Events from the year 1850 in Canada.

Incumbents

  • Monarch — Victoria

Federal government

  • Parliament: 3rd

Governors

  • Governor General of the Province of Canada — James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin
  • Colonial Governor of Newfoundland — Charles Henry Darling
  • Governor of New Brunswick — Edmund Walker Head
  • Governor of Nova Scotia — John Harvey
  • Governor of Prince Edward Island — Dominick Daly

Premiers

  • Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada —
  • Robert Baldwin, Canada West Premier
  • Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, Canada East Premier
  • Premier of Nova Scotia — James Boyle Uniacke

Events

  • January 14 – Malcolm Cameron visits Washington, D.C. about a trade reciprocity agreement.
  • September 7 – After tense negotiations, the first of the Robinson Treaties, the Robinson-Superior Treaty, is signed. This treaty between William Benjamin Robinson and an assembly of Ojibwe chiefs from the shore of Lake Superior creates a system of Indian reserves and ultimately opens up the area to European settlement.
  • September 9 – The second of the Robinson Treaties, the Robinson-Huron Treaty, is signed between Robinson and the Ojibwe chiefs of Lake Huron. The Lake Huron chiefs, led by Shingwaukonse, are more resistant to the signing of the treaty as they are more familiar with the treaty system and are more threatened by encroachment from Europeans, as well as having tense relations with the Canada West government following the Mica Bay Incident.