1706 in Canada

Template:Short description Template:Year in Canada Template:History of Canada Events from the year 1706 in Canada.

Incumbents

• French Monarch: Louis XIV<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• English, Scottish and Irish Monarch: Anne<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Governors

• Governor General of New France: Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Governor of Acadia: Jacques-François de Monbeton de Brouillan then Daniel d'Auger de Subercase<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville<ref name=":02">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Governor of Plaisance: Daniel d'Auger de Subercase<ref name=":0" /> then Philippe Pastour de Costebelle<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Events

• In 1706, the census of New France was 16,417.<ref>Statistics of Canada, Fourth Volume</ref>

Births

• February 2, 1706: Claude-Godefroy Coquart, missionary (died 1765)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• August 21, 1706: Pierre Nicolas d'Incarville, French Jesuit and amateur botanist (died 1757)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• James Abercrombie, British Army general and commander-in-chief of forces in North America during the French and Indian War (died 1781)

Deaths

• July 9, 1706: Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville: Canadian-born French explorer who established settlements in what is now southern Louisiana (born 1661).
• October 11, 1706: Marguerite Bourdon (religious order name, Mother Saint-Jean-Baptiste): one of the foundresses of the Hôpital Général in Quebec; known for her work with the poor (born October 12, 1642).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• November 25, Jacques Le Ber merchant and seigneur in Montreal, New France.