1842 in Canada

Events from the year 1842 in Canada.

Incumbents

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January 10 – Governor General of Canada Sir Charles Bagot arrives at Kingston, Ontario.
January 12 – The Islander is founded Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
August 9 – The Webster–Ashburton Treaty ends the Aroostook War, settling once and for all the Maine–New Brunswick border dispute.
October 16 – Queen's University is founded
The first Railway in Nova Scotia is begun.

1842 Newfoundland general election
Cornish emigrants begin to arrive in the area of Bruce Mines{{cite news |url=https://www.sootoday.com/columns/remember-this/remember-this-bruce-mines-was-kind-of-a-big-deal-486225 |website=SooToday.com |title=Remember This? Bruce Mines was kind of a big deal |date=December 11, 2016 |access-date=November 28, 2022}}

January 1 – John Morison Gibson, politician and Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (died 1929)
March 4 – Hector Berthelot, lawyer, journalist and publisher (died 1895)
June 26 – Zoé Lafontaine, wife of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (died 1921)
June 30 – William Smithe, politician and 6th Premier of British Columbia (died 1887)
July 11 – Louis-Philippe Turcotte, historian (died 1878)
August 14 – Malcolm Alexander MacLean, 1st Mayor of Vancouver (died 1895)
August 15 – Judson Burpee Black, physician and politician (died 1924)
September 9 – Silas Tertius Rand Bill, politician, merchant and shipowner (died 1890)
December 15 – Neil McLeod, lawyer, judge, politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island (died 1915)
December 28 – Calixa Lavallée, musician and composer (died 1891)