1804 in Canada

Events from the year 1804 in Canada.

← 1803 1802 1801 1804 in Canada → 1805 1806 1807
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 (until June 13)
• Parliament of Upper Canada: 3rd (until March 9)

Governors

• Governor of the Canadas: Robert Milnes
• Governor of New Brunswick: Thomas Carleton
• Governor of Nova Scotia: John Wentworth
• Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: Erasmus Gower
• Governor of Prince Edward Island: Edmund Fanning then Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres

Events

• October 8 – HMS Speedy sinks during a snowstorm.
• David Thompson works in Peace River country.
• Lewis and Clark start up the Missouri River.
• Merger of the North West Company and XY Fur Companies. The XY Company is absorbed by the North West Company.
• 1,400 American ships are fishing off Labrador and in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
• The earliest Fraktur paintings appear in Lincoln County, Upper Canada.
• Russians return to Sitka and attack Kiksadi fort on Indian River. Russians lose the battle, but Natives are forced to flee. Baranov re-establishes trading post.
• Locks are placed at Coteau, the Cascades and at Long Sault.

Full date unknown

• McTavish Column completed

Births

• February 29 – Antoine Plamondon, artist (d.1895)
• May 12 – Robert Baldwin, politician (d.1858)
• December 13 – Joseph Howe, Premier of Nova Scotia (d.1873)

Deaths

• July 6 – Simon McTavish, fur trader and dealer in furs, militia officer, office holder, landowner, seigneur, and businessman (b.1750)