1715 in Canada

Events from the year 1715 in Canada.

Incumbents

• French monarch: Louis XIV (until September 1), then Louis XV
• British and Irish monarch: George I

Governors

• Governor General of New France: Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil
• Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
• Governor of Nova Scotia: Francis Nicholson then Samuel Vetch then Thomas Caulfeild
• Governor of Placentia: John Moody

Births

• Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, superintendent of northern Indians (died 1774)

References