie at Hamilton.
- March 30 - Bank of Nova Scotia is founded
- May 21 - Election riots at Montreal. Three supporters of Daniel Tracey of the Parti Patriot, are shot dead by government troops. Colonel MacIntosh and Captain Temple are arrested for ordering the shooting. The next day, it is announced that Tracey is elected to the Legislative Assembly for Montreal West.
- June 20 - Eighty-eight deaths, from Asiatic cholera, at Montreal.
- December - A meeting, at Toronto, proposes annexation of the District of Montreal to Upper Canada.
- Deaths from Asiatic cholera, in Quebec, in five months, 3,300. Meetings of French Canadians attribute the cholera to British immigrants, 52,000 having arrived in that same year.
- The City of Montreal is incorporated. Heretofore an out-port of Quebec, it becomes a port of entry.
- William Lyon Mackenzie leaves for England with 25,000 names on the petition advocating more powers for elected representatives, with little result.
- William Lyon Mackenzie expelled and re-elected while away.
- The Rideau Canal is opened after six years of construction.
[edit] Births
- January 1 - David Oppenheimer, Mayor of Vancouver
- July 30 - Simon H. Holmes, Premier of Nova Scotia
[edit] Deaths
- July 18 - Daniel Tracey, Parti Patriot member
