Journalism in Canada

The History of Journalism in Canada began with arrival of the printing press in 1751. John Bushell published the first newspaper, the Halifax Gazette on March 23, 1752. The successor of Bushell , Anthony Henry continued to publish it until 1766. Henry was deprived of the right to print because of his failure to pay stamp duty.

Two years later, Henry established the rival Nova Scotia Chronicle and Weekly Advertiser. It was priced at such a low rate that the owner of the Gazette had to close it down. Then Henry got an open ground for his newspaper without any competitor. He rechristened his newspapers as Nova Scotia Gazette and Weekly Chronicle.

William Brown and Thomas Gilmore set up a press in Quebec in June 1764. The launched the Quebec Gazette. Initially , it had only 143 subscribers. It continued to be published until 1874. It was a bilingual newspaper that printed all the contents both in French and English.

La Gazette Litteraire was launched in 1778 in Montreal. It survived only a year or so mainly due to the imprisonment of its proprietor Fleury Mesplet. He had sharply attacked the government.

The Royal St John's Gazett was the first paper of New Brunswick. It was started in 1784.

The Upper Canada Gazette , or American Oracle was founded in Ontario in 1793 with the help of the British Lieutenant Governor. However , it took almost a century for newspapers to spread right across the continent.

In British Columbia , the first newspaper the Victoria Gazette started in 1858.

Alberta got its own newspaper the Edmonton Bulletin in 1880 with only 200 subscribers.

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