1854 in Canada

This article does not cite any sources. Please help by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources:  –  ·  ·  · scholar · JSTOR (December 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

Part of a series on the
History of Canada
Benjamin West's The Death of General Wolfe
Timeline (list)
Pre-colonization 1534–1763 1764–1867 1867–1914 1914–1945 1945–1960 1960–1981 1982–present
Historically significant
Events Sites People
Topics
Indigenous Cultural Constitutional Economic Former colonies Immigration Military Monarchical Population Territorial evolution Women
By provinces and territories
Alberta British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland and Labrador Nunavut Northwest Territories Nova Scotia Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan Yukon
Research
Bibliography Historiography
Canada portal
v t

Events from the year 1854 in Canada.

Incumbents[]

• Monarch — Victoria

Federal government[]

• Parliament — 4th then 5th

Governors[]

• Governor General of the Province of Canada — James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, Edmund Walker Head
• Colonial Governor of Newfoundland — Charles Henry Darling
• Governor of New Brunswick — Edmund Walker Head, John Manners-Sutton
• Governor of Nova Scotia — John Gaspard Le Marchant
• Governor of Prince Edward Island — Dominick Daly

Premiers[]

• Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada —
  • Francis Hincks, Canada West Premier
  • Augustin-Norbert Morin, Canada East Premier
• Premier of New Brunswick — Charles Fisher
• Premier of Nova Scotia — James Boyle Uniacke
• Premier of Prince Edward Island — John Holl

Events[]

• January 27 – The Great Western Railway opens, linking Toronto, Hamilton and Windsor.
• June 6 – The Canadian–American Reciprocity Treaty is signed
• October 27 – A Great Western Railway passenger train collides with the tail end of gravel train at Baptiste Creek, Canada West. At least 52 people are killed.
• Establishment of the African Baptist Association of Nova Scotia.
• St. Joseph's Academy for Young Ladies, later to be known as St. Joseph's College School, was founded by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Toronto.
• Sale of the Clergy Reserves in Canada West marking the end of any form of established religion in Canada.

Births[]

Robert Borden

• April 13 – William Henry Drummond, poet (died 1907)
• May 21 – Edward Gawler Prior, mining engineer, politician and Premier of British Columbia (died 1920)
• June 8 – Douglas Colin Cameron, politician and Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba (died 1921)
• June 26 – Robert Borden, lawyer, politician and 8th Prime Minister of Canada (died 1937)
• August 29 – Arthur Peters, politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island (died 1908)
• September 1 – James Alexander Lougheed, businessman and politician (died 1925)

Deaths[]

• January 20 – Denis-Benjamin Papineau, joint premier of the Province of Canada (born 1789)
• September 19 – Sir George Arthur, 1st Baronet, army officer and colonial administrator (born 1784)

References[]