Events from the year 1815 in Canada.
Events
- Great Migration from Europe begins.
- January - Unaware of the Treaty of Ghent, Gen. Andrew Jackson (1767–1845) wins an overwhelming victory at the Battle of New Orleans.
- February 9 - A Bill, to give the speaker a salary is read: salary 1,000 pounds.
- February 18 - The United States ratify Treaties, signed in December 1814.
- March 25 - Governor George Prevost informs Parliament, that then-Prince Regent George IV has ordered him to England, to answer charges of the naval commander.
- March - Parliament votes 25,000 pounds for a canal from Montreal to Lachine.
Births
- January 10 - John A. Macdonald, politician and 1st Prime Minister of Canada, Born in Glasgow, Scotland. (died 1891)
- June 19 - Cornelius Krieghoff, artist (died 1872)
Deaths
- December 21 - Robert Prescott, Governor of Canada (born 1725)