1863 in Canada

Events from the year 1863 in Canada.

Incumbents

• Monarch — Victoria

Federal government

• Parliament — 7th then 8th

Governors

• Governor General of the Province of Canada — Charles Monck, 4th Viscount Monck
• Colonial Governor of Newfoundland — Alexander Bannerman
• Governor of New Brunswick — Arthur Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Baron Stanmore
• Governor of Nova Scotia — George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby
• Governor of Prince Edward Island — George Dundas

Premiers

• Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada –
• John Sandfield Macdonald, Canada West Premier
• Louis-Victor Sicotte, Canada East Premier until May 15, 1863
• Antoine-Aimé Dorion, Canada East Premier on May 15, 1863
• Premier of Newfoundland — Hugh Hoyles
• Premiers of New Brunswick — Samuel Leonard Tilley
• Premiers of Nova Scotia –
• Joseph Howe (until June 5, 1863)
• James William Johnston (on June 11, 1863)
• Premier of Prince Edward Island –
• Edward Palmer (before March 2, 1863)
• John Hamilton Gray (on March 2, 1863)

Parliaments and Assemblies

• 7th Parliament of the Province of Canada
• 8th Parliament of the Province of Canada
• 19th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly
• 22nd General Assembly of Nova Scotia
• 21st General Assembly of Prince Edward Island
• 22nd General Assembly of Prince Edward Island

Events

• March 17 — U.S. gives notice of intent to abrogate reciprocity.
• September 5 — Louis-Victor Sicotte appointed a puisne judge of the Superior Court for Saint-Hyacinthe District
• December 7 — New Brunswick and Nova Scotia: the Chesapeake Affair.
• Militia Pay Act for all males 18–60.

Births

• February 3 — James White, geographer
• May 19 — John Alexander Mathieson, jurist, politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island (died 1947)
• July 1 — William Grant Stairs, explorer, soldier and adventurer (died 1892)
• October 4 — Peter Veniot, businessman, newspaper owner, politician and 17th Premier of New Brunswick (died 1936)
• October 10 — Louis Cyr, strongman (died 1912)
• November 14 — Edward Foster, fingerprint expert

Deaths

• January 17 — Peter Warren Dease, HBC officer and Arctic explorer (born 1788)
• January 31 — Sir John Robinson, 1st Baronet, of Toronto, lawyer, judge and political figure (born 1791)
• November 20 — James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, Governor General (born 1811)
• December 10 — James FitzGibbon, British colonel who served in Canada for 45 years (born 1780)

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