1878 in Canada
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Events from the year 1878 in Canada.
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Incumbents
Crown
Federal government
- Governor General â Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood (until November 25) then John Campbell, Marquess of Lorne
- Prime Minister â Alexander Mackenzie (until October 8) then John A. Macdonald (from October 17)
- Chief Justice â William Buell Richards (Ontario)
- Parliament â 3rd (until 17 August)
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
- Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia â Albert Norton Richards
- Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba â Joseph-Ãdouard Cauchon
- Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick â Samuel Leonard Tilley (until July 11) then Edward Barron Chandler
- Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Territories â David Laird
- Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia â Adams George Archibald
- Lieutenant Governor of Ontario â Donald Alexander Macdonald
- Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island â Robert Hodgson
- Lieutenant Governor of Quebec â Luc Letellier de St-Just
Premiers
- Premier of British Columbia â Andrew Charles Elliott (until June 25) then George Anthony Walkem
- Premier of Manitoba â Robert Atkinson Davis (until October 16) then John Norquay
- Premier of New Brunswick â George Edwin King (until May 3) then John James Fraser
- Premier of Nova Scotia â Philip Carteret Hill (until October 15) then Simon Hugh Holmes (from October 22)
- Premier of Ontario â Oliver Mowat
- Premier of Prince Edward Island â Louis Henry Davies
- Premier of Quebec â Charles Boucher de Boucherville (until March 8) then Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière
Territorial governments
Lieutenant governors
Events
- March 7 â Both the Université de Montréal and the University of Western Ontario are incorporated.
- March 8 â Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Sir Charles-Eugène de Boucherville.
- May 1 â In the Quebec election, Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau's Conservatives win a minority.
- June â The New Brunswick election.
- June 25 â George Walkem becomes premier of British Columbia for the second time, replacing Andrew Elliott.
- July 20 â The British Columbia election.
- September 17
- In the federal election, Sir John A. Macdonald's Conservatives win a majority, defeating Alexander Mackenzie's Liberals.
- In the Nova Scotia election, Simon Hugh Holmes's Conservatives win a majority, defeating Philip Carteret Hill's Liberals.
- October 16 â John Norquay becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing Robert A. Davis.
- October 17 â Sir John A. Macdonald becomes prime minister for the second time, replacing Alexander Mackenzie.
- October 22 â Simon Holmes becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing Philip Hill.
- December 18 â The Manitoba election.
Full date unknown
- Anti-Chinese sentiment in British Columbia reaches a high point as the government bans Chinese workers from public works.
- John James Fraser becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing George King.
- The Newfoundland election.
Births
January to June
- January 11 â Percy Chapman Black, politician (d.1961)
- January 13 â Lionel Groulx, priest, historian, Quebec nationalist and traditionalist (d.1967)
- January 22 â Ernest Charles Drury, politician, writer and 8th Premier of Ontario (d.1968)
- February 27 â William Herbert Burns, politician (d.1964)
- February 28 â Arthur Roebuck, politician and labour lawyer (d.1971)
- April 14 â John Walter Jones, politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island (d.1954)
- April 29 â Fawcett Taylor, politician (d.1940)
- June 14 â Lewis Stubbs, judge and politician (d.1958)
- June 20 â Seymour Farmer, politician (d.1951)
July to December
- July 14 â Ernest Frederick Armstrong, politician (d.1948)
- July 23 â James Thomas Milton Anderson, politician and 5th Premier of Saskatchewan (d.1946)
- August 15 â Thomas Laird Kennedy, politician and 15th Premier of Ontario (d.1959)
- September 18 â William Sherring, marathon runner and Olympic gold medalist (d.1964)
- December 8 â Henry Herbert Stevens, politician and businessman (d.1973)
- December 30 â William Aberhart, politician and 8th Premier of Alberta (d.1943)
Deaths
- February 23 â William Workman, businessman and municipal politician (b.1807)
- April 3 â Louis-Philippe Turcotte, historian (b.1842)
- April 12 â John Young, politician (b.1811)
- May 13 â George Moffat, Sr., businessman and politician (b.1810)
- May 20 â Lemuel Allan Wilmot, lawyer, politician, judge, and 3rd Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick (b.1809)
- November 3 â Pierre Bachand, politician (b.1835)
- November 28 â Francis Evans Cornish, politician (b.1831)
- December 6 â Jean-Baptiste Meilleur, doctor, educator and politician (b.1796)