Events from the year 1802 in Canada.
Incumbents
Monarch: George III
Federal government
Parliament of Lower Canada: 3rd
Parliament of Upper Canada: 3rd
Governors
Governor of the Canadas: Robert Milnes
Governor of New Brunswick: Thomas Carleton
Governor of Nova Scotia: John Wentworth
Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: Charles Morice Pole
Governor of St. John's Island: Edmund Fanning
Events
The Tlingit start resisting Russian incursions into their territory. First Nations massacre Russians at Old Sitka; only a few survive. Alexander Mackenzie is knighted for his efforts in 1802 and becomes a member of the XY Company. Saint Mary's University is founded at Halifax.
Births
January 9 – Catharine Parr Traill, writer (d.1899) March 4 – Samuel Harrison, farmer, lawyer, mill owner, politician, judge and 1st Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada (d.1867) May 2 – Étienne Parent, journalist (d.1874) July 9 – Edmond Baird, cabinet-maker and upholsterer (d.1859) October 31 – Charles Dickson Archibald, lawyer, businessman and politician (d.1868)
Full date unknown
Henry Sherwood, lawyer, local politician and 4th Premier of Canada West (d.1855)
Deaths
April 3 – Philippe-François de Rastel de Rocheblave, soldier, businessman and political figure in Lower Canada (b. 1727)