1829_in_Canada
Events from the year 1829 in Canada.
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (December 2009) |
Federal government
Governors
- January 4 – Sir John Colborne, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada founds Upper Canada College, as a feeder school to the newly formed University of Toronto and a home for the colony's upper class.
- November 30 – Construction of the First Welland Canal is completed (construction to begin again in 1831)[2]
- May 28 – A. B. Rogers, surveyor (died 1889)
- June 7 – Joseph Godéric Blanchet, politician (died 1890)
- July 10 – Louis-Adélard Senécal, businessman and politician (died 1887)[3]
- August 1 – John James Fraser, lawyer, judge, politician and 4th Premier of New Brunswick (died 1896)
- December 5 – Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, politician, Minister, 4th Premier of Quebec and Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia (died 1908)[4]
- June 6 – Shanawdithit, last recorded surviving member of the Beothuk people of Newfoundland (b. c1801)
- "King George IV". Official website of the British monarchy. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- Lewis, William H. (1997). Aqueduct Merrittsville and Welland: A History of the City of Welland: The Beginning Years. A.M.W Publications. ISBN 0-9682743-0-7.
- "Biography – SENÉCAL, LOUIS-ADÉLARD – Volume XI (1881-1890) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography". www.biographi.ca. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
- www.ixmedia.com. "Articles | Encyclopédie du patrimoine culturel de l'Amérique française – histoire, culture, religion, héritage". www.ameriquefrancaise.org (in French). Retrieved 2023-10-02.