1882 in Canada
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Events from the year 1882 in Canada.
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Incumbents
Crown
Federal government
- Governor General â John Campbell, Marquess of Lorne
- Prime Minister â John A. Macdonald
- Chief Justice â William Johnstone Ritchie (New Brunswick)
- Parliament â 4th (until 18 May)
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
- Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia â Clement Francis Cornwall
- Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba â Joseph-Ãdouard Cauchon (until September 29) then James Cox Aikins
- Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick â Robert Duncan Wilmot
- Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia â Adams George Archibald
- Lieutenant Governor of Ontario â John Beverley Robinson
- Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island â Thomas Heath Haviland
- Lieutenant Governor of Quebec â Théodore Robitaille
Premiers
- Premier of British Columbia â George Anthony Walkem (until June 13) then Robert Beaven
- Premier of Manitoba â John Norquay
- Premier of New Brunswick â John James Fraser (until May 25) then Daniel Lionel Hanington
- Premier of Nova Scotia â Simon Hugh Holmes (until May 23) then John Sparrow David Thompson (May 25 to July 18) then William Thomas Pipes (from August 3)
- Premier of Ontario â Oliver Mowat
- Premier of Prince Edward Island â William Wilfred Sullivan
- Premier of Quebec â Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau (until July 31) then Joseph-Alfred Mousseau
Territorial governments
Lieutenant governors
- Lieutenant Governor of Keewatin â Joseph-Ãdouard Cauchon (until September 29) then James Cox Aikins
- Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Territories â Edgar Dewdney
Events
- May 8 â Prince Edward Island election: William Wilfred Sullivan's Conservatives win a fourth consecutive majority
- May 17 â Provisional districts of the North-West Territories are established between Manitoba and British Columbia: the districts of Assiniboia, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and Athabaska
- May 25 â John Sparrow David Thompson becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing Simon H. Holmes.
- June â New Brunswick election
- June 20
- Federal election: Sir John A. Macdonald's Conservatives win a second consecutive majority.
- Nova Scotia election
- June 13 â Robert Beaven becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing George Walkem.
- July 20 â British Columbia election
- July 31 â Joseph-Alfred Mousseau becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Sir Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau.
- August 3 â William T. Pipes becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing John Sparrow David Thompson.
- December 30 â The Royal Society of Canada is founded.
Full date unknown
- Daniel Hanington becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing James Fraser.
- John Ware, a Texas cowboy, moves to Alberta. He introduces longhorn cattle into Canada and pioneers the development of rodeo.
- Newfoundland election
- The North-West Mounted Police (which later became the Royal Canadian Mounted Police) established a post in 1882 in Regina, Saskatchewan. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (R.C.M.P.) have since established their main training academy there, which is called "Depot", or Depot Division.
- The North Bay Police Service is founded.
Sport
- October 21 â The Canadian Rugby Football Union is founded. {Reference is needed. The link cited as well as the Rugby Canada Wiki note different years (1880 and 1884 respectively)}
Births
January to June
- January 8 â David Milne, painter, printmaker and writer (d.1953)
- February 1 â Louis St. Laurent, politician and 12th Prime Minister of Canada (d.1973)
- February 2 â Geoffrey O'Hara, composer, singer and music professor (d.1967)
- February 4 â E. J. Pratt, poet (d.1964)
- February 11 â John Queen, politician (d.1946)
- March 6 â Barbara Hanley, first woman to be elected a mayor in Canada (d.1959)
- April 18 â Isabel Meighen, wife of Canadian prime minister Arthur Meighen (d. 1985)
- May 26 â Charles Edward Bothwell, politician and barrister (d.1967)
- June 9 â Robert Kerr, sprinter and Olympic gold medallist (d.1963)
July to December
- July 16 â Edward Earle, Canadian-born American actor (d. 1972 in the United States)
- July 19 â Sarah Ramsland, politician and first woman elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (d.1964)
- October 3 â A. Y. Jackson, painter, one of the Group of Seven (d.1974)
- December 18 â Albert James Bradshaw, politician (d.1956)
- December 25 â John Stewart McDiarmid, politician and Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba (d.1965)
Deaths
- February 1 â Maurice Laframboise, lawyer, judge and politician (b.1821)
- March 25 â Charles-René-Léonidas d'Irumberry de Salaberry, militia officer (b.1820)
- August 7 â Antoine Gérin-Lajoie, poet and novelist (b.1824)
- September 15 â Jacques Philippe Lantier, businessman, author and politician (b.1814)
- December 9 â Hugh Allan, businessman (b.1810)
Historical documents
Prime Minister Macdonald explains near-starvation policy to control Indigenous peoples[2]
Prime Minister Macdonald welcomes Chinese as CPR labourers, but not as settlers[3]
MP tells House of Commons that land policy in N.W.T. should favour settler over speculator[4]
Alberta ranchers endure hunger while struggling through multi-day snowstorm[5]
"To spread the light and sow the seed of Unionism" - Labour newspaper Trades Union Advocate says Toronto labour parade roused union enthusiasm[6]
Ontario School of Art teaches freehand and model drawing, geometry, perspective, advanced freehand, ornamental design, watercolours, and oil[7]