1824 in Canada

Events from the year 1824 in Canada.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: George IV

Federal government

 * Parliament of Lower Canada: 11th (until July 6)
 * Parliament of Upper Canada: 8th (until January 19)

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

 * The first Welland Canal is begun, partly in response to American initiatives in the Erie Canal.
 * Russians begin exploration of mainland that leads to discovery of Nushagak, Kuskokwim, Yukon, and Koyukuk Rivers.
 * William Lyon Mackenzie establishes the Colonial Advocate.
 * First Lachine Canal near Montreal is completed.

Births

 * January 4 – Peter Mitchell, politician, Minister and a Father of Confederation (died 1899)
 * March 14 – John Robson, journalist, politician and Premier of British Columbia (died 1892)
 * August 4 – Antoine Gérin-Lajoie, poet and novelist (died 1882)
 * November 18 – John Bolton, businessman and politician (died 1872)

Full date unknown

 * Philip Francis Little, 1st Premier of Newfoundland of the colonial (died 1897)
 * Edward Whelan, journalist and politician (died 1867)

Deaths

 * January 17 – William Osgoode, judge (born 1754)
 * February 9 – Ward Chipman, lawyer, public servant, politician (born 1754)
 * April 4 – Alexander Henry the elder, fur trader, merchant, militia officer, jp, and author (born 1739)
 * August 3 – Joseph Barss, privateer (born 1776)