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{{Refimprove|date=July 2017}}{{Year box}}{{History of Canada}}Events from the year 1784 in Canada. IncumbentsGovernors- Governor of the Province of Quebec: Frederick Haldimand
- Governor of Nova Scotia:
- 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.
- 1784-: 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 begins 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.[1]
- 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
{{BNA year nav}}{{North America topic|1784 in}}References1. ^{{Cite web|url=http://globalgenealogy.com/links/canada-nb.htm|title=SEARCHABLE ONLINE DATA – New Brunswick, Canada / Canadian Genealogy & History Information|website=globalgenealogy.com|access-date=2017-07-01}}
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