1790 in Canada

Events from the year 1790 in Canada.

Incumbents

• Monarch: George III

Governors

• Governor of the Canadas: Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester
• Governor of New Brunswick: Thomas Carleton
• Governor of Nova Scotia: John Parr
• Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: John Elliot
• Governor of St. John's Island: Edmund Fanning

Events

• British Captain George Vancouver begins his three-year survey of northwest coast of North America .
• Spain signs the Nootka Convention, ceding the Pacific Northwest to England and the United States.
• October 7 New York consents to Vermont's admission to the Union, with cessation of New York's jurisdiction, in the disputed territory.
• Lower Canada is divided into three districts, instead of two.

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