1808 in Canada

Events from the year 1808 in Canada.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: George III

Federal government

 * Parliament of Lower Canada: 4th (until April 27)
 * Parliament of Upper Canada: 4th (until March 16)

Governors

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

Events

 * David Thompson explores Kootenay River.
 * Simon Fraser follows Fraser River to the Pacific.
 * The American Fur Company is chartered by John Jacob Astor to compete with Canadian fur trade
 * The Upper Canada Militia Act 1808 states that all males between ages of sixteen and sixty are required to enroll as militiamen and are to be called out once a year for exercises
 * The Legislative Assembly of Quebec criticizes the swearing-in of Ezekiel Hart because he is of Jewish faith, and votes his expulsion.

Births

 * April – Charles Wilson, politician (d.1877)
 * April 7 – John Langton, businessman, political figure and civil servant (d.1894)
 * April 10 – William Annand, 2nd Premier of Nova Scotia (d.1887)
 * April 25 – Malcolm Cameron, businessman and politician (d.1876)
 * August 15 or September 16 – Charles Fisher, politician and 1st Premier of the Colony of New Brunswick (d.1880)
 * September 14 – Edwin Atwater, businessperson and municipal politician (d.1874)
 * October 20 – Narcisse-Fortunat Belleau, lawyer, businessman and politician (d.1894)

Deaths

 * November 10 : Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, military and governor
 * Peter Russell (politician), judge