Contents

• Incumbents
• Governors
• Events
• Births
• References

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Events from the year 1788 in Canada.

Incumbents

• Monarch: George III ^[1]

Events

• Attorney-General Monk and Solicitor-General Williams are of opinion that, as the Jesuits have no civil existence as a Canadian corporation, their estates accrue to the Crown.
• Ontario is divided into five districts, ^[2] under English law.

Births

• January 1 – Peter Warren Dease, HBC officer and Arctic explorer (d.1863) ^[3]
• October 14 – Sir Edward Sabine, soldier and scientist (d.1883) ^[4]
• December 31 – Alexander Rankin, timber merchant, justice of the peace, politician, and office holder (d.1852) ^[5]

References