1845 in Canada

Events from the year 1845 in Canada.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Victoria

Federal government

 * Parliament: 2nd

Governors

 * Governor General of the Province of Canada: Charles Metcalfe, 1st Baron Metcalfe (until 26 November); Charles Cathcart, 2nd Earl Cathcart (from 26 November)
 * Governor of New Brunswick: William MacBean George Colebrooke
 * Governor of Nova Scotia: Lucius Cary, 10th Viscount Falkland
 * Civil Governor of Newfoundland: John Harvey
 * Governor of Prince Edward Island: Henry Vere Huntley

Premiers

 * Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada —
 * William Henry Draper, Canada West Premier
 * Samuel Harrison, Canada East Premier

Events

 * Halifax native Samuel Cunard chooses Boston as the western terminus for his steamships.
 * Lord Cathcart, the new governor, arrives.
 * The Rebellion Losses Commission sits.
 * The Welland Canal is opened.

January to June

 * January 9 – Laure Conan, novelist (died 1924)
 * January 14 – Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Governor General of Canada (died 1927)
 * February 13 – William James Topley, photographer (died 1930)
 * April 5 – Leonard Burnett, politician, farmer and teacher (died 1932)
 * May 4 – Louis Henry Davies, lawyer, businessman, politician and 3rd Premier of Prince Edward Island (died 1924)

July to December

 * July 9 – Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, Governor General of Canada (died 1914)
 * July 20 – Charles-Eusèbe Dionne, naturalist and taxidermist (died 1925)
 * August 6 – John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll, Governor General of Canada (died 1914)
 * November 10 – John Sparrow David Thompson, lawyer, judge, politician, and 4th Prime Minister of Canada (died 1894)
 * December 15 – Edward Charles Bowers, politician (died 1929)