1820 in Canada

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Events from the year 1820 in Canada.

• Monarch: George III (died January 29),^[1] George IV (starting January 29)^[2]

• Parliament of Lower Canada: 9th (until February 9) then 10th (April 11 – April 24) then 11th (starting December 14)
• Parliament of Upper Canada: 7th (until March 7)

• Governor of the Canadas: Robert Milnes
• Governor of New Brunswick: George Stracey Smyth
• Governor of Nova Scotia: John Coape Sherbrooke
• Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: Richard Goodwin Keats
• Governor of Prince Edward Island: Charles Douglass Smith

• June 18 – The Governor, Earl of Dalhousie, arrives.

• Creation of the municipality of Prescott and Russell in Upper Canada (today Ontario).
• William Lyon Mackenzie emigrates to Canada.

• January 17 – Hiram Blanchard, Premier of Nova Scotia (d.1874)^[3]
• February 17 – Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Archbishop of Quebec (d.1898)
• May 12 – Luc Letellier de St-Just, politician and 3rd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 1881)
• May 30 – Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau, Premier of Quebec (d.1890)

• July 2 – Oliver Mowat, politician, 3rd Premier of Ontario and 8th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (d.1903)
• August 2 – John Rose, politician (d.1888)
• August 6 – Donald Alexander Smith, politician (d.1914)
• August 16 – Andrew Rainsford Wetmore, Premier of New Brunswick (d. 1892)
• August 27 – Charles-René-Léonidas d'Irumberry de Salaberry, militia officer (d.1882)
• October 13 – John William Dawson, geologist and university administrator (d.1899)
• December 24 – Joseph-Charles Taché, a Canadian noted for his contributions to many aspects of the fabric of Canada (d.1894)

• March 12 – Sir Alexander Mackenzie, explorer (b.1764)
• April 8 – Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, colonizer and author (b.1771)
• July 11 – Frederick Traugott Pursh, botanist (b.1774)