1801 in Canada

Events from the year 1801 in Canada.

← 1800 1799 1798 1801 in Canada → 1802 1803 1804
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: 3rd (starting January 8)
• Parliament of Upper Canada: 3rd (starting May 28)

Governors

• Governor of the Canadas: Robert Milnes
• Governor of New Brunswick: Thomas Carleton
• Governor of Nova Scotia: John Wentworth
• Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: James Gambier
• Governor of St. John's Island: Edmund Fanning

Events

• David Thompson fails to cross Rocky Mountains.
• Alexander Mackenzie's Voyages to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans published in London.
• Mackenzie knighted in honor of his explorations.
• Shipbuilding has become an important industry in Canada.
• Two ships, the Sarah and the Dove, arrive at Upper Canada carrying 700 passengers from Lochaber, Scotland from the Cameron and Fraser clans.
• Cassidy's Ltd. is established, third oldest company closed its doors in 2000

Births

• January 18 – James Evans, missionary and linguist (d.1846)
• March 11 – William Henry Draper, politician, lawyer, and judge (d. 1877)
• May 31 – Robert Rankin, timber merchant and shipowner (d. 1870)

Full date unknown

• Edward Feild, Church of England clergyman, inspector of schools, bishop of Newfoundland (d.1876)
• Wilson Ruffin Abbott, businessman and landowner (d.1876)
• Shanawdithit, the last known survivor of the Beothuks (d.1829)

Deaths

• December 28 – Samuel Holland, army officer, military engineer, surveyor, office holder, politician, and landowner (b.1728)