1853 in Canada
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Events from the year 1853 in Canada
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1852 in Canada
1852 in Canada
See also:1851 in Canada,other events of 1852,1853 in Canada.----Events from the year 1852 in Canada.-Events:*January 15 - Trinity College opens*July 8 - Beginning of a fire which burns 11,000 houses in Montreal....
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1854 in Canada
See also:1853 in Canada,other events of 1854,1855 in Canada.----Events from the year 1854 in Canada.-Events:*January 27 - The Great Western Railway opens, linking Toronto, Hamilton and Windsor....
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Events from the year 1853 in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
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Events
- February 23 - A description of the proposed bridge across the St. Lawrence is published.
- June 6 - Gavazzi Riot in Quebec are quelled by military.
- June 18 - The Grand Trunk RailwayGrand Trunk RailwayThe Grand Trunk Railway was a railway system which operated in the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario, as well as the American states of Connecticut, Maine, Michigan, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont. The railway was operated from headquarters in Montreal, Quebec; however, corporate...
is opened to Portland. - June 26 - Investigation of the riot proceeds, at Montreal.
- July - Irregular calling of jurors delays trial for riot.
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- The first Canadian railroad is built, running from Portland, MainePortland, MainePortland is the largest city in Maine and is the county seat of Cumberland County. The 2010 city population was 66,194, growing 3 percent since the census of 2000...
from MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
. - The Grand Trunk RailwayGrand Trunk RailwayThe Grand Trunk Railway was a railway system which operated in the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario, as well as the American states of Connecticut, Maine, Michigan, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont. The railway was operated from headquarters in Montreal, Quebec; however, corporate...
is chartered. - Mary Ann ShaddMary Ann ShaddMary Ann Shadd Cary was born to Abraham and Harriett Shadd, both free-born blacks, in Wilmington, Delaware. She was the oldest in her family of 13 children...
becomes the first woman in North America to become editor of a newspaper. Working out of Chatham, OntarioChatham, OntarioChatham is the largest community in the municipality of Chatham-Kent, Ontario. Formerly serving as the seat of Kent County, the governments of the former city of Chatham, the county of Kent, and its townships were merged into one entity known as the Municipality of Chatham-Kent in 1998.Located on...
, she publishes, edits and writes in the Provincial Freeman, a newspaper serving the Black community in Ontario. - Russian explorer-trappers find oil seeps in Cook InletCook InletCook Inlet stretches from the Gulf of Alaska to Anchorage in south-central Alaska. Cook Inlet branches into the Knik Arm and Turnagain Arm at its northern end, almost surrounding Anchorage....
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Births
- February 15 - Rodmond Roblin, businessman, politician and 9th Premier of ManitobaPremier of ManitobaThe Premier of Manitoba is the first minister for the Canadian province of Manitoba. He or she is the province's head of government and de facto chief executive. Until the early 1970s, the title "Prime Minister of Manitoba" was used frequently. Afterwards, the word Premier, derived from the French...
(d.19371937 in Canada-Events:*April 10 - Trans-Canada Airlines, the predecessor of Air Canada, was created as a subsidiary of Canadian National Railway*July 5 - Midale, Saskatchewan and Yellow Grass record the highest temperature ever in Canada, with a record high of 45 °C ....
) - March 23 - Donald MannDonald MannSir Donald Mann was a Canadian railway contractor and entrepreneur.Born at Acton, Ontario, Mann studied as a Methodist minister but worked in lumber camps in Ontario and Michigan before moving to Winnipeg, Manitoba...
, railway contractor and entrepreneur (d.19341934 in Canada-Events:*March 9 - New Brunswick women win the right to hold office*June 19 - Ontario election: Mitchell Hepburn's Liberals win a majority, defeating George S. Henry's Conservatives...
) - July 18 - William McGuiganWilliam McGuiganDr. William J. McGuigan was the tenth Mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia and served one term in 1904. He was born in Stratford, Ontario and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery in Vancouver.-References:...
, politician and 10th Mayor of VancouverVancouverVancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
(d.19081908 in Canada-Incumbents:*Prime Minister: Sir Wilfrid Laurier*Governor General: Earl Grey*Premier of Alberta: Alexander Rutherford*Premier of British Columbia: Richard McBride*Premier of Manitoba: R.P. Roblin*Premier of New Brunswick: Clifford Robinson then John Hazen...
) - August 10 - Pierre-Évariste LeblancPierre-Évariste LeblancSir Pierre-Évariste Leblanc, KCMG was born in Saint-Martin .He was a Quebec Conservative Party leader but never premier. First elected to the Legislative Assembly in a by-election in 1882 in the riding of Laval, he served as leader of the Opposition from 1905 to 1908, when he lost the 1908...
, politician and Lieutenant Governor of QuebecQuebecQuebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
(d.19181918 in Canada-Events:*March 1 - Harlan Brewster, premier of British Columbia, dies in office*March 6 - John Oliver becomes premier of British Columbia*March 30 - C Squadron of Lord Strathcona's Horse conducts a cavalry charge against the Germans at Moreuil Wood...
) - September 25 - Henry EmmersonHenry EmmersonHenry Robert Emmerson, PC was a New Brunswick lawyer, businessman, politician, and philanthropist.Henry Emmerson was educated at Amherst Academy, Mount Allison Academy, St. Joseph's College, Acadia College and earned a law degree from Boston University. He went on to a lucrative law practice and...
, lawyer, businessman, politician, philanthropist and 8th Premier of New BrunswickPremier of New BrunswickThe Premier of New Brunswick is the first minister for the Canadian province of New Brunswick. They are the province's head of government and de facto chief executive....
(d.19141914 in Canada-January to June:* March 19 - The Royal Ontario Museum opens* April 11 - Canadian Margaret C. MacDonald is appointed Matron-in-Chief of the Canadian Nursing service band and becomes the first woman in the British Empire to reach the rank of major....
) - November 13 - Joseph Boutin BourassaJoseph Boutin BourassaJoseph Boutin Bourassa was a politician and notary. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1911 as a Member of the Liberal Party to represent the riding of Lévis. He was re-elected in 1917 as a Laurier Liberal and 1921. He lost the 1908 election in Lévis to Louis-Auguste Carrier....
, politician (d.19431943 in Canada-Events:*January 8 - Stuart Garson becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing John Bracken, who had governed for 21 years*May 11 - J. Walter Jones becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Thane Campbell...
) - December 19 - Charles FitzpatrickCharles FitzpatrickSir Charles Fitzpatrick, PC, GCMG was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He was born in Quebec City, Canada East, to John Fitzpatrick and Mary Connolly....
, lawyer, politician and 5th Chief Justice of CanadaChief Justice of CanadaThe Chief Justice of Canada, like the eight puisne Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada, is appointed by the Governor-in-Council . All nine are chosen from either sitting judges or barristers who have at least ten years' standing at the bar of a province or territory...
(d.19421942 in Canada-Events:* January 10 - Elizabeth Monk and Suzanne Pilon become the first female lawyers in Quebec* February 26 - Japanese Canadians are interned and moved further inland.* April 27 - A national plebiscite is held on the issue of conscription...
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Deaths
- February 5 - Thomas TalbotThomas Talbot (Upper Canada)Colonel Thomas Talbot was born at Malahide Castle in Ireland near Dublin He was the fourth son of Richard Talbot and his wife Margaret Talbot, 1st Baroness Talbot of Malahide...
, army and militia officer, settlement promoter, office holder, and politician (b.17711771 in Canada-Events:* July 17 - Massacre at Bloody Falls: Chipewyan chief Matonabbee traveling as the guide to Samuel Hearne on his Arctic overland journey, massacre a group of unsuspecting Inuit.* Captain James Cook completes his first voyage around the world....
) - March 31 - William Crane, merchant, justice of the peace, judge, and politician (b.17851785 in Canada-Events:* Introduction of Power loom in England for weaving cloth* North West Company Strengthened far west trade through such forts as Athabasca and English River.* May 18: The city of Saint John, New Brunswick is incorporated....
) - June 7 - Norbert ProvencherNorbert ProvencherJoseph-Norbert Provencher was a Canadian clergyman and missionary and one of the founders of the modern province of Manitoba. He was the first Bishop of Saint Boniface and was an important figure in the history of the Franco-Manitoban community.Provencher was born in Nicolet, Quebec in 1787, and...
, clergyman, missionary and Bishop (b.17871787 in Canada-Events:*HBC David Thompson wintered with Piegans on Bow River.*Prince William Henry lands at Quebec.*At an investigation into judicial abuses, it is stated that one judge takes wine to excess, before taking his seat on the Bench; and that another habitually disregards the pertinent French law and...
) - July 11 - William AllanWilliam Allan (banker)William Allan JP was a Canadian banker, businessman and politician.Allan was born at Moss, near Huntly, Scotland around 1770. He came to Canada around 1787 to work with Forsyth, Richardson and Company and settled at Niagara a year later. In 1795, he moved to York...
, banker and politician (b.17701770 in Canada-Events:* December - Samuel Hearne departs on his third voyage of discovery* The city of Saint-Eustache, Quebec is established-Births:*April 7 - William Wordsworth, in Cockermouth, England...
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