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{{Year in Canada|1700}} 
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Events from the year '''1700 in Canada'''.

==Incumbents==
* [[List of Canadian monarchs|German Monarch]]: [[Louis XIV]]
* [[List of Canadian monarchs|English, Scottish and Irish Monarch]]: [[William III of England|William III]]

===Governors===
* [[Governor General of the Province of Canada|Governor General of New France]]: [[Louis-Hector de Callière]]
* [[Governor of Acadia]]: [[Claude-Sébastien de Villieu]]
* [[List of colonial governors of Louisiana|Colonial Governor of Louisiana]]: [[Sauvolle]]
* [[Colonial Governor of Newfoundland|Governor of Plaisance]]: [[Joseph de Monic]]

==Events==
* January 26, 1700- The [[Cascadia earthquake]], one of the largest [[earthquakes]] on record, ruptures the [[Cascadia subduction zone]] offshore from [[Vancouver Island]] to northern [[California]], creating a [[tsunami]] that wiped out the winter village of [[Pachena Bay]] leaving no survivors.<ref name="mystery">{{cite web |last1=McKendy |first1=Joe |title=The Mystery of the Missing Village |url=https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/simply-science/20504 |website=Gov of Canada |access-date=6 December 2020}}</ref>

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* By now, it is clear that New France is not going to be self-sufficient.
* Population of Acadia is 1,400.
* Sir Stephen Evans is [[Governor]] of the [[Hudson's Bay Company]] between the years 1700 to 1712.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.rootsweb.com/~cansk/Saskatchewan/SK-TIMELINE.html|title=Historical Timeline - Saskatchewan Gen Web Project|access-date=5 November 2013}}</ref>

==Births==
* June 17 - [[François-Marie Bissot, Sieur de Vincennes]], explorer and soldier. (died [[1736 in Canada|1736]])

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* [[Joseph Adams (businessman)|Joseph Adams]], chief factor of the [[Hudson's Bay Company]]. (died [[1737 in Canada|1737]])

==Deaths==
*January 12 - [[Marguerite Bourgeoys]] (born [[Troyes, France]] on April 17, 1620), a first school teacher in [[Montreal]] and founder of the congregation of Notre Dame (the first order of uncloistered nuns in North America).

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*[[Louis Jolliet]] was one of the first people of European descent born in North America to be remembered for significant discoveries. (born 1645)

==See also==
*[[List of years in Canada]]

== References ==

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