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Events from the year 1829 in Canada.
IncumbentsEdit
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Federal governmentEdit
GovernorsEdit
- Governor-General of the Province of Canada: James Kempt
- Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick: Sir Howard Douglas
- Governor of Nova Scotia: Thomas Nickleson Jeffery
- Colonial Governor of Newfoundland: Thomas John Cochrane
- Lieutenant-Governor of Prince Edward Island: John Ready
EventsEdit
- January 4 – Sir John Colborne, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada founds Upper Canada College, as a feeder school to the newly formed University of Toronto and a home for the colony's upper class.
- November 30 – Construction of the First Welland Canal is completed (construction to begin again in 1831)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
BirthsEdit
- May 28 – A. B. Rogers, surveyor (died 1889)
- June 7 – Joseph Godéric Blanchet, politician (died 1890)
- July 10 – Louis-Adélard Senécal, businessman and politician (died 1887)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- August 1 – John James Fraser, lawyer, judge, politician and 4th Premier of New Brunswick (died 1896)
- December 5 – Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, politician, Minister, 4th Premier of Quebec and Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia (died 1908)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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DeathsEdit
- June 6 – Shanawdithit, last recorded surviving member of the Beothuk people of Newfoundland (b. c1801)
ReferencesEdit
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