1853 in Canada
Events from the year 1853 in Canada .
Incumbents
Federal government
Governors
Premiers
Events
February 23 – A description of the proposed bridge across the St. Lawrence is published.
June 6 – Gavazzi Riot in Quebec are quelled by military.[ 2]
June 26 – Investigation of the riot proceeds, at Montreal.
July – Irregular calling of jurors delays trial for riot.
July 15 – The Grand Trunk Railway merges numerous smaller Canadian railways into a conglomerate, while also leasing an American railway, the Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad , giving it access to the year-round Atlantic port at Portland, Maine .[ 3]
Full date unknown
Births
February 15 – Rodmond Roblin , businessman, politician and 9th Premier of Manitoba (died 1937 )
March 23 – Donald Mann , railway contractor and entrepreneur (died 1934 )
July 18 – William McGuigan , politician and 10th Mayor of Vancouver (died 1908 )
August 10 – Pierre-Évariste Leblanc , politician and Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (died 1918 )
September 25 – Henry Emmerson , lawyer, businessman, politician, philanthropist and 8th Premier of New Brunswick (died 1914 )
November 13 – Joseph Boutin Bourassa , politician (died 1943 )
December 19 – Charles Fitzpatrick , lawyer, politician and 5th Chief Justice of Canada (died 1942 )
Deaths
February 5 – Thomas Talbot , army and militia officer, settlement promoter, office holder, and politician (born 1771 )
March 31 – William Crane , merchant, justice of the peace, judge, and politician (born 1785 )
June 7 – Norbert Provencher , clergyman, missionary and Bishop (born 1787 )
June 28 – Benjamin Eby , Mennonite bishop and founder of Ebytown in Upper Canada (born 1785 )
July 11 – William Allan , banker and politician (born 1770 )
November 8 – Friedrich Gaukel , farmer, distiller and innkeeper who helped to transform the pioneer settlement of Ebytown into Berlin, Ontario [ 4]
References
1853 in North America
Sovereign states Dependencies and other territories