1770 in Canada

Events from the year 1770 in Canada.

Events

• December - Samuel Hearne departs on his third voyage of discovery
• The city of Saint-Eustache, Quebec is established

Births

• April 7 - William Wordsworth, in Cockermouth, England
• April 30 - David Thompson, fur trader, surveyor and map-maker (d.1857)
• May 15 - Ezekiel Hart, in Trois-Rivières, Quebec
• June 4 (baptised) - William Carson, in Kirkcudbright, Scotland
• October 23 - George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie
• William Allan, near Huntly, Scotland

Deaths

• February 12 - Christopher Middleton, Hudson's Bay Company captain

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