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See also: 1822 in Canada, other events of 1823, 1824 in Canada.

Events from the year 1823 in Canada.

[edit] Events

• May 10 - Louis-Joseph Papineau and John Neilson are in London to present a petition of 60,000 signatures against favouring Union of the colonies
• October 14 - At a meeting, in Montreal, Mr. (afterwards Sir) James Stuart favors Union.

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• Shanawdithit, the last known Beothuk is found
• Smiths Falls, Ontario is founded
• Ward Chipman replaces George Stracey Smyth as Governor of New Brunswick
• Peter Robinson organizes land settlements of Irish Catholics to Carelton and Lanark County, Ontario.

[edit] Arts and literature

[edit] New Books

• A General Description of Nova Scotia, Thomas Chandler Haliburton his first work
• James Fenimore Cooper's first volume of his Leatherstocking series published in United States.

[edit] Births

• February 24 - William Murdoch, poet (d.1887)
• March 30 - James Cox Aikins, politician, Minister and Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba (d.1904)
• April 29 - Hart Massey, businessman and philanthropist (d.1896)
• June 2 - Gédéon Ouimet, politician and 2nd Premier of Quebec (d.1905)

Mackenzie Bowell

• July 23 - Alexandre-Antonin Taché, Roman Catholic priest, missionary, author and Archbishop (d.1894)
• August 13 - Goldwin Smith, historian and journalist (d.1910)
• November 10 - Thomas Arkell, politician, farmer and grain merchant (d.1906)
• December 27 - Mackenzie Bowell, politician and 5th Prime Minister of Canada (d.1917)

[edit] Deaths