1845 in Canada

Incumbents

• Monarch: Victoria

  Federal government

• Parliament: 2nd

  Governors

• Governor General of the Province of Canada: Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham
• Governor of New Brunswick: William MacBean George Colebrooke
• Governor of Nova Scotia: Lucius Cary, 10th Viscount Falkland
• Civil Governor of Newfoundland: John Harvey
• Governor of Prince Edward Island: Henry Vere Huntley

  Premiers

• Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada —
• *William Henry Draper, Canada West Premier
• *Samuel Harrison, Canada East Premier

  Events

• Halifax native Samuel Cunard chooses Boston as the western terminus for his steamships.
• Lord Cathcart, the new governor, arrives.
• The Rebellion Losses Commission sits.
• The Welland Canal is opened.

  Births

January to June

• January 9 – Laure Conan, novelist
• January 14 – Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Governor General of Canada
• February 13 – William James Topley, photographer
• April 5 – Leonard Burnett, politician, farmer and teacher
• May 4 – Louis Henry Davies, lawyer, businessman, politician and 3rd Premier of Prince Edward Island

  July to December

• July 9 – Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, Governor General of Canada
• July 20 – Charles-Eusèbe Dionne, naturalist and taxidermist
• August 6 – John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll, Governor General of Canada
• November 10 – John Sparrow David Thompson, lawyer, judge, politician, and 4th Prime Minister of Canada
• December 15 – Edward Charles Bowers, politician

  Deaths