1764 in Canada

Template:Short description Template:More citations needed Template:Year in Canada Template:History of Canada Events from the year 1764 in Canada.

Incumbents

• Monarch: George III<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Governors

• Governor of the Province of Quebec: Jeffery Amherst
• Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Louis Billouart
• Governor of Nova Scotia: Jonathan Belcher
• Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: Richard Edwards

Events

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• 1764–1765: The Sugar Act and Stamp Act, by which Britain aims to recover revenue from the American colonies, arouses local opposition.
• James Murray becomes civil governor of Quebec, but his attempts to appease French Canadians are disliked by British merchants.
• Canada is divided into two chief judicial districts (Quebec and Montreal). Martial law, in Canada, terminates.
• Fort Erie is constructed. It is the first British fort to be constructed in the Canadian territories which were newly annexed from the French.<ref name="Old Fort Erie History">Template:Cite web</ref>