1854 in Canada
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Events from the year 1854 in Canada.
Incumbents
Federal government
- Parliament â 4th then 5th
Governors
- Governor General of the Province of Canada â James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, Edmund Walker Head
- Colonial Governor of Newfoundland â Charles Henry Darling
- Governor of New Brunswick â Edmund Walker Head, John Manners-Sutton
- Governor of Nova Scotia â John Gaspard Le Marchant
- Governor of Prince Edward Island â Dominick Daly
Premiers
- Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada â
- Francis Hincks, Canada West Premier
- Augustin-Norbert Morin, Canada East Premier
- Premier of New Brunswick â Charles Fisher
- Premier of Nova Scotia â James Boyle Uniacke
- Premier of Prince Edward Island â John Holl
Events
- January 27 â The Great Western Railway opens, linking Toronto, Hamilton and Windsor.
- June 6 â The CanadianâAmerican Reciprocity Treaty is signed.
- October 27 â 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
- April 13 â William Henry Drummond, poet (died 1907)[2]
- May 21 â Edward Gawler Prior, mining engineer, politician and Premier of British Columbia (died 1920)
- June 8 â Douglas Colin Cameron, politician and Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba (died 1921)
- June 26 â Robert Borden, lawyer, politician and 8th Prime Minister of Canada (died 1937)
- August 29 â Arthur Peters, politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island (died 1908)
- September 1 â James Alexander Lougheed, businessman and politician (died 1925)
Deaths
- January 20 â Denis-Benjamin Papineau, joint premier of the Province of Canada (born 1789)
- September 19 â Sir George Arthur, 1st Baronet, army officer and colonial administrator (born 1784)