1739 in Canada

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Events from the year 1739 in Canada.

Events

• Joseph La France begins to explore between Lake Superior and Hudson Bay.
• Census of New France counts 42,801 inhabitants

Births

• February 23: Jean-François Hubert, bishop of Quebec (d. 1797)
• August: Alexander Henry the elder, fur trader, merchant, militia officer, jp, and author (d. 1824)

Deaths

• May 19: Marie Barbier de l'Assomption, sister of the Congrégation de Notre-Dame (born 1663)

Full date unknown

• Thomas Bird, HBC chief at Albany Fort