Events from the year 1786 in Canada.
Incumbents
Governors
Events
Births
- April 16 â John Franklin, naval officer, Arctic explorer, and author (d.1847)
- June 17 â William Thompson, farmer and political figure (d.1860)
- October 7 â Louis-Joseph Papineau, lawyer, politician and reformist (d.1871)
- October 30 â Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, lawyer, writer, fifth and last seigneur of Saint-Jean-Port-Joli (L'Islet County) (d.1871)
- October 31 â William Morris, businessman, militia officer, justice of the peace, politician, and school administrator (d.1858)
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