Probably from adding some UI component/game object to the scene via the context menu - that automatically creates a canvas and an event system :)
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That is exactly what happened. I assemble most of my prefabs in that scene since it's the first scene the game opens into and also the scene from which I can playtest things so its convenient. Must have created the event system when I put together the dialogue prefabs.
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