1910 in Canada
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| Years in Canada: | 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 |
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s |
| Years: | 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 |
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Events from the year 1910 in Canada.
Contents
Incumbents
Crown
- Head of state (monarch) – Edward VII (until May 6) then George V (consort – Queen Alexandra then Queen Mary)
Federal government
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
- Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – George Hedley Vicars Bulyea
- Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Thomas Wilson Paterson
- Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Daniel Hunter McMillan
- Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Lemuel John Tweedie
- Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Duncan Cameron Fraser (until September 27) then James Drummond McGregor
- Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – John Morison Gibson
- Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Donald Alexander MacKinnon (until June 1) then Benjamin Rogers
- Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier
- Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Amédée Forget (until October 5) then George William Brown
Premiers
- Premier of Alberta – Alexander Cameron Rutherford (until May 26) then Arthur Sifton
- Premier of British Columbia – Richard McBride
- Premier of Manitoba – Rodmond Roblin
- Premier of New Brunswick – John Douglas Hazen
- Premier of Nova Scotia – George Henry Murray
- Premier of Ontario – James Whitney
- Premier of Prince Edward Island – Francis Haszard
- Premier of Quebec – Lomer Gouin
- Premier of Saskatchewan – Thomas Walter Scott
Territorial governments
File:Borden and Laurier.jpg
Prime Ministers Robert Borden and Wilfrid Laurier. At the time of this photo, Laurier was Prime Minister of Canada, and Borden was Leader of the Opposition.
Commissioners
- Commissioner of Yukon - Alexander Henderson
- Gold Commissioner of Yukon – F.X. Gosselin
- Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Frederick D. White
Events
- January 3 - Happiness and contentment are found from one end of Canada to the other - headline in London Times (page 5)
- January 10 - The Laurier government introduces the Naval Service Bill 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 election.
- January 10 - Le Devoir first published
- January 21 - A train wreck in Webbwood, near Sudbury, kills 420
- March 5 - 65 are killed in an avalanche in Rogers Pass
- May 4 - The Royal Canadian Navy is created after the Naval Service Bill passes
- May 6 - Edward VII dies and is succeeded by George V
- May 26 - Arthur Sifton becomes premier of Alberta, replacing Alexander Rutherford
- July 31 - British murderer Dr. Crippen is caught in Quebec City
- December 9 - a coal mine explosion at Bellevue, Alberta, kills 31
Arts and literature
New Books
- Anne of Avonlea - Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Ednyfed Fychan - William Williams
- Practical Political Economy - Stephen Leacock
Births
January to June
- February 2 - Andrew McKeller, astrophysicist
- February 5 - Charles Philippe Leblond, pioneer of cell biology and stem cell research (d. 2007)
- February 27 - Robert Bryce, civil servant (d. 1997)
- May 4 - Arsène Gagné, Quebec politician (d. 1964)
- May 30 - Keir Clark, Prince Edward Island politician (d. 2010)
- June 17 - George Hees, politician and minister (d. 1996)
- June 26 - Munroe Bourne, swimmer (d. 1992)
July to December
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James Coyne
- July 2 – Lorne Carr, hockey player (d. 2007)
- July 17 - James Coyne, second Governor of the Bank of Canada
- July 19 - Jean Wilson, speed-skater
- July 29 - Norman Fawcett, politician (d. 1997)
- August 13 - Gwendolyn Ringwood, playwright
- August 18 - Robert Winters, politician and businessman (d. 1969)
- August 25 - Ruby Keeler, actress, singer and dancer (d. 1993)
- August 26 - Jessie Gray, surgeon (d. 1978)
- September 10 - Harry Thode, geochemist, nuclear chemist and academic administrator (d. 1997)
- September 21 - Anne Wilkinson, poet (d. 1961)
- October 8 - Ray Lewis, track and field athlete, Olympic bronze medalist, first Canadian-born black Olympic medalist (d. 2003)
- October 13 – Otto Joachim, German-born composer (d. 2010)
- October 21 - Pauline Mills McGibbon, politician and 22nd Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario (d. 2001)
- October 27 – Jack Carson, actor (d. 1963)
- November 14 - Michael Starr, politician and first Canadian cabinet minister of Ukrainian descent (d. 2000)
Full date unknown
- James Cameron, writer
- Al Clouston, storyteller, humourist and author (d. 2004)
- Leo Landreville, politician and judge implicated in the Northern Ontario Natural Gas scandal (d. 1996)
Deaths
- February 2 – George Murdoch, politician and 1st mayor of Calgary (b.1850)
- February 9 – George Barnard Baker, lawyer, politician and Senator (b.1834)
- February 15 – Joseph-Élisée Beaudet, businessman and politician (b.1834)
- February 26 – Adelaide Hoodless, educational reformer who founded the Women's Institute (b.1857)
- May 6 – Edward VII, King of Canada (b.1841)
- June 7 – Goldwin Smith, historian and journalist (b.1823)
- June 9 – Charles Braithwaite, politician and agrarian leader (b.1850)
- September 2 – Hector Fabre, lawyer, journalist, diplomat and senator (b.1834)
