Events from the year 1744 in Canada.
Incumbents French Monarch: Louis XVGuéganic (2008), p. 13. British and Irish Monarch: George II
Governors Governor General of New France: Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial Governor of Nova Scotia: Paul Mascarene Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: Thomas Smith
Events May 3 – News of the declaration of war by France on Great Britain arrives in New France, starting King George's War. The Treaty of Lancaster between Great Britain and the Iroquois occurs. Nicolas-Joseph de Noyelles de Fleurimont succeeded Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye as the Commandant of the western French forts.
Births May 22 - Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra, naval officer, explorer, administrator (d.1794) October 6 - James McGill, merchant, philanthropist (d.1813) December 10 - William Berczy, painter, architect, author, and colonizer (d.1813)
Full date unknown Elias Hardy, lawyer and office-holder (d.1798) References