1806 in Canada

Events from the year 1806 in Canada.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: George III

Federal government

 * Parliament of Lower Canada: 4th
 * Parliament of Upper Canada: 4th

Governors

 * Governor of the Canadas: Robert Milnes
 * Governor of New Brunswick: Thomas Carleton
 * Governor of Nova Scotia: John Wentworth
 * Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: Erasmus Gower then John Holloway
 * Governor of Prince Edward Island: Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres

Events

 * Minor trouble arises after 1806 when a governor attempts to anglicize Lower Canada, but he is able to quell dissent if not to achieve his goal.
 * Russian-American Company Company collects otter pelts from Alaska to Spanish California.
 * Mungo Park killed by natives on Niger River in Africa.
 * On return trip John Colter is released from the Lewis and Clark Expedition to join Forrest Hancock and Joseph Dickson (Dixon) to trap the Yellowstone River.
 * Le Canadien, a Quebec nationalist newspaper, is founded.

Births

 * April 12 – Peter Rindisbacher, painter (d.1834)
 * May 6 – Charles Dewey Day, lawyer, judge and politician (d.1884)
 * August 12 – George Ryan, politician (d.1876)
 * November 2 – Henry Kellett, officer in the Royal Navy, oceanographer, Arctic explorer (d.1875)
 * December 9 – Jean-Olivier Chénier, physician and Patriote (d.1837)

Deaths

 * May 31: Louis Dunière, politician (b. 1723)
 * July: Robert Gray, merchant sea-captain and explorer (b.1755)
 * October 26: John Graves Simcoe, first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada (b.1752)
 * December 31: Deborah Cottnam, schoolmistress and poet (b. c.1725–1728)

Historical documents
"Saakies" (Sauks?) and Potawatomi seek help against encroachment on their lands from U.S.A.; their request is deferred

Chief Joseph Brant asks to welcome new Upper Canada lieutenant governor with "leading chiefs and principal warriors" of Grand River