1788 in Canada

Years in Canada:	1785 1786 1787 1788 1789 1790 1791
Centuries:	17th century · 18th century · 19th century
Decades:	1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s
Years:	1785 1786 1787 1788 1789 1790 1791

Events from the year 1788 in Canada.

IncumbentsEdit

Attorney-General Monk and Solicitor-General Williams are of opinion that, as the Jesuits have no civil existence as a Canadian corporation, their estates accrue to the Crown.
Ontario is divided into five districts,^[1] under English law.

January 1 – Peter Warren Dease, HBC officer and Arctic explorer (d.1863)^[2]
October 14 – Sir Edward Sabine, soldier and scientist (d.1883)^[3]
December 31 – Alexander Rankin, timber merchant, justice of the peace, politician, and office holder (d.1852)^[4]

^ Districts of Ontario, www.archives.org, retrieved 12 March 2015^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Peter Warren Dease", Dartmouth College Library Encyclopedia Arctica, Retrieved August 26, 2016
^ "Sir Edward Sabine", National Portrait Gallery, Retrieved August 26, 2016
^ John Rankin (1908). A History of Our Firm: Some Account of the Firm of Pollok, Gilmour and Co. and Its Offshoots and Connections. author at the University Press of Liverpool. pp. 58–.

Years in Canada:	1785 1786 1787 1788 1789 1790 1791
Centuries:	17th century · 18th century · 19th century
Decades:	1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s
Years:	1785 1786 1787 1788 1789 1790 1791