1830 in Canada

Events from the year 1830 in Canada.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: George IV (died June 26), William IV (starting June 26)

Federal government

 * Parliament of Lower Canada: 13th
 * Parliament of Upper Canada: 10th (until March 6)

Governors

 * Governor of the Canadas: James Kempt
 * Governor of New Brunswick: Howard Douglas
 * Governor of Nova Scotia: Thomas Nickleson Jeffery
 * Civil Governor of Newfoundland: Thomas John Cochrane
 * Governor of Prince Edward Island: John Ready

Events

 * Influenza epidemic strikes tribes of British Columbia.
 * Canada is divided into counties.
 * William Lyon Mackenzie re-elected to the Assembly with a Reform minority.
 * Ridout's Hardware Store, later known as Aikenhead's Hardware opens in Toronto.

Births

 * March 1 – James Armstrong, politician (died 1893)
 * August 7 – Thomas White, journalist and politician (died 1888)
 * November 18 – Michel Auger, politician (died 1909)

Full date unknown

 * Crowfoot, a chief of the Siksika First Nation (died 1890)
 * Benjamin Allen, politician (died 1912)

Deaths

 * June 24 – François Blanchet, author, physician, teacher, militia officer, businessman, seigneur, politician, office holder (born 1776)
 * September 6 – Abraham Erb, Mennonite settler and miller who founded Waterloo, Ontario (born 1772)