Events from the year 1718 in Canada.

Incumbents French Monarch: Louis XVGuéganic (2008), p. 13. British and Irish Monarch: George IGibbs, G. C. (September 2004; online edn, January 2006) "George I (1660–1727)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, . Retrieved 30 July 2007 (subscription required).

Governors Governor General of New France: Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville Governor of Nova Scotia: John Doucett Governor of Placentia: Samuel Gledhill

Births September 8 - Joseph Coulon de Jumonville, military officer. (died 1754) September 17 - Joseph Fairbanks, merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. (died 1796) born in Sherborn, Massachusetts

Full date unknown John Burbidge, soldier, land owner, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. (died 1812) born in Cowes, England Robert Campbell, merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. (died 1775)

Deaths August 4 - René Lepage de Sainte-Claire, landlord.

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