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{{Year box}}{{History of Canada}}Events from the year 1862 in Canada. IncumbentsFederal governmentGovernors- Governor General of the Province of Canada — The Viscount Monck
- Colonial Governor of Newfoundland — Alexander Bannerman
- Governor of New Brunswick — Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon
- Governor of Nova Scotia — George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby
- Governor of Prince Edward Island — George Dundas
Premiers- Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada –
- John A. Macdonald, Canada West Premier (until May 24)
- George-Étienne Cartier, Canada East Premier (until May 24)
- John Sandfield MacDonald, Canada West Premier
- Louis-Victor Sicotte, Canada East Premier
- Premier of Newfoundland — Hugh Hoyles
- Premier of New Brunswick — Samuel Leonard Tilley
- Premier of Nova Scotia – Joseph Howe
- Premier of Prince Edward Island – Edward Palmer
Events- April 7 – United Kingdom-United States treaty for suppression of African slave trade is signed.{{Citation needed|date=October 2017}}
- May 20 – Macdonald-Cartier government falls. Free interprovincial trade granted by the Crown.
Full date unknown- The first female student is accepted into Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick
- Smallpox sweeps through Fort Victoria area and down the length of the northwest coast, killing an estimated 200,000 Indian people – William Duncan, an Anglican missionary on the northwest coast, establishes the village of Metlakatla with 50 Tsimshian followers, who adopt the Christian faith and a European lifestyle. By 1880, more than 1,000 converts live there.
- Construction begins on the Cariboo Wagon Road to link coastal shipping to Barkerville and the Cariboo goldfields.
Historical Documents1862 published letter describes Fraser River riches in the Cariboo gold rush[1] Settling aboriginal people near Winnipeg is opposed by residents in 1862 published letter[2] Arts and literature{{Empty section|date=July 2010}}Births- January 9 – Joseph-Octave Samson, businessperson, politician and 28th Mayor of Quebec City (died 1945)
Full date unknown- Laura Borden, wife of Robert Borden, 8th Prime Minister of Canada (died 1940)
Deaths- August 8 – Allan MacNab, businessman, soldier, lawyer and politician (born 1798)
- August 18 – Simon Fraser, fur-trader and explorer (born 1776)
References1. ^"The Gold Diggings of British Columbia," Illustrated London News (March 29, 1862). Accessed 8 October 2017 http://personal.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/goldbc1862.html
2. ^"Settling Indians in St. Paul's Parish," The Nor'-Wester, Vol. III, No. 11 (June 11, 1862), pg. 1, Manitobia – Digital Resources on Manitoba History. Accessed 8 October 2017. Two images: http://manitobia.ca/content/en/newspapers/NWR/1862/06/11/1/Ar00106.html/Olive http://manitobia.ca/content/en/newspapers/NWR/1862/06/11/1/Ar00100.html/Olive
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