1725 in Canada

Events from the year 1725 in Canada.

Incumbents

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

Governors

• Governor General of New France: Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil then Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois
• Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Pierre Dugué de Boisbriand
• Governor of Nova Scotia: John Doucett
• Governor of Placentia: Samuel Gledhill

Events

• August 27 - French ship Chameau sank near Louisbourg.
• Claude-Thomas Dupuy was appointed intendant of New France.
• Peter the Great sends Vitus Bering to explore the North Pacific.
• 1725-1729 - First Arctic expedition of Vitas Bering.

Births

• Juan José Pérez Hernández, naval officer and explorer (died 1775)

References