The construction of the Rideau Canal is…

The construction of the Rideau Canal is completed in 1832, the final cost of its construction £822,000.

The canal's construiction has been supervised by Lieutenant-Colonel By, but private contractors such as future sugar refining entrepreneur John Redpath, Thomas McKay, Robert Drummond, Thomas Phillips, Andrew White and others have been responsible for much of the construction, and the majority of the actual work has been performed by thousands of Irish and French-Canadian laborers.

Given the unexpected cost overruns, By is recalled to London and questioned by a parliamentary committee before being cleared of any wrongdoing.

As many as a thousand of the workers had died from malaria, other diseases and accidents during blasting.

Quinine to prevent malaria had been provided only to skilled workers such as army engineers but not to the bulk of the laborers.

Some of the dead remain unidentified as they had no known relatives in Upper Canada and were buried in unmarked mass graves in locations such as Jones Falls, Brewers Mills, and Kingston Mills.

No further military engagements will take place between Canada and the United States.

Although the Rideau Canal never has to be used as a military supply route, it is to play a pivotal role in the early development of Canada, serving as the main travel route for immigrants heading westward into Upper Canada, and for heavy goods (timber, minerals, grain) from Canada's hinterland heading east to Montreal.