Events from the year 1726 in Canada.
Incumbents
- French Monarch: Louis XV
- British and Irish Monarch: George I
Governors
- Governor General of New France: Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois
- Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Pierre Dugué de Boisbriand
- Governor of Nova Scotia: John Doucett then Lawrence Armstrong
- Governor of Placentia: Samuel Gledhill
Events
- Claude-Thomas Dupuy took up his duties as intendant of New France.
- Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois was appointed as Governor of New France.
- Thomas-Jacques Taschereau arrived in New France (Canada) as a private secretary to the Intendant of New France, Claude-Thomas Dupuy.
Births
- June 24 : Robert Monckton, army officer and colonial administrator (died 1782)
Full date unknown
- Robert Prescott, Governor of Canada (died 1815)
Deaths
- July 27 : Étienne de Carheil, missionary.
Date unknown
- Étienne Jacob, court officer.