1901 in Canada
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Years in Canada: | 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 |
Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
Decades: | 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s |
Years: | 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 |
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Events from the year 1901 in Canada.
Incumbents[]
Crown[]
- Monarch – Victoria (until January 22) then Edward VII
Federal government[]
- Governor General – Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto
- Prime Minister – Wilfrid Laurier
- Chief Justice – Samuel Henry Strong (Ontario)
- Parliament – 9th (from 6 February)
Provincial governments[]
Lieutenant governors[]
- Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière
- Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Daniel Hunter McMillan
- Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Jabez Bunting Snowball
- Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Alfred Gilpin Jones
- Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Oliver Mowat
- Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Peter Adolphus McIntyre
- Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Louis-Amable Jetté
Premiers[]
- Premier of British Columbia – Edward Gawler Prior
- Premier of Manitoba – Rodmond Roblin
- Premier of New Brunswick – Lemuel John Tweedie
- Premier of Nova Scotia – George Henry Murray
- Premier of Ontario – George William Ross
- Premier of Prince Edward Island – Donald Farquharson (until December 29) then Arthur Peters
- Premier of Quebec – Simon-Napoléon Parent
Territorial governments[]
Commissioners[]
- Commissioner of Yukon – William Ogilvie (until March 11) then James Hamilton Ross
Lieutenant governors[]
- Lieutenant Governor of Keewatin – Daniel Hunter McMillan
- Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Territories – Amédée E. Forget
Premiers[]
- Premier of North-West Territories – Frederick Haultain
Events[]
- January 22 – Death of Queen Victoria and ascension of King Edward VII
- March 9 — Japanese Canadians win the vote in British Columbia
- December 12 — Guglielmo Marconi receives a transatlantic radio message at St. John's, Newfoundland
- December 18 — The Territorial Grain Growers' Association is founded
- December 29 — Arthur Peters becomes Premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Donald Farquharson
- First ascent of Mount Assiniboine by James Outram's party
Arts and literature[]
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Births[]
January to June[]
- January 12 — Jack Humphrey, painter (d.)
- January 14 — Dana Porter, politician and jurist (d.1967)
- January 29 — E. P. Taylor, business tycoon and race horse breeder (d.1989)
- March 4 — Wilbur R. Franks, scientist and inventor (d.1986)
- March 25 — Wilfrid Eggleston, journalist and chief censor for Canada from 1942 until 1944 (d.1985)
- April 15 — Thomas Ricketts, soldier and Victoria Cross recipient in 1918 (d.1967)
- May 5 — Donald Buchanan Blue, politician
July to December[]
- July 15 — James Litterick, politician
- September 8 — Harold Connolly, journalist, newspaper editor, politician and Premier of Nova Scotia (d.1980)
- September 14 — George Carlyle Marler, politician, notary and philatelist (d.1981)
- September 15 — Gweneth Lloyd, choreographer
- September 22 — Charles Brenton Huggins, physician, physiologist, cancer researcher and Nobel prize laureate (d.1997)
- October 14 — John Oates Bower, politician, businessman and executive (d.1981)
Full date unknown[]
- Maryon Pearson, wife of Lester B. Pearson, 14th Prime Minister of Canada (d.1989)
Deaths[]
- January 22 — Queen Victoria, Queen of Canada (b.1819)
- March 2 — George Mercer Dawson, scientist and surveyor (b.1849)
- May 4 — John Jones Ross, politician and Premier of Quebec (b.1831)
- May 7 — George Edwin King, jurist, politician and 2nd Premier of New Brunswick (b.1839)
- June 13 — Arthur Sturgis Hardy, lawyer, politician and 4th Premier of Ontario (b.1837)
- July 24 — George William Allan, politician and 11th Mayor of Toronto (b.1822)
- October 25 — Colin MacDougall, politician and lawyer (b.1834)
Historical Documents[]
N.W.T. premier says territories are ready for and financially need provincial powers[1]
Influential Liberal MP Frank Oliver objects to immigration of Slavs[2]
Matron and helper at Indian residential school so overworked that spiritual training and teaching children "how to work" is ignored[3]
Manufacturing process described in huge chair factory in Owen Sound, Ontario[4]
Mining and miners in Nanaimo, BC's booming coal industry[5]
Trail, B.C. and its gold, silver and copper smelting operations described[6]
Architect gives examples of good design to counter people's ill-informed criticism[7]
Visitor laments various classes of loafer in British Columbia (Note: racial stereotypes)[8]
Humorous character study of people in dining and smoking cars on train crossing Prairies[9]
Chicken Okra à la Portugaise and other items on Chateau Frontenac menu[10]
References[]
- ^ "Haultain Roblin All Night Debate At Indian Head On Annexation To Manitoba" Regina Leader (December 26, 1901), pg. 4. Accessed 22 January 2020
- ^ House of Commons debate, 9th Parliament, 1st Session (April 12, 1901). Accessed 22 January 2020
- ^ Letter of Josephine Petch (December 18, 1901), United Church of Canada Central Archives, in Denise Hildebrand, Staff Perspectives of the Aboriginal Residential School Experience: A Study of Four Presbyterian Schools, 1888-1923 pg. 165. Accessed 9 June 2021
- ^ Bernard McEvoy, From the Great Lakes to the Wide West: Impressions of a Tour between Toronto and the Pacific (1902) pgs. 11-13. Accessed 22 January 2020
- ^ Bernard McEvoy, From the Great Lakes to the Wide West: Impressions of a Tour between Toronto and the Pacific (1902), pgs. 214-21. Accessed 22 January 2020
- ^ Bernard McEvoy, From the Great Lakes to the Wide West: Impressions of a Tour between Toronto and the Pacific (1902), pgs. 251-6. Accessed 22 January 2020
- ^ C.H.C. Wright, "Design in Modern Architecture," The Canadian Architect and Builder, Vol. XIV, No. 158 (February 1901), pgs. 40-1. Accessed 22 January 2020 http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/cab/search/imgdisplay.php?imgfile=../Volume%2014/Issue%202/v14n2p40.gif http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/cab/search/imgdisplay.php?imgfile=../Volume%2014/Issue%202/v14n2p41.gif
- ^ Bernard McEvoy, From the Great Lakes to the Wide West: Impressions of a Tour between Toronto and the Pacific (1902), pgs. 155-8. Accessed 22 January 2020
- ^ Bernard McEvoy, From the Great Lakes to the Wide West: Impressions of a Tour between Toronto and the Pacific (1902), pgs. 89-96. Accessed 22 January 2020
- ^ "Chateau Frontenac; Quebec; Luncheon" (July 22, 1901). Accessed 22 January 2020
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