1897 in Canada
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Events from the year 1897 in Canada.
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Incumbents
Crown
Federal government
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
- Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia â Edgar Dewdney (until November 18) then Thomas Robert McInnes
- Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba â James Colebrooke Patterson
- Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick â Jabez Bunting Snowball
- Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia â Malachy Bowes Daly
- Lieutenant Governor of Ontario â Casimir Gzowski (acting) (until November 18) then Oliver Mowat
- Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island â George William Howlan
- Lieutenant Governor of Quebec â Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau
Premiers
- Premier of British Columbia â John Herbert Turner
- Premier of Manitoba â Thomas Greenway
- Premier of New Brunswick â James Mitchell (until October 29) then Henry Emmerson
- Premier of Nova Scotia â George Henry Murray
- Premier of Ontario â Arthur Sturgis Hardy
- Premier of Prince Edward Island â Frederick Peters (until October 1) then Alexander Warburton
- Premier of Quebec â Edmund James Flynn (until May 24) then Félix-Gabriel Marchand
Territorial governments
Commissioners
- Commissioner of Yukon â James Morrow Walsh (from August 17)
Lieutenant governors
Premiers
Events
- January 29 â The Victorian Order of Nurses is founded in Ottawa.
- February 2 â Clara Brett Martin becomes the first woman to practise law in Ontario.
- February 19 â World's first Women's Institute founded in Stoney Creek, Ontario.
- May 24 â Félix-Gabriel Marchand becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Edmund Flynn.
- May 24 â Lion of Belfort (Montreal) unveiled.
- June 20 â Diamond Jubilee of Victoria's accession as Queen.
- September 6 â The federal government gives the CPR a grant to allow it to reduce freight rates through Crowsnest Pass.
- October â A.B. Warburton becomes Premier of Prince Edward Island.
- October 7 â Responsible government is introduced in the North-West Territories: Frederick Haultain becomes the first premier.
- October 29 â Henry Emmerson becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing James Mitchell.
Full date unknown
- Klondike Gold Rush rages in the Yukon.
- Lord Grey proposes that Canada create a navy to protect its west coast; Prime Minister Laurier does not act on the recommendation.
- 1897â1912 â 961,000 people enter Canada from the British Isles, 594,000 from Europe and 784,000 from the United States..
- The first Canadian movie, Ten Years in Manitoba.
Births
- January 23 â William Stephenson, soldier, airman, businessperson, inventor and spymaster (d.1989)
- January 27 â Charles Stephen Booth, politician and barrister (d.1988)
- March 9 â Sidney Earle Smith, academic and seventh President of the University of Toronto (d.1959)
- April 23 â Lester B. Pearson, politician, 14th Prime Minister of Canada, diplomat and 1957 Nobel Peace Prize recipient (d.1972)
- June 29 â Fulgence Charpentier, French Canadian journalist, editor and publisher (d. 2001)
- September 23 â Walter Pidgeon, actor (d.1984)
- September 29 â Graham Towers, first Governor of the Bank of Canada (d.1975)
- November 30 â William Murdoch Buchanan, politician (d.1966)
- December 7 â Gordon Graydon, politician (d.1953)
Deaths
- January 2 â Thomas McGreevy, politician and contractor (b.1825)
- February 27 â James Austin, businessman (b.1813)
- July 4 â Amor De Cosmos, journalist, politician and 2nd Premier of British Columbia (b.1825)
- September 19 â Frederick Cope, 3rd Mayor of Vancouver (b.1860)
- October 21 â Philip Francis Little, 1st Premier of Newfoundland of the colonial (b.1824)
- December 14 â Robert Simpson, businessman and founder of Simpsons (b.1834)
- December 15 â James Mitchell, politician and 7th Premier of New Brunswick (b.1843)
- December 31 â David Oppenheimer, entrepreneur and 2nd Mayor of Vancouver (b.1832)