1803_in_Canada
Events from the year 1803 in Canada.
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Federal government
Governors
- Thomas Jefferson completes Louisiana Purchase extending U.S. control west of the Mississippi River; federal plans to resettle Eastern tribes beyond the Mississippi soon begin.
- John Colter becomes the fourth man selected by William Clark to join the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
- The XY Company is reorganized under Alexander Mackenzie's name.
- First Canadian Paper Mill is built in Quebec.[2]
- October 13 – Augustin-Norbert Morin, lawyer, judge, politician and Joint Premier of the Province of Canada (d.1865)
- March 24 – Egerton Ryerson, politician, teacher, principal, Methodist minister (d.1882)
- December 6 – Susanna Moodie, writer (d.1885)
Full date unknown
- John Kinder Labatt, brewer and founder of the Labatt Brewing Company (d.1866)
- Nathaniel Pettit (1724 – March 9, 1803) a political figure in Upper Canada.
- Rev. Johann Samuel Schwerdtfeger (1734–1803) The first Lutheran minister in Ontario.[3]
- "George III". Official website of the British monarchy. Royal Household. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2021-01-26. Retrieved 2015-01-11.
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