1849 in Canada

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January 1: King's College becomes the University of Toronto
February 10: The Governor, Ministers, MPs and Montreal's council visit St. Hyacinthe, on the St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railway.
April 7: A large fire engulfs Toronto's downtown section. Started at 1 a.m. of an unknown cause, it started behind a tavern in the market section catching some hay then spread rapidly before destroying numerous buildings, including St. James cathedral. Flames could be seen from across Lake Ontario at St. Catharines, 40 km distant.
April 25: For sanctioning the Rebellion Losses Bill, Lord Elgin is mobbed by Tories and the Parliament House in Montreal is burned.
May: The Hayes House in Dalhousie Square, leased for Parliamentary purposes. The parliament is to sit alternately in Quebec City and Toronto.
May 29: Gen. Rowan, Administrator.
September 17: The Stony Monday Riot takes place in Bytown
October 11: The Montreal Annexation Manifesto is published
December 26: Electors ask J. McConnell, M.P.P. for Stanstead, if he favours annexation, which they believe will, alone, relieve depression.
The Beauharnois Canal, just southwest of Montreal is opened.
The boundary at the 49th parallel is extended to the Pacific Ocean (bisecting Point Roberts, Washington).
The Courthouse Rebellion is launched by the Red River Métis.
An Act of Amnesty provides for William Lyon Mackenzie's return from exile in the U.S.