Events from the year 1852 in Canada.
Incumbents Monarch — Victoria
Federal government Parliament: 4th
Governors Governor General of the Province of Canada — James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin Colonial Governor of Newfoundland — Charles Henry Darling Governor of New Brunswick — Edmund Walker Head Governor of Nova Scotia — John Harvey Governor of Prince Edward Island — Dominick Daly
Premiers Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada — Francis Hincks, Canada West Premier Augustin-Norbert Morin, Canada East Premier Premier of Nova Scotia — James Boyle Uniacke Premier of Prince Edward Island — John Holl
Events January 15 – Trinity College opens. July 8 – Beginning of a fire which burns 11,000 houses in Montreal. October – The Bank of Montreal issues notes like the Bank of England's; denomination water-marked. October 25 – The Toronto Stock Exchange opens. November 10 – The Grand Trunk Railway Company is incorporated to build a railway between Toronto and Montreal. December 8 – Laval's Seminaire du Quebec founds Université Laval, North America's oldest French Language university.
Full date unknown The 1852 Newfoundland general election occurs.
Births
January 1 – Alexander Bethune, politician and 12th Mayor of Vancouver (died 1947) March 22 – Theodore Davie, lawyer, politician and 9th Premier of British Columbia (died 1898) April 5 – Alexander Warburton, politician, jurist, author and Premier of Prince Edward Island (died 1929) August 19 – John Andrew Davidson, politician (died 1903) September 9 – Fletcher Bath Wade, politician and barrister (died 1905) September 24 – Joseph Martin, lawyer, politician and 13th Premier of British Columbia (died 1923) November 2 – Paul Tourigny, politician (died 1926)
Deaths April 3 – Alexander Rankin, timber merchant, justice of the peace, politician, and office holder (born 1788) November 3 – Francis Gore, colonial administrator (born 1769)
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