Events from the year 1821 in Canada.

[edit] Events

• July 17 - Construction of the Lachine Canal in Montreal begins.
• July - The Hudson's Bay Company merges with arch rivals, the Montreal-based North West Company, creating unemployment for a substantial proportion of their Métis workforce.
• No foreigners allowed in Russian-American waters, except at regular ports of call.

John Abbott

[edit] Births

• February 21 - John Beverley Robinson, politician
• March 12 - John Abbott, politician and 3rd Prime Minister of Canada (d.1893)

Charles Tupper

• July 2 - Charles Tupper, politician, Premier of Nova Scotia and 6th Prime Minister of Canada (d.1915)
• July 6 - Henri Bernier, politician, businessman and manufacturer (d.1893)
• August 13 - Philip Carteret Hill, politician and Premier of Nova Scotia (d.1894)

[edit] Deaths