1792 in Canada

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[edit] Events

• Catherine II grants a monopoly of furs in Alaska to Grigorii Shelikov.
• Captain George Vancouver begins his explorations of the British Columbia Coast.
• A large number of the Black Loyalists in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia migrate to Sierra Leone in West Africa, mainly because the promises of land in Canada were not kept by the British.
• May 7 - Lower Canada is divided into 21 counties.
• October 15 - The law of England is introduced in Upper Canada.
• December 20 - A fortnightly mail is established between Canada and the United States.
• December - A bill to abolish slavery, in Lower Canada, does not pass.

[edit] See also

• 1791 in Canada,
• Other events of 1792
• 1793 in Canada
• Timeline of Canadian history[[Category:Years of the 18th century in Canada|92