1718 in Canada
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Events from the year 1718 in Canada.
Incumbents
Governors
- Governor General of New France: Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil
- Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville
- Governor of Nova Scotia: John Doucett
- Governor of Placentia: Samuel Gledhill
Births
- September 8 - Joseph Coulon de Jumonville, military officer. (died 1754)
- September 17 - Joseph Fairbanks, merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. (died 1796) born in Sherborn, Massachusetts
Full date unknown
- John Burbidge, soldier, land owner, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. (died 1812) born in Cowes, England
- Robert Campbell, merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. (died 1775)
Deaths
- August 4 - René Lepage de Sainte-Claire, landlord.
References
- ^ Guéganic (2008), p. 13.
- ^ Gibbs, G. C. (September 2004; online edn, January 2006) "George I (1660–1727)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/10538. Retrieved 30 July 2007 (subscription required).