1709 in Canada

Events from the year 1709 in Canada.

Incumbents

• French Monarch: Louis XIV
• British and Irish Monarch: Anne

Governors

• Governor General of New France: Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil
• Governor of Acadia: Daniel d'Auger de Subercase
• Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville
• Governor of Plaisance: Philippe Pastour de Costebelle

Events

• In New France, slavery becomes legal.

Births

• September 7 <small>(O.S. September 18</small> - Dr. Samuel Johnson born in Lichfield, Staffordshire. (died 1784)
• September 26 - Jean-Louis Le Loutre, priest, Spiritan, and missionary (died 1772)

Deaths

• August - Robert Giguère, pioneer in New France and founder of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré (born 1616)
• September 9 - Jean-Baptiste Legardeur de Repentigny (born 1632)

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