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1713 in Canada
Events from the year
1713 in
Canada
.
Incumbents
French Monarch:
Louis XIV
British and Irish Monarch:
Anne
Governors
Governor General of New France:
Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil
Colonial Governor of Louisiana:
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville
then
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
Governor of Nova Scotia:
Francis Nicholson
Governor of Plaisance:
Philippe Pastour de Costebelle
Events
The Treaty of Utrecht
.
The French
cede
Newfoundland
and the Hudson
Bay region
. They retain
Cape Breton Island
and
Île Saint-Jean
.
Treaty of Utrecht
cedes French
Acadia
, Newfoundland,
Hudson Bay
and the "country of the Iroquois" to England.
The Treaty
of Utrecht
ends
Queen Anne's War
, confirming British possession of Hudson Bay, Newfoundland and Acadia. France starts building
Fortress Louisbourg
near the
eastern
tip of Île-Royale.
Births
Jean Baptiste de La Vérendrye
born
September 3
, the eldest son of
Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye
.
Michel Bénard
, councillor of the conseil souverain.
Deaths
There were no relevant
deaths
during this year in Canada.