1706 in Canada

Events from the year 1706 in Canada.

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Decades:	1680s 1690s 1700s 1710s 1720s
See also:	History of Canada Timeline of Canadian history List of years in Canada

Incumbents

• French Monarch: Louis XIV^[1]
• English, Scottish and Irish Monarch: Anne^[2]

Governors

• Governor General of New France: Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil^[3]
• Governor of Acadia: Jacques-François de Monbeton de Brouillan then Daniel d'Auger de Subercase^[4]
• Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville^[5]
• Governor of Plaisance: Daniel d'Auger de Subercase^[4] then Philippe Pastour de Costebelle^[6]

Events

• In 1706, the census of New France was 16,417.^[7]

Births

• February 2, 1706: Claude-Godefroy Coquart, missionary (died 1765)^[8][9][10]
• August 21, 1706: Pierre Nicolas d'Incarville, French Jesuit and amateur botanist (died 1757)^[11][12]
• James Abercrombie, British Army general and commander-in-chief of forces in North America during the French and Indian War (died 1781)

Deaths

• July 9, 1706: Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville: Canadian-born French explorer who established settlements in what is now southern Louisiana (born 1661).
• October 11, 1706: Marguerite Bourdon (religious order name, Mother Saint-Jean-Baptiste): one of the foundresses of the Hôpital Général in Quebec; known for her work with the poor (born October 12, 1642).^[13]
• November 25, Jacques Le Ber merchant and seigneur in Montreal, New France.