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Here are the 120+ newspaper articles and government sources related to Canada’s Year Without a Summer and its after-effects, from 1816 and 1817, organized chronologically. Diary entries can be found here.

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1815

1816 06 30, NB RG, Remarkable Phenomenon — New Brunswick Royal Gazette, 1816

1816

L'État de la récolte dans les paroisses, 22 February 1816 — L’État de la récolte dans les paroisses, 22 February 1816

Montreal Herald, 17 February 1816

Montreal Herald, 23 March 1816

1816 04 15, QG — Quebec Gazette, 15 April 1816

1816 05 11, NB RG, The Season_Page_1 — New Brunswick Royal Gazette, 11 May 1816

1816 05 20 MG — Montreal Gazette, 20 May 1816

1816 05 28 QM — Quebec Mercury, 28 May 1816

1816 05 30 QG — Quebec Gazette, 30 May 1816

1816 06 01, KG, cold weather0000 — Kingston Gazette, 1 June 1816

1816 06 01, KG, snow & frost0000 — Kingston Gazette, 1 June 1816

1816 06 06 QG — Quebec Gazette, 6 June 1816

Acadian Recorder, 8 June 1816

1816 06 10, MG, bad season0000 — Montreal Gazette, 10 June 1816

1816 06 11, QM, Mont weather snow0000 — Quebec Mercury, 11 June 1816

1816 06 13 QG — Quebec Gazette, 13 June 1816

1816 06 15, KG, high price flour0000 — Kingston Gazette, 15 June 1816

1816 06 18, QM, assize of bread - note pre YWoS0000 — Quebec Mercury, 18 June 1816

Quebec Gazette, 20 June 1816 — Quebec Gazette, 20 June 1816

1816 07 04 QG — Quebec Gazette, 4 July 1816

1816 07 09, QM, cold - and re women not wearing enough0000 — Quebec Mercury, 9 July 1816

1816 07 11 QG — Quebec Gazette, 11 July 1816

1816 07 18 QG — Quebec Gazette, 18 July 1816

1816 07 20, KG, cold kills insects - good0001 — Kingston Gazette, 20 July 1816

1816 07 22, MG, season looking better0000 — Montreal Gazette, 22 July 1816

1816 07 25 QG 2 — Quebec Gazette, 25 July 1816

1816 07 25 QG — Quebec Gazette, 25 July 1816

1816 08 01 QG — Quebec Gazette, 1 August 1816

Acadian Recorder, 8 August 1816

1816 08 08 QG — Quebec Gazette, 8 August 1816

Acadian Recorder, 10 August 1816

Acadian Recorder, 10 August 1816

1816 08 10, KG, good weather0000 — Kingston Gazette, 10 August 1816

1816 08 15 QG — Quebec Gazette, 15 August 1816

1816 08 20, QM, word of good crop0000 — Quebec Mercury, 20 August 1816

1816 09 12 QG — Quebec Gazette, 12 September 1816

1816 09 14, NS AR, oat crop good0000 — Acadian Recorder, 14 September 1816

1816 09 24, NB RG, On The Climate — New Brunswick Royal Gazette, 24 September 1816

1816 09 24, QM, trees turned wks ago, crops good0000 — Quebec Mercury, 24 September 1816

1816 10 08, QM, re harvest lost0000 — Quebec Mercury, 8 October 1816

1816 10 10 QG 2 — Quebec Gazette, 10 October 1816

1816 10 10 QG — Quebec Gazette, 10 October 1816

A MESSIEURS LES CURÉS DU DISTRICT DE QUÉBEC, 22 October 1816 — A Messierus les curés…, 22 October 1816

1816 11 07 QG — Quebec Gazette, 7 November 1816

1816 11 09, NS AR, PEI prohibit grain export0000 — Acadian Recorder, 9 November 1816

1816 11 28 QG — Quebec Gazette, 28 November 1816

Montreal Herald, 30 November 1816

1816 12 03, QM, bad bread being sold0000 — Quebec Mercury, 3 December 1816

1816 12 21, NS AR, let to ed Beneficus re labourers0000 — Acadian Recorder, 19 December 1816

Quebec Mercury, 24 December 1816 — Quebec Mercury, 24 December 1816

1816 12 30, MG, v mild past wk0000 — Montreal Gazette, 30 December 1816

1817

1817 04 22, N RG, Mont news, says BNA ok0000 — Newfoundland Royal Gazette, 4 January 1817

1817 01 21, N RG, help StJ poor0000 — Newfoundland Royal Gazette, 10 January 1817

Kingston Gazette, 17 January 1817

1817 01 27, MG, raising money for Mont poor 0000 — Montreal Gazette, 27 January 1817

1817 01 30 QG — Quebec Gazette, 30 January 1817

1817 02 01, NS AR, lets to ed re poor0000 — Acadian Recorder, 31 January 1817

1817 02 01, NS AR, lets to ed re poor0000 — Acadian Recorder, 31 January 1817

House of Assembly, 31 January 1817 — LC House of Assembly, 31 January 1817

1817 02 03, MG, Mont relief cttee0000 — Montreal Gazette, 31 January 1817

Canadian Courant, 1 February 1817 — Canadian Courant, 1 February 1817

1817 02 01, KG, bad reports from NS0000 — Kingston Gazette, 1 February 1817

1817 02 01, CC, Friend of the Poor0000 — Newfoundland Royal Gazette, 1 February 1817

1817 02 01, NS AR, 1816 weather summary0000-2 — Acadian Recorder, 1 February 1817

1817 02 03, MG, poor should work for relief 0000 — Montreal Gazette, 3 February 1817

1817 02 24, MG, UpCan and LowCan JHA speeches0000 — Montreal Gazette, 5 February 1817

1817 02 17, MG, report of 80 family emig from TRiver0000 — Montreal Gazette, 6 February 1817

1817 02 08, NS AR, Jan 1817 weather summary0000 — Acadian Recorder, 8 February 1817

Kingston Gazette, 11 February 1817

1817 02 17, NB RG, Act to prohibit export of grain — New Brunswick Royal Gazette, 17 February 1817

1817 02 17 QG — Quebec Gazette, 17 February 1817

1817 02 18, N RG, no one to StJ for 8 wks0000 — Newfoundland Royal Gazette, 18 February 1817

1817 02 19, NS RG, leg re failure of crops0000 — Nova Scotia Royal Gazette, 19 February 1817

1817 02 22, NS AR, lets to ed re poor, fuel0000 — Acadian Recorder, 22 February 1817

1817 02 25, NB RG, Leg report re poor needs — New Brunswick Royal Gazette, 25 February 1817

1817 02 25, N RG, BIS on StPDay, incl re poor0000 — Newfoundland Royal Gazette, 25 February 1817

1817 02 25, QM, let to ed re not really cold0000 — Quebec Mercury, 25 February 1817

1817 02 26, NS RG, Que Leg re crop failure0000 — Nova Scotia Royal Gazette, 26 February 1817

1817 05 27 N RG, Mont news re bread imports0000 — Newfoundland Royal Gazette, 1 March 1817

1817 03 03, MG, JHA LowCan re relief0000 — Montreal Gazette, 3 March 1817

1817 03 06 QG - half — Quebec Gazette, 6 March 1817

1817 03 08, KG, diff report re emig from LowCan0000 — Kingston Gazette, 8 March 1817

1817 03 08, QM, LowCan poor law0000 — Quebec Mercury, 8 March 1817

1817 03 15, NS AR, let to ed re exporting bread0000 — Acadian Recorder, 14 March 1817

1817 03 15, NB RG, regulating assize of bread copy — New Brunswick Royal Gazette, 15 March 1817

1817 03 26, NS RG, ice Pictou0000 — Nova Scotia Royal Gazette, 26 March 1817

1817 04 15, N RG, contract for flour0000 — Newfoundland Royal Gazette, 1 April 1817

1817 04 05, NS AR, Mar 1817 weather summary0000 — Acadian Recorder, 5 April 1817

1817 04 05, NS AR, NS law bans exporting bread0000 — Nova Scotia Acadian Recorder, 5 April 1817

1817 04 08, N RG, fire & bad weather0000 — Newfoundland Royal Gazette, 8 April 1817

1817 04 09, NS RG, pigeons 0000 — Nova Scotia Royal Gazette, 9 April 1817

1817 04 15, N RG, charitable fund0000 — Newfoundland Royal Gazette, 15 April 1817

1817 04 22, QM, ice breaks up0000 — Quebec Mercury, 22 April 1817

New Brunswick Courier, 26 April 1817

1817 05 01 QG — Quebec Gazette, 1 May 1817

1817 05 06, N RG, bad weather, lack of food0000 — Newfoundland Royal Gazette, 6 May 1817

1817 05 06, QM, ice breaks up & NWC-HBC0000 — Quebec Mercury, 6 May 1817

1817 05 08 QG — Quebec Gazette, 8 May 1817

1817 05 10, NS AR, Apr 1817 weather summary0000 — Acadian Recorder, 10 May 1817

New Brunswick Courier, 27 May 1817 — New Brunswick Courier, 27 May 1817

1817 05 27, NB C, disaster averted0000 — Newfoundland Royal Gazette, 27 May 1817

1817 05 27 N RG, NS aid to N0000 — Newfoundland Royal Gazette, 27 May 1817

1817 05 27, QM, frost, otherwise good0000 — Quebec Mercury, 27 May 1817

1817 05 29 QG — Quebec Gazette, 29 May 1817

PEI House of Assembly, 8 July, 1817