1820 in Canada

Events from the year 1820 in Canada.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: George III (died January 29), George IV (starting January 29)

Federal government

 * Parliament of Lower Canada: 9th (until February 9) then 10th (April 11 – April 24) then 11th (starting December 14)
 * Parliament of Upper Canada: 7th (until March 7)

Governors

 * Governor of the Canadas: Robert Milnes
 * Governor of New Brunswick: George Stracey Smyth
 * Governor of Nova Scotia: John Coape Sherbrooke
 * Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: Richard Goodwin Keats
 * Governor of Prince Edward Island: Charles Douglass Smith

Events

 * June 18 – The Governor, Earl of Dalhousie, arrives.

Full date unknown

 * Creation of the municipality of Prescott and Russell in Upper Canada (today Ontario).
 * William Lyon Mackenzie emigrates to Canada.

Births

 * January 17 – Hiram Blanchard, Premier of Nova Scotia (d.1874)
 * February 17 – Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Archbishop of Quebec (d.1898)
 * May 12 – Luc Letellier de St-Just, politician and 3rd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 1881)
 * May 30 – Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau, Premier of Quebec (d.1890)
 * July 2 – Oliver Mowat, politician, 3rd Premier of Ontario and 8th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (d.1903)
 * August 2 – John Rose, politician (d.1888)
 * August 6 – Donald Alexander Smith, politician (d.1914)
 * August 16 – Andrew Rainsford Wetmore, Premier of New Brunswick (d. 1892)
 * August 27 – Charles-René-Léonidas d'Irumberry de Salaberry, militia officer (d.1882)
 * October 13 – John William Dawson, geologist and university administrator (d.1899)
 * December 24 – Joseph-Charles Taché, a Canadian noted for his contributions to many aspects of the fabric of Canada (d.1894)

Deaths

 * March 12 – Sir Alexander Mackenzie, explorer (b.1764)
 * April 8 – Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, colonizer and author (b.1771)
 * July 11 – Frederick Traugott Pursh, botanist (b.1774)