1718 in Canada

Events from the year 1718 in Canada.

Incumbents

• French Monarch: Louis XV
• British and Irish Monarch: George I

Governors

• Governor General of New France: Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil
• Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville
• Governor of Nova Scotia: John Doucett
• Governor of Placentia: Samuel Gledhill

Births

• September 8 - Joseph Coulon de Jumonville, military officer. (died 1754)
• September 17 - Joseph Fairbanks, merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. (died 1796) born in Sherborn, Massachusetts

Full date unknown

• John Burbidge, soldier, land owner, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. (died 1812) born in Cowes, England
• Robert Campbell, merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. (died 1775)

Deaths

• August 4 - René Lepage de Sainte-Claire, landlord.

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