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Events from the year 1802 in Canada.

[edit] Events

• The Tlingit start resisting Russian incursions into their territory.
• First Nations massacre Russians at Old Sitka; only a few survive.
• Alexander Mackenzie is knighted for his efforts in 1802 and becomes a member of the XY Company.
• Saint Mary's University is founded at Halifax.

[edit] Births

• January 9 - Catharine Parr Traill, writer
• May 2 - Étienne Parent, journalist
• July 9 - Edmond Baird, cabinet-maker and upholsterer (d.1859)
• October 31 - Charles Dickson Archibald, lawyer, businessman and politician (d.1868)

[edit] Deaths