Events from the year 1749 in Canada.
Incumbents
Governors
- Governor General of New France: Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière then Jacques-Pierre de Taffanel de la Jonquière, Marquis de la Jonquière
- Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial
- Governor of Nova Scotia: Edward Cornwallis
- Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: George Brydges Rodney
Events
- Halifax, capital of Nova Scotia, is founded by British General Edward Cornwallis to counter French presence at Louisbourg.
- La Vérendrye was awarded the cross of Saint Louis, in honour of his career.
- French agricultural settlement established in what would become Windsor, Ontario.
Births
Full date unknown
- Joel Stone, founder of Gananoque, Ontario (died 1833)
Deaths
- December 5 - Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye, French Canadian military officer, fur trader and explorer (born 1685).
References
- ^ Guéganic (2008), p. 13.
- ^ "George I". Official web site of the British monarchy. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2016.