Events from the year 1784 in Canada.
Incumbents Monarch – George III
Governors Governor of the Province of Quebec – Frederick Haldimand Governor of Nova Scotia – John Parr Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland – John Byron Governor of St. John's Island – Walter Patterson
Events August 16 – In response to Loyalist demands, the Crown creates New Brunswick out of Nova Scotia. New Brunswick was then divided into eight counties. North West Company built up Grand portage as a general summer rendezvous for all companies and free traders, drawing furs from as far as Oregon and the Arctic Circle. David Thompson began his apprenticeship on Hudson Bay. James Cook's journal of his last voyage published in London. Ward Chipman the Elder, a Massachusetts lawyer, settled in New Brunswick, where he served as solicitor general until 1808. Butler's Rangers were disbanded in June 1784, and its veterans were given land grants in the Nassau District, now the Niagara region of Ontario, as a reward for their services to the British Crown.
Births June 21 – Sir George Arthur, 1st Baronet, army officer and colonial administrator (d.1854) October 19 – John McLoughlin, physician, fur trader, and merchant (d.1857)
Deaths January 28 – Henry Allen, evangelist, hymnist, and theologian (b.1748) December 13 – Dr. Samuel Johnson dies in London. (b.1709)
Full date unknown Laurence Coughlan, Methodist preacher, Church of England clergyman, and local official
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