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Events from the year 1916 in Canada.
Incumbents
Crown
- George V[1]
Federal government
- Governor General – Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (until November 11) then Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire
- Prime Minister – Robert Borden
- Chief Justice – Charles Fitzpatrick (Quebec)
- Parliament – 12th
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
- Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Robert Brett
- Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Francis Stillman Barnard
- Douglas Colin Cameron (until August 3) then James Albert Manning Aikins
- Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Josiah Wood
- Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – David MacKeen (until November 13) then MacCallum Grant (from November 29)
- Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – John Strathearn Hendrie
- Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Augustine Colin Macdonald
- Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Pierre-Évariste Leblanc
- Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Richard Stuart Lake
Premiers
- Premier of Alberta – Arthur Sifton
- Harlan Brewster
- Premier of Manitoba – Tobias Norris
- Premier of New Brunswick – George Johnson Clarke
- Premier of Nova Scotia – George Henry Murray
- William Hearst
- Premier of Prince Edward Island – John Mathieson
- Premier of Quebec – Lomer Gouin
- Thomas Walter Scott (until October 20) then William Melville Martin
Territorial governments
Commissioners
- Commissioner of Yukon – George Black (until October 13) then George Norris Williams (acting)
- Gold Commissioner of Yukon – George P. MacKenzie
- Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Frederick D. White
Events
January to June
- January 28 – Women are given the right to vote in Manitoba, after protests by people such as Nellie McClung
- February 3 – The Centre Block of the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa burns down
- February 10 – An anti-German riot hits Calgary
- March 14 – Saskatchewan women get the vote
- April 19 – Alberta women get the vote
- June – Rodeo's first side-delivery chute is designed and made by the Bascom brothers on their Bar-B-3 Ranch at Welling, Alberta.
- May 7 – The Government of Canada authorizes the creation of an all No. 2 Construction Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force.
- June 1 – June 13 – WWI: Canadians fight in the Battle of Mont Sorrel
July to December
- July 1 – Prohibition of alcohol introduced in Alberta
- July 1 – November 18 25,000 Canadians and Battle of the Somme
- July 24 – Earl Bascom enters his first steer riding contest at Welling, Alberta.
- July 29 – The Matheson and Cochrane
- August 11 – The 4th Canadian Division arrives in France
- October 20 – Walter Scott
- November 23 – Harlan Brewster becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing William John Bowser
- December 1 – An Order in Council authorizes an increase of troops to 500,000 in the First World War
Full date unknown
- Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught
- The National Research Council of Canadais established.
- The first Doukhobors arrive in Alberta
- Emily Murphy became the first female magistrate in Canada, and in the British Empire.[2]
Arts and literature
New works
- Lucy Maud Montgomery – The Watchman & Other Poems
- Max Aitken– Canada in Flanders
- Alfred Laliberté – Les petits Baigneurs
Sport
- March 30 – The Portland Rosebuds of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association 3 games to 2 to win their first Stanley Cup. All Games were played at the Montreal Arena
Births
January to June
- January 22 – Bill Durnan, ice hockey player (d.1972)
- February 4 – Pudlo Pudlat, artist (d.1992)
- February 10 – Claude Bissell, author and educator (d.2000)
- February 18 – Jean Drapeau, lawyer, politician and Mayor of Montreal (d.1999)
- February 23 – Molly Kool, North America's first registered female sea captain (d.2009)
- March 10 – Davie Fulton, politician and judge (d.2000)
- April 18 – Ian Wahn, politician and lawyer (d.1999)
- April 27 – Myfanwy Pavelic, artist (d.2007)
- May 3 – Léopold Simoneau, lyric tenor (d.2006)
- May 4 – Jane Jacobs, urbanist, writer and activist (d.2006)
- May 30 – Jack Dennett, radio and television announcer (d.1975)
- June 20 – Jean-Jacques Bertrand, politician and 21st Premier of Quebec (d.1973)
July to December
- July 16 – John Gallagher, geologist and businessman (d.1998)
- July 21 – Wilfred Cantwell Smith, professor of comparative religion (d.2000)
- August 1 – Anne Hébert, author and poet (d.2000)
- September 5 – Frank Shuster, comedian (d.2002)
- September 18 – Laura Sabia, social activist and feminist (d.1996)
- October 9 – Bill Allum, ice hockey player (d.1992)
- October 30 – Roy Brown Jr., car design engineer (Edsel, Ford Consul, Ford Cortina) (d.2013)
- November 17 – Martin J. Légère, businessman (d.2013)
- November 23 – P. K. Page, poet (d.2010)
- December 5 – Lomer Brisson, politician and lawyer (d.1981)
- December 7 – Margaret Carse, dancer
- December 16 – Harry Gunning, scientist and administrator (d.2002)
- December 20 – activist (d.2010)
- December 23 – Ruth Dawson, artist
Full date unknown
- John Wintermeyer, politician (d.1994)
Deaths
- February 3 – Bowman Brown Law, politician (b.1855)
- May 12 – Joseph-Aldric Ouimet, politician (b.1848)
- May 29 – Louis-Alphonse Boyer, politician (b.1839)
- June 27 – Daniel Webster Marsh, businessman and Mayor of Calgary (b.1838)
- July 28 – Pierre-Amand Landry, lawyer, judge and politician (b.1846)
- August 8 – Edgar Dewdney, politician, Lieutenant Governor of Northwest Territories and Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia (b.1835)
- December 12 – Albert Lacombe, missionary (b.1827)
Full date unknown
- Grace Annie Lockhart, first woman in the British Empire to receive a Bachelor's degree (b.1855)
See also
Historical documents
- "There is a big fire" - Parliamentary officer warns MPs sitting in session to get out as fatal fire begins to destroy Centre Block of Parliament buildings[3]
- Prime Minister Borden appeals to Canadians for service abroad and at home.[4]
- Prime Minister Borden fires militia minister Lt. Gen. Sam Hughes for insubordination.[5]
- Warning to Imperial Munitions Board head about Ross rifle's dangerous failings.[6]
- Charles K. Clarke calls for small hospitals to treat veterans with "intense nervous troubles" that are rapidly curable.[7]
- Arthur Pearson's letter praising soldier for his rapid progress adjusting to his blindness.[8]
- 120th City of Hamilton Battalion recruiting advertisement.[9]
- Cartoonist imagines soldier's vision of Christmas at home.[10]
- Orderly in Canadian hospital brags about its superiority over British facilities, and his bandaging technique.[11]
- Canadian nurse in Petrograd's Anglo-Russian Hospital enjoys much local culture.[12]
- Canadian nurse serving in French army hospital gives poignant description of soldier's funeral.[13]
- Senator objects to Ontario policy restricting education in French.[16]
- Testimony regarding sale of Squamish land in Vancouver area.[17]
- Scores killed as huge forest fire destroys northern Ontario towns.[18]
- U.S.A. and U.K. sign agreement to conserve North American migratory birds.[19]
- Political cartoon warns Western Canadian drinkers that prohibition is coming in 1916.[20]
References
- ^ "King George V | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
- ^ "Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women". Archived from the original on January 2, 2014.
- ^ "9 p.m." (February 3, 1916), Official Report of the Debates of the House of Commons; Vol. CXXII, pg. 578. Accessed 5 March 2022
- ^ "Archived - Borden-Speeches-Ottawa, October 23, 1916-First Among Equals". www.nlc-bnc.ca. Archived from the original on April 21, 2016. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
- ^ "Archived - Leading Canada-First Among Equals". www.collectionscanada.ca. Archived from the original on 2007-02-11. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
- ^ Letter to Joseph Flavelle (July 20, 1916). Accessed 6 March 2020 (scroll down to "William E. Rundle")
- ^ Testimony of Dr. Charles K. Clarke, "Minutes of Evidence" (March 23, 1916), Soldiers' Pensions; Proceedings of the House Special Committee, pgs. 32-5. Accessed 14 October 2020
- ^ "Arthur Pearson, Blinded Soldiers' and Sailors' Hostel, London (January 12, 1916). Accessed 6 March 2020".
- ^ "120th City of Hamilton Battalion, Newspaper clipping, 18 March 1916 | Digital Collections @ Mac". digitalcollections.mcmaster.ca.
- ^ "TimeLinks: The Soldier's Dream". www.mhs.mb.ca.
- ^ R.A.L. (November 28, 1918). Chapin Ray, Anna (ed.). "Letters of a Canadian stretcher bearer". Little, Brown, and Company. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
- ^ "Letter of Dorothy Cotton (April 5, 1916), pgs. 5-7. Accessed 6 March 2020".
- ^ Anonymous, My Beloved Poilus (1917; scroll down to "January 16, 1916"). Accessed 5 March 2022
- ^ ""Are You in Favor of Changing the Name of This City? NO!!" Berlin Record".
- ^ ""List of Suggestions of Names" Accessed 6 March 2020".
- ^ Napoléon Antoine Belcourt, "Address [to] Quebec Canadian Club; Bilingualism" (March 28, 1916). Accessed 9 March 2020
- ^ Royal Commission on Indian Affairs for the Province of British Columbia (March 28, 1916), pgs. 680-4 Accessed 5 March 2022
- ^ "200 Known Dead in North Ontario Fire, Heavy Rainstorm Quenches Forest Blaze" The Winnipeg Evening Tribune, Vol. XXVII, No. 1 (July 31, 1916), pg. 1. Accessed 5 March 2022
- ^ United States Department of State, "Convention between the United States and Great Britain for the Protection of Migratory Birds," Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, December 5, 1916, pgs. 279-82. Accessed 10 March 2020
- ^ "TimeLinks: Prohibition in Western Canada in 1916". www.mhs.mb.ca.
External links
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