1706 in Canada

Events from the year 1706 in Canada.

Incumbents

 * French Monarch: Louis XIV
 * English, Scottish and Irish Monarch: Anne

Governors

 * Governor General of New France: Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil
 * Governor of Acadia: Jacques-François de Monbeton de Brouillan then Daniel d'Auger de Subercase
 * Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville
 * Governor of Plaisance: Daniel d'Auger de Subercase then Philippe Pastour de Costebelle

Events

 * In 1706, the census of New France was 16,417.

Births

 * February 2, 1706: Claude-Godefroy Coquart, missionary (died 1765)
 * August 21, 1706: Pierre Nicolas d'Incarville, French Jesuit and amateur botanist (died 1757)
 * James Abercrombie, British Army general and commander-in-chief of forces in North America during the French and Indian War (died 1781)

Deaths

 * July 9, 1706: Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville: Canadian-born French explorer who established settlements in what is now southern Louisiana (born 1661).
 * October 11, 1706: Marguerite Bourdon (religious order name, Mother Saint-Jean-Baptiste): one of the foundresses of the Hôpital Général in Quebec; known for her work with the poor (born October 12, 1642).
 * November 25, Jacques Le Ber merchant and seigneur in Montreal, New France.