1750 in Canada

Events from the year 1750 in Canada.

Incumbents

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

Governors

 * Governor General of New France: Jacques-Pierre de Taffanel de la Jonquière, Marquis de la Jonquière
 * Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial
 * Governor of Nova Scotia: Edward Cornwallis
 * Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: Francis William Drake

Events

 * 1750s: Hudson's Bay Company Saskatchewan River region, reached by trade drummers sent out with goods to tempt the Indians to York.
 * c. 1750: The Ojibwa begin to emerge as a distinct tribal amalgamation of smaller independent bands.
 * German immigrants begin to arrive in numbers at Halifax.
 * Hidatsa villages, site of ancient trading fair, now with both French and Hudson's Bay representatives present each summer.

Births

 * James Glenie, army officer, military engineer, businessman, office holder, and politician (d.1817)
 * Simon McTavish, fur trader and dealer in furs, militia officer, office holder, landowner, seigneur, and businessman (d.1804)

Deaths

 * October 14: Richard Philipps, military officer, governor of Nova Scotia (b.1661)

Historical documents

 * British ambassador complains to French about forts built on Isthmus of Chignecto by de la Jonquière (hostilities ensue)
 * Map: Fort Beauséjour on Isthmus of Chignecto
 * Edward Cornwallis reports that French intend to secure Chignecto with fortification and oath of allegiance (Note: "savages" used)
 * Cornwallis reports that Canadians threaten Acadians "with a general massacre[...]if they remain in the province" (Note: "savages" used)
 * Cornwallis advises Minas Basin Acadians they are deceived by Canadians "to lead you to your ruin" (Note: "savages" used)
 * British captain reports on naval engagement with French ships carrying arms and provisions to Indigenous people along Bay of Fundy
 * British ambassador says French unjustifiably occupy land from Chignecto to Saint John River before bilateral commission settles boundary
 * Letter from Father Le Loutre about movement of families to western Acadia and impatient wait for boundary decision (Note: "savages" used)
 * French answer British allegations by saying they seek good relations but intend to defend their land against British aggression
 * Though at same latitude, Nova Scotia not "so agreeable" as southern France because of cold and fog, which forest-clearing would remedy
 * Many in Halifax died of cold in winter of 1750 for lack of houses, and snow lying about tents "was enough to move the Heart of Stone"
 * Pehr Kalm's visit to Niagara Falls facilitated by French at Fort Niagara after he shows with passports that he is not a British officer
 * Reports say Detroit has hundreds living on 30-40 farms "in a fine champaign country," and villages of Wendat, Potawatomi and Odawa
 * To find Northwest Passage, sail east from Asia to "where it is probable the Weather is milder, and the Seas clearer of Ice"