1808 in Canada

Events from the year 1808 in Canada.

← 1807 1806 1805 1808 in Canada → 1809 1810 1811
Decades:	1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s
See also:	History of Canada Timeline of Canadian history List of years 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