1779 in Canada

Events from the year 1779 in Canada.

Incumbents

• Monarch: George III

Governors

• Governor of the Province of Quebec: Frederick Haldimand
• Governor of Nova Scotia: Sir Richard Hughes, 2nd Baronet
• Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: Richard Edwards
• Governor of St. John's Island: Walter Patterson

Deaths

• February 14 – James Cook killed by Hawaiian natives, cutting short his search for Northwest Passage. (born 1728)

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