See also: 1776 in Canada, other events of 1777, 1778 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.

Events

• July 4 - Near Fort Ticonderoga, General Burgoyne offers condonement if colonists lay down their arms.
• September 19 - General Burgoyne's Indian and French allies desert at the battle of Stillwater .
• October 16 - Articles of Capitulation of 5,782 British, under Burgoyne are written.
• October 17 - Though aware of approaching relief, Burgoyne, having promised to capitulate, and fearing annihilation by a threatened attack, signs the capitulation. During its first session the Canadian Council passes sixteen ordinances, adopts English Commercial law, and constitutes itself a Court of Appeal, with final resort to the Privy Council in England.
• In the House of Lords, Lord Camden declares: "If I were an American, I should resist to the last such manifest exertions of tyranny, violence and injustice."
• David Thompson enters Grey Coat School

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