1879 in Canada

none April 2026 April 2019 1879 Events from the year 1879 in Canada. Incumbents Crown Monarch – VictoriaQueen Victoria The Canadian Encyclopedia https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/victoria# www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca 5 December 2022 Federal government Governor General – John Campbell, Marquess of Lorne Prime Minister – John A. Macdonald Chief Justice – William Buell Richards (Ontario) (until 10 January) then William Johnstone Ritchie (New Brunswick) (from 11 January) Parliament – 4th (from 13 February) Provincial governments Lieutenant governors Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Albert Norton Richards Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Joseph-Édouard Cauchon Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Edward Barron Chandler Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Adams George Archibald Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Donald Alexander Macdonald Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Robert Hodgson (until July 10) then Thomas Heath Haviland Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Luc Letellier de St-Just (until July 26) then Théodore Robitaille Premiers Premier of British Columbia – George Anthony Walkem Premier of Manitoba – John Norquay Premier of New Brunswick – John James Fraser Premier of Nova Scotia – Simon Hugh Holmes Premier of Ontario – Oliver Mowat Premier of Prince Edward Island – Louis Henry Davies (until April 25) then William Wilfred Sullivan Premier of Quebec – Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière (until October 31) then Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau Territorial governments Lieutenant governors Lieutenant Governor of Keewatin – Joseph-Édouard Cauchon Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Territories – David Laird Events thumb|The Opening of Canadian Parliament in 1879. February 4 – Prince Edward Island election: William Wilfred Sullivan's Conservatives win a third consecutive majority. March 12 – Sir John A. Macdonald introduces protective tariffs on manufactured goods being imported into Canada, a transcontinental railway, and immigration to the west in his National Policy. April 25 – Sir William Wilfred Sullivan becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Sir Louis Davies. June 5 – Ontario election: Sir Oliver Mowat's Liberals win a third consecutive majority. June 27 - Murder of Mary Gallagher in Griffintown, Montreal (date unknown) – The Toronto Industrial Exhibition opens for the first time, precursor to the Canadian National Exhibition. October 31 – Sir Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Henri-Gustave de Lotbinière. December 16 – Manitoba election. December 19 – Swift Runner is hanged in Fort Saskatchewan, NWT, for murdering and then eating eight members of his own family over the previous winter. He believed he was possessed by Wendigo, a terrifying mythological creature with a ravenous appetite for human flesh. Births January to June thumb|right|150px|Richard Gavin Reid January 15 – Mazo de la Roche, author (d.1961) January 17 – Richard Gavin Reid, politician and 7th Premier of Alberta (d.1980) January 25 – Humphrey T. Walwyn, naval officer and Governor of Newfoundland (d.1957) March 20 – Maud Menten, medical scientist (d.1960) May 25 – Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, business tycoon, politician and writer (d.1964) June 12 – Charles Dow Richards, judge, politician and 18th Premier of New Brunswick (d.1956) July to December August 1 – Eva Tanguay, singer and entertainer (d.1947) August 16 – Samuel Lawrence, politician and trade unionist (d.1959) October 6 – James Langstaff Bowman, politician and Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada (d.1951) October 9 – William Warren, lawyer, politician, judge and Prime Minister of Newfoundland (d.1927) November 3 – Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Arctic explorer and ethnologist (d.1962) November 11 – Violet McNaughton, feminist (d. 1953) November 25 – Joseph-Arsène Bonnier, politician (d.1962) December 10 – P. L. Robertson, inventor (d. 1951) December 24 – Émile Nelligan, poet (d.1941)Émile Nelligan Canadian poet https://www.britannica.com/biography/Emile-Nelligan Encyclopedia Britannica 17 April 2019 en Deaths January 4 – Pierre-Alexis Tremblay, politician (b.1827) January 16 – Octave Crémazie, poet (b.1827) April 4 – Jean-Baptiste Thibault, missionary and a Father of Confederation (b.1810) October 7 – William Henry Pope, lawyer, politician, judge and a Father of Confederation (b.1825) Historical documents The federal government proposes to provide 100 million acres of Dominion land for the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway for settlement.John A. Macdonald, Minister of the Interior https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record?app=ordincou&IdNumber=15726&q=100,000,000 ...100,000,000 Acres of Land Required June 25, 1879 February 27, 2023 Report claims only self-reliance and industry can relieve distress of Indigenous people and anxiety of Metis (Note: racial stereotypes)Nicholas Flood Davin, "Report on Industrial Schools for Indians and Half-Breeds" (March 14, 1879), pg. 9. Accessed 23 June 2021 Ottawa memo outlines the "utter destitution" of some Indigenous people in the Northwest TerritoriesJ.S. Dennis, "152 N.W.T.; Memorandum" Northwest Territories - Correspondence, Memoranda, Reports, Minutes and Requisitions Regarding the Distress of Indians in the Territories Due to Lack of Food, pgs. 20-1. Accessed 19 September 2018 Federal commissioner reports on the dependency of Indigenous people at Fort Walsh"No. 46" Report of the Deputy Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs, 1879, pgs. 76-7. Accessed 19 September 2018 Visitor fears the Metis on the Assiniboine River will not hold on to their lands much longer"Letter IV" Chronicles by the Way: A Series of Letters Addressed to the Montreal "Gazette" Descriptive of a Trip through Manitoba and the North-West (Montreal: Gazette Printing Co, 1879), pg. 10. Accessed 18 September 2018 Description of Mennonite cooperative farming near WinnipegDavid Currie, The Letters of Rusticus: Investigations in Manitoba and the North-West, for the Benefit of Intending Emigrants (Montreal: John Dougall & Son, 1880), pgs. 67-8. Accessed 18 September 2018 All aboard the steamer Waubuno are lost in a gale on Georgian Bay"Wreck of the Waubuno; All the Passengers and Crew Lost" Enterprise, Collingwood, Ont. (November 28, 1879). Accessed 18 September 2018 Anti-Irish-Catholic opinion is published in the Irish Canadian"Are Irish Catholics A Menace" Irish Canadian (December 17, 1879). Accessed 18 September 2018 "Alouette" first sung as a Canadian folk song. References External links Category:Canada:Acts of Parliament, 1879 Acts of Parliament, 1879 1879 in Category:Years of the 19th century in Canada Canada Category:1879 in North America