Events from the year 1716 in Canada.
Incumbents
- French Monarch: Louis XV
- British and Irish Monarch: George I
Governors
- Governor General of New France: Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil
- Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac then Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville
- Governor of Nova Scotia: Thomas Caulfeild
- Governor of Placentia: John Moody
Events
- Jacques Talbot came to Montreal as a schoolmaster.
Births
Deaths
References
