Events from the year 1841 in Canada.

Incumbents

  • Monarch: Victoria

Federal government

  • Parliament: 1st (starting June 15)

Governors

  • Governor General of the Province of Canada: Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham (until 16 September); vacant then
  • Governor of New Brunswick: William MacBean George Colebrooke
  • Governor of Nova Scotia: Lucius Cary, 10th Viscount Falkland
  • Civil Governor of Newfoundland: John Harvey
  • Governor of Prince Edward Island: Henry Vere Huntley
  • Governor of Canada West: John Clitherow then Richard Downes Jackson
  • Governor of Upper Canada: Charles Poulett Thomson

Premiers

  • Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada —
  • William Henry Draper, Canada West Premier
  • Samuel Harrison, Canada East Premier

Events

  • February 10 – The Union of Upper and Lower Canada establishes the Province of Canada.
  • June 15 – The 1st Parliament of the Province of Canada meets at Kingston.
  • October 2 – The Canada Gazette publishes its first issue.