John Charlton Fisher, Esq., L.L.D. (October 23, 1794 – August 10, 1849) was a Canadian author, journalist, and publisher.
Born in Carlisle, England, John Charlton Fisher was a brilliant student and obtained a doctorate in law. He soon moved to New York City and in 1822 he there became a founding publisher of a newspaper, the Albion, along with John Bartlett.
In of 1823 Fisher accepted an offer to come to Quebec and take over as publisher of the Quebec Gazette. On October 10 Governor Lord Dalhousie gave him the post of Queen's Printer.
He also worked as a journalist at the Quebec Mercury. In 1838 he sat as clerk, and then as secretary, to the Rebellion Losses Commission. After giving up the post of publisher of the Quebec Gazette in 1840, he decided to launch his own weekly, the Conservative, in 1841, but it was unsuccessful. He remained Queen's Printer in the city of Quebec until his death. The Literary and Historical Society of Quebec came into being in 1824, and Fisher served as its first treasurer and corresponding secretary. He was named president in 1846 and vice president the following year. Early in the 1830s he served as secretary and librarian of the Garrison Library. He became president of the Quebec Library Association in 1847.
He and Andrew Stuart contributed material for Alfred Hawkins's book Hawkins's picture of Quebec; with historical recollections, published in 1834.
When Charles Dickens visited Quebec in 1842, Fisher had the honour of being his host.
On August 10, 1849 he died at sea on the steamship Sarah Sands, which he had boarded in Liverpool three days earlier to return to Quebec.