1910 in Canada
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Events from the year 1910 in Canada
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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
- January 3 - Happiness and contentment are found from one end of Canada to the other - headline in London TimesTimesThe Times is a UK daily newspaper, the original English language newspaper titled "Times". Times may also refer to:In newspapers:*The Times , went defunct in 2005*The Times *The Times of Northwest Indiana...
(page 5) - January 10 - The Laurier government introduces the Naval Service BillNaval Service BillThe Naval Service Bill of 1910 was a piece of Canadian government legislation, which was put forward by Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier. Prior to the bill's introduction Canada did not have a navy of its own, a state of affairs that left the Dominion dependent on the British Royal Navy for...
creating a Canadian navy to great controversy. The bill would end up alienating most of Laurier supporters, and lead to his defeat in the 1911 electionCanadian federal election, 1911The Canadian federal election of 1911 was held on September 21 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 12th Parliament of Canada.-Summary:...
. - January 10 - Le DevoirLe DevoirLe Devoir is a French-language newspaper published in Montreal and distributed in Quebec and the rest of Canada. It was founded by journalist, politician, and nationalist Henri Bourassa in 1910....
first published - January 21 - A train wreckTrain wreckA train wreck or train crash is a type of disaster involving one or more trains. Train wrecks often occur as a result of miscommunication, as when a moving train meets another train on the same track; or an accident, such as when a train wheel jumps off a track in a derailment; or when a boiler...
in Webbwood, near Sudbury, kills 42 - March 5 - 65 are killed in an avalanche in Rogers PassRogers PassRogers Pass is a high mountain pass through the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia used by the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Trans-Canada Highway. The pass is a shortcut across the "Big Bend" of the Columbia River from Revelstoke on the west to Donald, near Golden, on the east...
- May 4 - The Royal Canadian NavyRoyal Canadian NavyThe history of the Royal Canadian Navy goes back to 1910, when the naval force was created as the Naval Service of Canada and renamed a year later by King George V. The Royal Canadian Navy is one of the three environmental commands of the Canadian Forces...
is created after the Naval Service Bill passes - May 6 - King Edward VIIEdward VII of the United KingdomEdward VII was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910...
dies and is succeeded by George VGeorge V of the United KingdomGeorge V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936.... - May 26 - Arthur Sifton becomes premier of Alberta, replacing Alexander Rutherford
- July 31 - British murderer Dr. CrippenHawley Harvey CrippenHawley Harvey Crippen , usually known as Dr. Crippen, was an American homeopathic physician hanged in Pentonville Prison, London, on November 23, 1910, for the murder of his wife, Cora Henrietta Crippen...
is caught in Quebec CityQuebec CityQuebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest... - December 9 - a coal mine explosion at Bellevue, AlbertaBellevue, AlbertaBellevue is an urban community in the Rocky Mountains within the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass in southwest Alberta, Canada. It was formerly incorporated as a village prior to 1979 when it amalgamated with four other municipalities to form Crowsnest Pass....
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New Books
- Anne of Avonlea - Lucy Maud MontgomeryLucy Maud MontgomeryLucy Maud Montgomery OBE , called "Maud" by family and friends and publicly known as L.M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a series of novels beginning with Anne of Green Gables, published in 1908. Anne of Green Gables was an immediate success...
- Ednyfed Fychan - William WilliamsWilliam Williams (Crwys)William Williams , better known by his bardic name of "Crwys", was a Welsh poet in the Welsh language. He served as Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales from 1939 to 1947....
- Practical Political Economy - Stephen LeacockStephen LeacockStephen Butler Leacock, FRSC was an English-born Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer, and humorist...
January to June
- February 2 - Andrew McKeller, astrophysicist
- February 5 - Charles Philippe Leblond, pioneer of cell biology and stem cell research (d. 20072007 in CanadaEvents from the year 2007 in Canada.-January to March:*January 5 - The domed roof of BC Place Stadium in Vancouver collapses.*January 11 - A major blizzard rips through Central Saskatchewan....
) - February 27 - Robert BryceRobert BryceRobert Broughton Bryce, was a Canadian civil servant.After graduating with engineering degree from the University of Toronto, Bryce undertook graduate studies in economics at Cambridge, where he was influenced by the ideas of John Maynard Keynes...
, civil servant (d. 19971997 in CanadaEvents from the year 1997 in Canada.-Incumbents:*Monarch - Elizabeth II*Governor General - Roméo LeBlanc*Prime Minister - Jean Chrétien*Premier of Alberta - Ralph Klein*Premier of British Columbia - Glen Clark*Premier of Manitoba - Gary Filmon...
) - May 4 - Arsène Gagné, Quebec politician (d. 19641964 in Canada-Incumbents:*Monarch: Elizabeth II*Governor General: Georges Vanier*Prime Minister: Lester B. Pearson*Premier of Alberta: Ernest Manning*Premier of British Columbia: W.A.C...
) - May 30 - Keir ClarkKeir ClarkWilliam Keir Clark was a Canadian merchant and political figure in Prince Edward Island. After serving as mayor of Montague in 1941 and 1942, he represented 3rd Kings in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1948 to 1959 and from 1966 to 1970 as a Liberal...
, Prince Edward Island politician (d. 20102010 in CanadaEvents from the year 2010 in Canada.-January:*January 1 - The Ontario government files a lawsuit in an American court to stop the dumping of Asian carp into the Great Lakes, a fish that could damage the fishing industry....
) - June 17 - George HeesGeorge HeesGeorge Harris Hees, PC, OC was a Canadian politician.Born in Toronto to a patrician family, Hees earned a playboy image during his youth , but then became a stalwart member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada...
, politician and minister (d. 19961996 in CanadaEvents from the year 1996 in Canada.-Incumbents:*Monarch: Elizabeth II*Governor General: Roméo LeBlanc*Prime Minister: Jean Chrétien*Premier of Alberta: Ralph Klein*Premier of British Columbia: Mike Harcourt then Glen Clark...
) - June 26 - Munroe BourneMunroe BourneFrederick Munroe Bourne was an international backstroke and freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics, 1932 Summer Olympics and 1936 Summer Olympics....
, swimmer (d. 19921992 in CanadaEvents from the year 1992 in Canada.-Incumbents:*Monarch: Elizabeth II*Governor General: Ray Hnatyshyn*Prime Minister: Brian Mulroney*Premier of Alberta: Don Getty then Ralph Klein*Premier of British Columbia: Mike Harcourt...
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July to December
- July 2 – Lorne CarrLorne CarrLorne William Bell Carr was a professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League.-Profession career:Carr began his career in 1930 with the Vancouver Lions of the Pacific Coast Hockey League. He next played for the Buffalo Bisons of the International Hockey League. In 1934 Carr signed...
, hockey player (d. 2007) - July 17 - James CoyneJames CoyneJames Elliott Coyne, BCL, BA was the second Governor of the Bank of Canada, from 1955 to 1961, succeeding Graham Towers. During his time in office, he had a much-publicized debate with Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, a debate often referred to as the "Coyne Affair" .-Life and career:Coyne was...
, second Governor of the Bank of CanadaBank of CanadaThe Bank of Canada is Canada's central bank and "lender of last resort". The Bank was created by an Act of Parliament on July 3, 1934 as a privately owned corporation. In 1938, the Bank became a Crown corporation belonging to the Government of Canada... - July 19 - Jean WilsonJean Wilson (speed skater)Jean Wilson was an Olympic Speed Skater.She was born on July 19, 1910 in Glasgow but her family emigrated to Canada when she was a child. She began to skate at the age of 15 and represented Canada at the 1932 Olympics where Women's speed skating was a demonstration event...
, speed-skater - July 29 - Norman FawcettNorman FawcettNorman Edward Fawcett was a Canadian politician, who represented the riding of Nickel Belt in the Canadian House of Commons from 1965 to 1968...
, politician (d. 19971997 in CanadaEvents from the year 1997 in Canada.-Incumbents:*Monarch - Elizabeth II*Governor General - Roméo LeBlanc*Prime Minister - Jean Chrétien*Premier of Alberta - Ralph Klein*Premier of British Columbia - Glen Clark*Premier of Manitoba - Gary Filmon...
) - August 13 - Gwendolyn Ringwood, playwright
- August 18 - Robert WintersRobert WintersRobert Henry Winters, PC was a Canadian politician and businessman.Born in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, the son of a fishing captain, Winters went to Mount Allison University in New Brunswick, and then to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to complete his degree in electrical engineering...
, politician and businessman (d. 19691969 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...
) - August 25 - Ruby KeelerRuby KeelerRuby Keeler, born Ethel Hilda Keeler, was an actress, singer, and dancer most famous for her on-screen coupling with Dick Powell in a string of successful early musicals at Warner Brothers, particularly 42nd Street . From 1928 to 1940, she was married to singer Al Jolson...
, actress, singer and dancer (d. 19931993 in CanadaEvents from the year 1993 in Canada.-Incumbents:*Monarch: Elizabeth II*Governor General: Ray Hnatyshyn*Prime Minister: Brian Mulroney then Kim Campbell then Jean Chrétien*Premier of Alberta: Ralph Klein*Premier of British Columbia: Mike Harcourt...
) - August 26 - Jessie Gray, surgeon (d. 1978)
- September 10 - Harry ThodeHarry ThodeHenry George "Harry" Thode was a Canadian geochemist, nuclear chemist, and academic administrator. He was president and vice-chancellor of McMaster University from 1961 to 1972....
, geochemist, nuclear chemist and academic administrator (d. 19971997 in CanadaEvents from the year 1997 in Canada.-Incumbents:*Monarch - Elizabeth II*Governor General - Roméo LeBlanc*Prime Minister - Jean Chrétien*Premier of Alberta - Ralph Klein*Premier of British Columbia - Glen Clark*Premier of Manitoba - Gary Filmon...
) - September 21 - Anne WilkinsonAnne Wilkinson (poet)Anne Wilkinson was a Canadian poet who was part of the modernist movement in Canadian poetry in the 1940s and 50s, one of only a few prominent women poets of the time along with Dorothy Livesay and P.K. Page. Wilkinson published two books of poetry, Counterpoint to Sleep and The Hangman Ties the...
, poet (d. 19611961 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...
) - October 8 - Ray Lewis, track and field athlete, Olympic bronze medalist, first Canadian-born black Olympic medalist (d. 20032003 in CanadaEvents from the year 2003 in Canada.-January to March:*January - A Windsor, Ontario court invalidates Canada's marijuana laws*January 20 - Avalanche kills eight skiers in eastern British Columbia...
) - October 13 – Otto Joachim, German-born composer (d. 2010)
- October 21 - Pauline Mills McGibbonPauline Mills McGibbonThe Hon. Pauline Mills McGibbon, CC, O.Ont , served as the 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1974 to 1980...
, politician and 22nd Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario (d. 20012001 in CanadaEvents from the year 2001 in Canada.- Incumbents :Estimated Canadian population: 31,110,565-January to March:*January 1 - The Ontario cities of Ottawa, Hamilton and Sudbury officially merge with their suburban municipalities to create new "megacities". Events from the year 2001 in Canada.-...
) - October 27 – Jack CarsonJack CarsonJohn Elmer "Jack" Carson was a Canadian-born U.S.-based film actor.Jack Carson was one of the most popular character actors during the 'golden age of Hollywood', with a film career spanning the 1930s, '40s and '50s...
, actor (d. 1963) - November 14 - Michael StarrMichael StarrMichael Starr, PC was a Canadian politician and the first Canadian cabinet minister of Ukrainian descent, his parents having immigrated from Ukraine, then a part of the Russian Empire....
, politician and first Canadian cabinet minister of UkrainianUkrainian CanadianA Ukrainian Canadian is a person of Ukrainian descent or origin who was born in or immigrated to Canada. In 2006, there were an estimated 1,209,085 persons residing in Canada of Ukrainian origin, making them Canada's ninth largest ethnic group; and giving Canada the world's third-largest...
descent (d. 20002000 in CanadaEvents from the year 2000 in Canada.-Incumbents:Estimated Canadian population: 30,790,834-January to June:*January 1 - The magnitude 5.2 Kipawa earthquake occurs in Ontario and Quebec, Canada...
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- James Cameron, writer
- Al CloustonAl CloustonAlwyn Vey Clouston was a Canadian storyteller and humourist known as "Uncle Al."...
, storyteller, humourist and author (d. 20042004 in CanadaEvents from the year 2004 in Canada.-January:* January 1 - Montreal Dorval Airport is renamed, after some controversy, Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport....
) - Leo LandrevilleLeo LandrevilleLeo Landreville was a Canadian politician and lawyer, who served as mayor of Sudbury, Ontario in 1955 and 1956 before being appointed to the Supreme Court of Ontario as a judge...
, politician and judge implicated in the Northern Ontario Natural GasNorthern Ontario Natural GasNorthern Ontario Natural Gas was a natural gas company in Canada in the 1950s and 1960s, which was involved in a stock trading scandal that implicated Supreme Court of Ontario judge Leo Landreville and three members of Premier Leslie Frost's cabinet....
scandal (d. 19961996 in CanadaEvents from the year 1996 in Canada.-Incumbents:*Monarch: Elizabeth II*Governor General: Roméo LeBlanc*Prime Minister: Jean Chrétien*Premier of Alberta: Ralph Klein*Premier of British Columbia: Mike Harcourt then Glen Clark...
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Deaths
- February 2 – George MurdochGeorge MurdochGeorge Murdoch was the first mayor of Calgary, Alberta. He was born in Paisley, Scotland, and died in Calgary, Alberta....
, politician and 1st mayor of Calgary (b.18501850 in CanadaSee also:1849 in Canada,other events of 1850,1851 in Canada.----Events from the year 1850 in Canada.-Events:*January 14 - Malcolm Cameron visits Washington, D.C. about a trade reciprocity agreement....
) - February 9 – George Barnard BakerGeorge Barnard BakerGeorge Barnard Baker was a Quebec lawyer and political figure. He was a Liberal-Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons representing Missisquoi from 1870 to 1874, from 1879 to 1887 and from 1891 to 1896 and in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1875 to 1878...
, lawyer, politician and Senator (b.18341834 in CanadaSee also:1833 in Canada,other events of 1834,1835 in Canada.----Events from the year 1834 in Canada.-January to June:*January - King William IV appoints an arbitrator to settle questions regarding customs dues between the Canadas....
) - February 15 – Joseph-Élisée BeaudetJoseph-Élisée BeaudetJoseph-Élisée Beaudet was a businessman and political figure in Quebec. He represented Chicoutimi-Saguenay in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1880 to 1881 as a Conservative. His name also appears as Élisée Beaudet....
, businessman and politician (b.18341834 in CanadaSee also:1833 in Canada,other events of 1834,1835 in Canada.----Events from the year 1834 in Canada.-January to June:*January - King William IV appoints an arbitrator to settle questions regarding customs dues between the Canadas....
) - February 26 – Adelaide HoodlessAdelaide HoodlessAdelaide Hoodless née Hunter was a Canadian educational reformer who founded the international women’s organization known as the Women's Institute....
, educational reformer who founded the Women's Institute (b.18571857 in CanadaSee also:1856 in Canada,other events of 1857,1858 in Canada.----Events from the year 1857 in Canada.-Events:*March 12 — The bridge over Desjardins Canal, near Hamilton, Canada West, collapses under a Great Western Railway passenger train...
) - May 6 – King Edward VIIEdward VII of the United KingdomEdward VII was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910...
, King of Canada (b.18411841 in CanadaSee also:1840 in Canada,other events of 1841,1842 in Canada.----Events from the year 1841 in Canada.-Events:*June 13 - First Parliament of Canada meets at Kingston....
) - June 7 – Goldwin SmithGoldwin SmithGoldwin Smith was a British-Canadian historian and journalist.- Early years :He was born at Reading, Berkshire. He was educated at Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford, and after a brilliant undergraduate career he was elected to a fellowship at University College, Oxford...
, historian and journalist (b.18231823 in CanadaSee also:1822 in Canada,other events of 1823,1824 in Canada.----Events from the year 1823 in Canada.-Events:*May 10 - Louis-Joseph Papineau and John Neilson are in London to present a petition of 60,000 signatures against favouring Union of the colonies*October 14 - At a meeting, in Montreal, Mr...
) - June 9 – Charles BraithwaiteCharles BraithwaiteCharles Braithwaite was a Manitoba politician and agrarian leader. From 1891 to 1897, he was the leader of the province's Patrons of Industry....
, politician and agrarian leader (b.18501850 in CanadaSee also:1849 in Canada,other events of 1850,1851 in Canada.----Events from the year 1850 in Canada.-Events:*January 14 - Malcolm Cameron visits Washington, D.C. about a trade reciprocity agreement....
) - September 2 – Hector FabreHector FabreLouis-Roch-Hector Fabre was a French Canadian lawyer, journalist, diplomat, and senator.He was appointed to the Canadian Senate on 5 February 1875 on the recommendation of Alexander Mackenzie...
, lawyer, journalist, diplomat and senator (b.18341834 in CanadaSee also:1833 in Canada,other events of 1834,1835 in Canada.----Events from the year 1834 in Canada.-January to June:*January - King William IV appoints an arbitrator to settle questions regarding customs dues between the Canadas....
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