1716 in Canada

Events from the year 1716 in Canada.

Incumbents

 * French Monarch: Louis XV
 * British and Irish Monarch: George I

Governors

 * Governor General of New France: Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil
 * Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac then Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville
 * Governor of Nova Scotia: Thomas Caulfeild
 * Governor of Placentia: John Moody

Events

 * Jacques Talbot came to Montreal as a schoolmaster.