1616 in Quebec

Events from the year 1616 in Quebec.

Events

 * Samuel de Champlain returns to Quebec after having (involuntarily) spent the winter in a Wendat camp. He had been injured in late 1615 in a battle between the Iroquois and a combined French-Wendat force.
 * Jean Nicolet is employed by the Companie des Marchants to travel to Quebec. His journey is to be delayed by two years.

Births

 * Charles Albanel, Jesuit priest and explorer in New France (died 1696).
 * March 9 - Robert Giguère, pioneer in New France and founder of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré (died 1709)