April 7 – A large fire engulfs
Toronto's downtown section. Started at 1 a.m. of an unknown cause, it started behind a tavern in the market section catching some hay then spread rapidly before destroying numerous buildings, including St. James cathedral. Flames could be seen from across Lake Ontario at
St. Catharines, 40 km distant.
April 25 – For sanctioning the
Rebellion Losses Bill,
Lord Elgin is mobbed by Tories and the Parliament House in Montreal is burned.
May – The
Hayes House in Dalhousie Square leased for Parliamentary purposes. The parliament is to sit alternately in
Quebec City and
Toronto.
May 29 – Gen. Rowan, Administrator.
July – A delegation of
Anishinaabe chiefs petition
Lord Elgin to address the encroachment of mining interests on the shore of
Lake Superior and north shore of
Lake Huron in the absence of a formal treaty.[2]