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{{Unreferenced|date=December 2009}}{{Year box}}{{History of Canada}}Events from the year 1808 in Canada. IncumbentsFederal government- Parliament of Lower Canada: 4th (until April 27)
- Parliament of Upper Canada: 4th (until March 16)
Governors- Governor of the Canadas: Robert Milnes
- Governor of New Brunswick: Thomas Carleton
- Governor of Nova Scotia: John Wentworth
- Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: John Holloway
- Governor of Prince Edward Island: Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres
Events- David Thompson explores Kootenay River.
- Simon Fraser follows Fraser River to the Pacific.
- The American Fur Company is chartered by John Jacob Astor to compete with Canadian fur trade
- The Upper Canada Militia Act 1808 states that all males between ages of sixteen and sixty are required to enroll as militiamen and are to be called out once a year for exercises
- The Legislative Assembly of Quebec criticizes the swearing-in of Ezekiel Hart because he is of Jewish faith, and votes his expulsion.
Births- April – Charles Wilson, politician (d.1877)
- April 7 – John Langton, businessman, political figure and civil servant (d.1894)
- April 10 – William Annand, 2nd Premier of Nova Scotia (d.1887)
- April 25 – Malcolm Cameron, businessman and politician (d.1876)
- August 15 or September 16 – Charles Fisher, politician and 1st Premier of the Colony of New Brunswick (d.1880)
- September 14 – Edwin Atwater, businessperson and municipal politician (d.1874)
- October 20 – Narcisse-Fortunat Belleau, lawyer, businessman and politician (d.1894)
Deaths- November 10 : Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, military and governor.
- Peter Russell (politician), judge.
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