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Events from the year 1779 in Canada.
Incumbents
- Monarch: George III
Governors
- Governor of the Province of Quebec: Frederick Haldimand
- Governor of Nova Scotia: Sir Richard Hughes, 2nd Baronet
- Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: Richard Edwards
- Governor of St. John's Island: Walter Patterson
Deaths
- February 14 – James Cook killed by Hawaiian natives, cutting short his search for Northwest Passage. (born 1728)