See also: 1716 in Canada, other events of 1717, 1718 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.

Events

• Fort Kaministiquia was founded by French merchants to be the first in a series of forts reaching westward to expand trade and seek a route to the western sea. (Daniel Greysolon Dulhut had built a fort, (Fort Caministigoyan), at the same location on the Kaministiquia River in 1679.)

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