1718 in Canada

Events from the year 1718 in Canada.

← 1717 1716 1715 1718 in Canada → 1719 1720 1721
Decades:	1690s 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s
See also:	History of Canada Timeline of Canadian history List of years in Canada

Incumbents

• French Monarch: Louis XV^[1]
• British and Irish Monarch: George I^[2]

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

1. Guéganic (2008), p. 13.
2. 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).