1900 in Canada

Crown

• Monarch – Victoria^[1]

Federal government

• Governor General – Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto
• Prime Minister – Wilfrid Laurier
• Chief Justice – Samuel Henry Strong (Ontario)
• Parliament – 8th (until 9 October)

Provincial governments

Territorial governments

January to June

• January 8 – Hugh John Macdonald becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing Thomas Greenway.
• February 18 – February 27 – Boer War: The Royal Canadian Regiment of Infantry plays a decisive role in the Battle of Paardeberg.
• February 27 – Charles Semlin is dismissed as premier of British Columbia.
• February 28 – Joseph Martin becomes premier of British Columbia.
• March 16 – Boer War: Strathcona's Horse leave for South Africa.

• April 26 – Two-thirds of Hull, Quebec, is destroyed in a fire.
• June 15 – James Dunsmuir becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing Joseph Martin.

July to December

• August 31 – Lemuel John Tweedie becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Henry Emmerson.
• September 25 – Félix-Gabriel Marchand, Premier of Quebec, dies in office.
• October 8 – Simon-Napoléon Parent becomes premier of Quebec.
• October 29 – Sir Rodmond Roblin becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing Hugh John Macdonald.
• November 7
  • Federal election: Sir Wilfrid Laurier's Liberals win a second consecutive majority.^[2]
  • Boer War: The Battle of Leliefontein begins. Three Canadians receive the Victoria Cross for their valour in the engagement.
• December 6 – Alphonse Desjardins founds Mouvement Desjardins, the first credit union in North America.

Full date unknown

• The federal government doubles the head tax on Chinese immigrants
• The Canadian Tuberculosis Association meets for the first time

January to June

• January 1 – Sam Berger, lawyer, businessman and football player (d.1992)
• January 8
  • Harry Cassidy, academic, social reformer and civil servant (d.1951)
  • Solon Earl Low, politician (d.1962)
• February 20 – Graham Spry, broadcasting pioneer, business executive, diplomat and socialist (d.1983)
• March 12 – David Croll, politician (d.1991)
• April 3 – Albert Walsh, Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland (d. 1958)
• April 19 – Roland Michener, lawyer, politician, diplomat and Governor-General of Canada (d.1991)
• April 30 – David Manners, actor (d.1998)
• May 25 – Alain Grandbois, poet (d.1975)

• May 25 – Malcolm Norris, Métis leader (d.1967)
• May 29 – Antonio Talbot, politician (d.1980)
• June 3 – Gordon Sinclair, journalist, writer and commentator (d.1984)
• June 21 – Edward S. Rogers, Sr., inventor and radio pioneer (d.1939)

July to December

• July 6 – Paul Métivier, World War I veteran (d. 2004)
• July 23 – John Babcock, Canada's last surviving World War I veteran (d.2010)
• August 13 – Gordon Sparling, filmmaker (d.1994)
• August 23 – Frances Adaskin, pianist (d. 2001)^[3]
• August 31 – James Campbell Clouston, naval officer (d.1940 in Dunkirk evacuation)
• September 6 – W. A. C. Bennett, Premier of British Columbia (d.1979)
• October 2 – Rod Keller, general (d. 1954)^[4]
• November 20 – Athole Shearer, actress (d.1985)
• November 27 – Jovette Bernier, journalist, author and radio show host (d.1981)^[5]
• November 28 – Mary Bothwell, classical vocalist and painter (d. mid-1970s)^[6]