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1791–95 – British Captain George Vancouver explores Northwest Coast exhaustively with two ships, but finds no Northwest Passage.; Edmund Burke supports the proposed constitution for Canada, saying that: "To attempt to amalgamate two populations, composed of races of men diverse in language, laws and habitudes, is a complete absurdity.
The Government of Canada recommends that all-numeric dates in both English and French use the YYYY-MM-DD format codified in ISO 8601. [11] The Standards Council of Canada also specifies this as the country's date format. [12] [13] The YYYY-MM-DD format is the only officially recommended method of writing a numeric date in Canada. [2]
Vincent Ogé (c. 1757 – 6 February 1791) was a Creole [1] revolutionary, merchant, military officer and goldsmith who had a leading role in a failed uprising against French colonial rule in the colony of Saint-Domingue in 1790.
Canada withdraws from the War in Afghanistan at the end of the first phase. [136] [137] [146] 2018: 17 October The Cannabis Act becomes law, making recreational cannabis use legal throughout the country. Canada is the second country (after Uruguay in 2013) to legalize recreational cannabis use nationwide. [147] 2020: 7 January - March
1791 establishments in Canada (1 C, 3 P) L. 1791 in Lower Canada (1 C) Pages in category "1791 in Canada" ... This page was last edited on 23 May 2023, at 21:55 (UTC).
1792 - The first session of the Parliament of Lower Canada opens on December 17. 1792 - On December 18, Jean-Antoine Panet is elected Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. 1792 - Opening of the first post office in Montreal on December 20. 1793 - Language debate at the Legislative Assembly of Quebec on January 21.
Between 1681 and 1791 the labor for these plantations was provided by an estimated 790,000 or 860,000 slaves, [14] accounting in 1783–1791 for a third of the entire Atlantic slave trade. [15] In addition, some Native Americans were enslaved in Louisiana and sent to Saint-Domingue, particularly in the wake of the Natchez revolt . [ 16 ]
January 25 – The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act 1791, splitting the old province of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada. February 8 – The Bank of the United States , based in Philadelphia, is incorporated by the federal government with a 20-year charter and started with $10,000,000 capital.