1842 in Canada
Events from the year 1842 in Canada.
Events
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Births
- January 1 - John Morison Gibson, politician and Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (died 1929)
- March 4 - Hector Berthelot, lawyer, journalist and publisher (died 1895)
- June 26 - Zoé Lafontaine, wife of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (died 1921)
- June 30 - William Smithe, politician and 6th Premier of British Columbia (died 1887)
- July 11 - Louis-Philippe Turcotte, historian (died 1878)
- August 14 - Malcolm Alexander MacLean, 1st Mayor of Vancouver (died 1895)
- August 15 - Judson Burpee Black, physician and politician (died 1924)
- September 9 - Silas Tertius Rand Bill, politician, merchant and shipowner (died 1890)
- December 15 - Neil McLeod, lawyer, judge, politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island (died 1915)
- December 28 - Calixa Lavallée, musician and composer (died 1891)
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Deaths