1841 in Canada

Events from the year 1841 in Canada.

Incumbents

February 10 – The Union of Upper and Lower Canada establishes the Province of Canada.
June 15 – The 1st Parliament of the Province of Canada meets at Kingston.
October 2 – The Canada Gazette publishes its first issue.
December 20 – The Kingston Common Council establishes a police force.
The Dawn Settlement, in what is now Dresden, Ontario, is established to provide self-help for Blacks in agricultural communities.

January 15 – Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, Governor General of Canada
March 9 – Robert Atkinson Davis, businessman, politician and 4th Premier of Manitoba
April 15 – Joseph E. Seagram, distillery founder, politician, philanthropist and racehorse owner
April 21 – Jennie Kidd Trout, physician, first woman in Canada legally to become a medical doctor and only woman in Canada licensed to practice medicine until 1880
May 8 – John Norquay, politician and 5th Premier of Manitoba
August 3 – Juliana Horatio Ewing, poet and writer of children's novels set in Canada.
August 10
*James David Edgar, politician
*Oronhyatekha, Mohawk physician, CEO of an international benefit society, native statesman, scholar, rights campaigner and international shooter
September 13 – George Airey Kirkpatrick, politician
September 18 – George William Ross, educator, politician and 5th Premier of Ontario
November 20 – Wilfrid Laurier, politician and 7th Prime Minister of Canada
December 23 – John Brown, politician, miller, mining consultant and prospector