1709 in Canada

Events from the year 1709 in Canada.

Incumbents

 * French Monarch: Louis XIV
 * British and Irish Monarch: Anne

Governors

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

Events

 * In New France, slavery becomes legal.

Births

 * September 7 (O.S. September 18 - Dr. Samuel Johnson born in Lichfield, Staffordshire. (died 1784)
 * September 26 - Jean-Louis Le Loutre, priest, Spiritan, and missionary (died 1772)

Deaths

 * August - Robert Giguère, pioneer in New France and founder of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré (born 1616)
 * September 9 - Jean-Baptiste Legardeur de Repentigny (born 1632)

Historical documents
Intendant's ordinance proclaims Panis and Blacks who have been purchased are property to be known as slaves (Note: "savages" used)

"Inhabitants remaining[...]are in a very bad condition" - Report to Queen Anne of aftermath of French attack on St. John's, Newfoundland

"Rotten and decay'd" - Indigenous spies sent by New York government report Canadian fortifications (except at Quebec City) are poor

"So great a plague to all Plantations in America" - New Englanders eager to attack Port Royal and its "nest of spoilers and robbers"

Inhabitants of Buoys Island (off Ferryland, Newfoundland) get evacuation offer but stay to meet possible third French attack