1852 in Canada
Events from the year 1852 in Canada.
Incumbents
- Monarch — Victoria
Federal government
Governors
- Governor General of the Province of Canada — James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin
- Colonial Governor of Newfoundland — Charles Henry Darling
- Governor of New Brunswick — Edmund Walker Head
- Governor of Nova Scotia — John Harvey
- Governor of Prince Edward Island — Dominick Daly
Premiers
- Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada —
- *Francis Hincks, Canada West Premier
- *Augustin-Norbert Morin, Canada East Premier
- Premier of Nova Scotia — James Boyle Uniacke
- Premier of Prince Edward Island — John Holl
Events
- January 15 – Trinity College opens.
- July 8 – Beginning of a fire which burns 11,000 houses in Montreal.
- October – The Bank of Montreal issues notes like the Bank of England's; denomination water-marked.
- October 25 – The Toronto Stock Exchange opens.
- November 10 – The Grand Trunk Railway Company is incorporated to build a railway between Toronto and Montreal.
- December 8 – Laval's Seminaire du Quebec founds Université Laval, North America's oldest French Language university.
Full date unknown
- The 1852 Newfoundland general election occurs.
Births
- January 1 – Alexander Bethune, politician and 12th Mayor of Vancouver
- March 22 – Theodore Davie, lawyer, politician and 9th Premier of British Columbia
- April 5 – Alexander Warburton, politician, jurist, author and Premier of Prince Edward Island
- August 19 – John Andrew Davidson, politician
- September 9 – Fletcher Bath Wade, politician and barrister
- September 24 – Joseph Martin, lawyer, politician and 13th Premier of British Columbia
- November 2 – Paul Tourigny, politician
Deaths
- April 3 – Alexander Rankin, timber merchant, justice of the peace, politician, and office holder
- November 3 – Francis Gore, colonial administrator