1718 in Canada

Events from the year 1718 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: Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville
 * Governor of Nova Scotia: John Doucett
 * Governor of Placentia: Samuel Gledhill

Births

 * September 8 - Joseph Coulon de Jumonville, military officer. (died 1754)
 * September 17 - Joseph Fairbanks, merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. (died 1796) born in Sherborn, Massachusetts

Full date unknown

 * John Burbidge, soldier, land owner, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. (died 1812) born in Cowes, England
 * Robert Campbell, merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. (died 1775)

Deaths

 * August 4 - René Lepage de Sainte-Claire, landlord.