1876 in Canada
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- February 1 - Andrew Elliott becomes premier of British ColumbiaPremier of British ColumbiaThe Premier of British Columbia is the first minister, head of government, and de facto chief executive for the Canadian province of British Columbia. Until the early 1970s the title Prime Minister of British Columbia was often used...
, replacing George Walkem - July 1 - The Intercolonial Railway connecting central Canada to the MaritimesMaritimesThe Maritime provinces, also called the Maritimes or the Canadian Maritimes, is a region of Eastern Canada consisting of three provinces, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. On the Atlantic coast, the Maritimes are a subregion of Atlantic Canada, which also includes the...
is completed - August - Sir Louis Henry DaviesLouis Henry DaviesSir Louis Henry Davies, was a Prince Edward Island lawyer, businessman and politician, the third Premier...
becomes Premier of Prince Edward IslandPremier of Prince Edward IslandThe Premier of Prince Edward Island is the first minister for the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island. They are the province's head of government and de facto chief executive.The current Premier of Prince Edward Island is Robert Ghiz.-See also:...
, replacing Lemuel Cambridge OwenLemuel Cambridge OwenLemuel Cambridge Owen was a Prince Edward Island shipbuilder, banker, merchant and politician, the second Premier.... - August 10 - The world's first long-distance phone call connects the Bell residence with a shoe and boot store in nearby Paris, OntarioParis, OntarioParis, Ontario is a community on the Grand River in Ontario, Canada. The town was established in 1850. In 1999, its town government was amalgamated into that of the County of Brant, Ontario, thus ending about 149 years as a separate incorporated municipality.-History:The town was first settled in...
. - October 10 - 1876 Prince Edward Island electionPrince Edward Island general election, 1876The 1876 Prince Edward Island election was held on 10 October 1876 to elect members of the House of Assembly of the province of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It was won by the Conservative party....
: Lemuel Cambridge OwenLemuel Cambridge OwenLemuel Cambridge Owen was a Prince Edward Island shipbuilder, banker, merchant and politician, the second Premier....
's Conservatives win a second consecutive majorityMajorityA majority is a subset of a group consisting of more than half of its members. This can be compared to a plurality, which is a subset larger than any other subset; i.e. a plurality is not necessarily a majority as the largest subset may consist of less than half the group's population...
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- The Indian ActIndian ActThe Indian Act , R.S., 1951, c. I-5, is a Canadian statute that concerns registered Indians, their bands, and the system of Indian reserves...
defines the special status and land regulations of Aboriginal peoples in CanadaAboriginal peoples in CanadaAboriginal peoples in Canada comprise the First Nations, Inuit and Métis. The descriptors "Indian" and "Eskimo" have fallen into disuse in Canada and are commonly considered pejorative....
who live on reservesIndian reserveIn Canada, an Indian reserve is specified by the Indian Act as a "tract of land, the legal title to which is vested in Her Majesty, that has been set apart by Her Majesty for the use and benefit of a band." The Act also specifies that land reserved for the use and benefit of a band which is not...
; they have no vote in Canadian electionElectionAn election is a formal decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy operates since the 17th century. Elections may fill offices in the legislature, sometimes in the...
s and are exempt from taxTaxTo tax is to impose a financial charge or other levy upon a taxpayer by a state or the functional equivalent of a state such that failure to pay is punishable by law. Taxes are also imposed by many subnational entities...
es - The District of KeewatinDistrict of KeewatinThe District of Keewatin was a territory of Canada and later an administrative district of the Northwest Territories.The name "Keewatin" comes from Algonquian roots—either kīwēhtin in Cree or giiwedin in Ojibwe—both of which mean north wind in their respective languages...
(incorporating the disputed area between Ontario and Manitoba) is separated from the North-West Territories. - The Toronto Women's Literary Club is founded as a front for the suffrageSuffrageSuffrage, political franchise, or simply the franchise, distinct from mere voting rights, is the civil right to vote gained through the democratic process...
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January to June
- January 8 - Matthew Robert BlakeMatthew Robert BlakeMatthew Robert Blake was a Canadian politician. He was elected as a Member of the Unionist Party in the 1917 election. He was defeated in the 1921 election as a candidate for the historical Conservative Party then defeated again in 1925 and in 1930 in the riding of Winnipeg North...
, politician (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 ....
) - January 21 - James Charles BradyJames Charles BradyJames Charles Brady was a Canadian politician, school principal and teacher. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Member of the Conservative Party to represent the riding of Skeena. He was defeated in the 1930 election....
, politician (d.19621962 in Canada-Incumbents:*Monarch – Elizabeth II*Governor General – Georges Vanier*Prime Minister – John Diefenbaker*Premier of Alberta – Ernest Manning*Premier of British Columbia – W.A.C...
) - January 27 - Frank S. CahillFrank S. CahillFrank S. Cahill was born on January 27, 1876, in Calumet Island, Quebec, Canada, and he passed on April 17, 1934. He was a politician, broker, clerk and real estate broker....
, politician (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...
) - April 3 - Margaret AnglinMargaret AnglinMary Margaret Anglin was a Canadian-born Broadway actress, director and producer whom Encyclopædia Britannica calls "one of the most brilliant actresses of her day."...
, actress, director and producer (d.19581958 in Canada-Incumbents:*Monarch – Elizabeth II*Governor General – Vincent Massey then Georges Vanier*Prime Minister – John Diefenbaker*Premier of Alberta – Ernest Manning*Premier of British Columbia – W.A.C...
) - April 21 - William Henry WrightWilliam Henry WrightWilliam Henry "Bill" Wright was a Canadian prospector who discovered the Kirkland Lake Break, which hosted seven gold-producing mines. He used the proceeds from his gold finds to launch a national newspaper in Canada, The Globe and Mail.-Early life:Wright was born in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England...
, prospector and newspaper owner (d.19511951 in Canada-Incumbents:*Monarch – King George VI*Governor General – Earl Alexander of Tunis*Prime Minister – Louis Saint Laurent*Premier of Alberta – Ernest Manning*Premier of British Columbia – Byron Johnson*Premier of Manitoba – Douglas Campbell...
) - June 17 - Thomas CrerarThomas CrerarThomas Alexander Crerar, was a western Canadian politician and a leader of the short-lived Progressive Party of Canada. He was born in Molesworth, Ontario, and moved to Manitoba at a young age....
, politician and Minister (d.19751975 in CanadaEvents from the year 1975 in Canada.-Incumbents:* Monarch - Elizabeth II* Governor General - Jules Léger* Prime Minister - Pierre Trudeau* Premier of Alberta - Peter Lougheed* Premier of British Columbia - David Barrett then Bill Bennett...
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July to December
- August 23 - William Melville MartinWilliam Melville MartinWilliam Melville Martin served as the second Premier of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan from 1916 to 1922....
, politician and Premier of SaskatchewanSaskatchewanSaskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....
(d.19701970 in Canada-Incumbents:*Monarch - Elizabeth II*Governor General - Roland Michener*Prime Minister - Pierre Trudeau*Premier of Alberta - Harry Strom*Premier of British Columbia - W.A.C...
) - September 6 - John James Richard MacleodJohn James Richard MacleodJohn James Rickard Macleod FRS was a Scottish physician and physiologist. He was noted as one of the co-discoverers of insulin and awarded the Nobel Prize for this discovery.-Biography:...
, physician, physiologist and Nobel laureate (d.19351935 in Canada-January to June:*January 2 - Prime Minister R. B. Bennett outlines his programme*March 11 - Bank of Canada established*March 11 - The Bank of Canada issued a $500 banknote with Sir John A...
) - October 6 - Ernest LapointeErnest LapointeErnest Lapointe, PC was a Canadian lawyer and politician.-Education, early career:Lapointe earned his law degree from Laval University...
, politician (d.19411941 in Canada-Events:* January 1: The news division of CBC is founded* March 4: All Japanese Canadians are registered by the government* July 16: The highest temperature ever recorded in British Columbia is measured in Lytton, when the temperature hit an all time high of 44.4 degrees Celsius.* July 24: Alcan...
) - November 18 - Walter Seymour AllwardWalter Seymour AllwardWalter Seymour Allward was a Canadian monumental sculptor.- Early life :Allward was born in Toronto, the son of John A. Allward of Newfoundland. Educated in Toronto public schools, his first job was at the age of 14 as an assistant to his carpenter father...
, sculptor (d.19551955 in Canada-Incumbents:*Monarch: Elizabeth II*Governor General: Vincent Massey*Prime Minister: Louis Saint Laurent*Premier of Alberta: Ernest Manning*Premier of British Columbia: W.A.C...
) - December 9 - Berton ChurchillBerton ChurchillBerton Churchill was a Canadian actor.Born in Toronto, Ontario. As a young man interested in the theater, he appeared in stock companies as early as 1903 and later headed to New York City where he began an acting career that soon put him on the Broadway stage...
, actor (d.19401940 in Canada-January to June:*March 13 - David Boon becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Allison Dysart*March 21 - Alberta election: William Aberhart's Social Credit Party wins a second consecutive majority...
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Deaths
- February 4 - Charles-Séraphin RodierCharles-Séraphin Rodier (mayor)Charles-Séraphin Rodier was a Canadian merchant, lawyer, mayor of Montreal and legislative councillor of Quebec....
, mayor of 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...
(b.17971797 in Canada-Events:* An American, named McLane, being convicted of high treason, is hanged on a gibbet, on the glacis of the fortifications, at Quebec. * David Thompson leaves Hudson's Bay Company to join North West Company....
) - February 5 - George RyanGeorge Ryan (Canadian politician)George Ryan was a New Brunswick farmer and political figure. He represented King's in the 1st Canadian Parliament as a Liberal member....
, politician (b.18061806 in Canada-Events:* Minor trouble arises after 1806 when a governor attempts to anglicize Lower Canada, but he is able to quell dissent if not to achieve his goal.* Russian-American Company Company collects otter pelts from Alaska to Spanish California....
) - April 5 - Élisabeth BruyèreÉlisabeth BruyèreÉlisabeth Bruyère or Bruguier was the founder of the Sisters of Charity of Bytown and opened the first hospital there and the first bilingual school in Ontario....
, nun (b.18181818 in Canada-Events:* April 1 - An expedition sails for the North Pole.* August 28 - The Governor dies of hydrophobia.-Full date unknown:* Halifax and St. John's are made free ports.* 49th parallel becomes British North America/U.S...
) - June 1 - Malcolm CameronMalcolm CameronMalcolm Cameron was a Canadian businessman and politician.He was born at Trois-Rivières in Lower Canada in 1808 and grew up in Lanark County in Upper Canada. At the age of 15, he found work in the Montreal area but later returned to Perth to complete his schooling. In 1828, he became a merchant in...
, businessman and politician (b.18081808 in Canada-Events:* David Thompson explores Kootenay River.* Simon Fraser follows Fraser River to the Pacific.* The American Fur Company is chartered by John Jacob Astor to compete with Canadian fur trade...
) - July 3 - Aldis BernardAldis BernardAldis Bernard was a Canadian dentist and politician, the Mayor of Montreal, Quebec between 1873 and 1875.-Dental career:Bernard was educated in dentistry at Philadelphia, after which he practiced as a dentist in the southern United States. He married there and in 1840 moved back to Canada first...
, mayor of 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...
(b.18101810 in Canada-Events:* January - A Governor declares that, in case of hostilities, a force of regulars, adequate for the defence of Canada, will cooperate with the Militia....
) - July 27 - Thomas-Louis ConnollyThomas-Louis ConnollyThomas-Louis Connolly was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest, Capuchin, vicar general of the diocese of Halifax, Bishop of Saint John, and Archbishop of Halifax from 1859 to 1876....
, Archbishop of HalifaxRoman Catholic Archdiocese of HalifaxThe Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Halifax is a Roman Catholic archdiocese that includes part of the Province of Nova Scotia and includes the suffragan dioceses of Antigonish, Charlottetown, and Yarmouth...
(b.18141814 in Canada-Events:* March 3 - The Governor refuses to suspend Chief Justices Sewell and Monk, on suggestion of one branch of the Legislature. James Stuart moves, affirming the Assembly's right to inform the Governor of irregularities, without concurrence of the Council; and that the Governor has violated the...
) - October 2 - Louis-Ovide BrunetLouis-Ovide BrunetLouis-Ovide Brunet was a French-Canadian botanist and Roman Catholic priest, and is considered one of the founding fathers of Canadian botany....
, priest and botanist (b.18261826 in CanadaSee also:1825 in Canada,other events of 1826,1827 in Canada.----Events from the year 1826 in Canada.-Events:*June 8 - A mob of the ruling party, the Family Compact, destroy the Colonial Advocate's press at York...
) - October 6 - John Young, 1st Baron LisgarJohn Young, 1st Baron LisgarJohn Young, 1st Baron Lisgar, Bt, GCB, GCMG, PC was the second Governor General of Canada, in office from 1869 to 1872.-Biography:...
, Governor General (b.18071807 in Canada-Events:* The slave trade is abolished in the British Empire, although slavery continues in the colonies.* The Embargo Act aims at keeping US ships out of European conflicts.* David Thompson crosses Rockies and builds a trading post at headwaters of Columbia River...
) - December 13 - René-Édouard CaronRené-Édouard CaronRené-Édouard Caron was a Canadian politician, judge, and the second Lieutenant Governor of Quebec.Born in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Lower Canada, the son of Augustin Caron, a farmer, and Elizabeth Lessard, he studied at a Quebec seminary, the Petit Séminaire of Quebec, and studied law in André-Rémi...
, 2nd Mayor of Quebec City and 2nd Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec (b.18001800 in Canada-Events:* Spain cedes Louisiana back to France.* Alexander Mackenzie, the explorer, joins XY Fur Company* May 30 - Bar of Quebec is founded-Births:*January 3 - Etienne-Michel Faillon, Catholic historian...
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- Edward FeildEdward FeildBishop Edward Feild was a university tutor, university examiner, Anglican clergyman, inspector of schools and second Bishop of Newfoundland, born Worcester, England...
, Church of England clergyman, inspector of schools, bishop of Newfoundland (b.18011801 in Canada-Events:*David Thompson attempts to cross Rocky Mountains.*Alexander Mackenzie's Voyages to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans published in London.*Mackenzie knighted in honor of his explorations.*Shipbuilding has become an important industry in Canada....
) - Wilson Ruffin AbbottWilson Ruffin AbbottWilson Ruffin Abbott was an American-born Black Canadian and successful businessman and landowner in Toronto, Ontario.Having to flee the United States in 1834, he became a wealthy man in Toronto and one of the largest landowners in the ward...
, businessman and landowner (b.18011801 in Canada-Events:*David Thompson attempts to cross Rocky Mountains.*Alexander Mackenzie's Voyages to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans published in London.*Mackenzie knighted in honor of his explorations.*Shipbuilding has become an important industry in Canada....
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