1826 in Canada
Events from the year 1826 in Canada.
Incumbents
Federal government
Governors
- Governor of the Canadas: George Ramsay
- Governor of New Brunswick: Howard Douglas
- Governor of Nova Scotia: James Kempt
- Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: Thomas John Cochrane
- Governor of Prince Edward Island: Charles Douglass Smith
- Governor of Upper Canada: Peregrine Maitland
Events
- June 8 – A mob of the ruling party, the Family Compact, destroy the Colonial Advocate's press at York. Wilton, Carol. William Lyon Mackenzie, publisher, prosecutes and is awarded £625 in damages.
- September 21 – Construction of the Rideau Canal begins.
Births
- March 10 – Louis-Ovide Brunet, priest and botanist
- March 17 – Alexander Morris, politician, Minister and 2nd Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba
- June 11 – James Colledge Pope, politician and 5th Premier of Prince Edward Island
- June 21 – Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, Governor General of Canada
- June 23 – Louis Babel, priest
- June 29 – Robert Christie, Ontario businessman and politician
- July 21 – Hugh Richardson, jurist
- August 25 – Hector-Louis Langevin, lawyer, politician and a Father of Confederation
- September 17 – Jean-Baptiste-Éric Dorion, journalist and politician
Deaths
- November 18 – James Monk, chief justice