1773 in Canada

Events from the year 1773 in Canada.

Incumbents

• Monarch: George III

Governors

• Governor of the Province of Quebec: Guy Carleton
• Governor of Nova Scotia: Lord William Campbell
• Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: John Byron
• Governor of St. John's Island: Walter Patterson

Events

• December – Prominent French Canadians petition the King to restore their ancient laws and accord them the rights of British subjects, reminding him that five-sixths of the seigniories belong to Frenchmen. They represent that the Labrador Coast and fisheries, now alienated to Newfoundland, should revert to Canada. They prefer a Legislative Council, nominated by the King, because less expensive than an Elective Assembly.
• Lord Dartmouth promises Canadians just and considerate treatment respecting their religion.
• Montreal Ft. La Traite, on Churchill River, by Frobisher to cut into HBC's trade.

Births

• January 14 – William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst, diplomat and governor general (d.1857)
• March 29 – Samuel Street Wilmot, surveyor, tanner, farmer, justice of the peace, and assemblyman in Upper Canada (d. 1856)

Full date unknown

• Joseph Willcocks, diarist, office holder, printer, publisher, journalist, politician, and army officer (d.1814)

Deaths

• January 31 – Sebastian Zouberbuhler, merchant and politician in Nova Scotia

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