1904 in Canada

none April 2026 January 2020 1904 Events from the year 1904 in Canada. Incumbents Crown Monarch – Edward VIITidridge Nathan Canada's Constitutional Monarchy 15 November 2011 Dundurn 978-1-55488-980-8 235 https://books.google.com/books?id=KAvtMxqSDncC&pg=PA235 en Federal government Governor General – Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto (until December 10) then Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey Prime Minister – Wilfrid Laurier Chief Justice – Henri Elzéar Taschereau (Quebec) Parliament – 9th (until 29 September) Provincial governments Lieutenant governors Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Daniel Hunter McMillan Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Jabez Bunting Snowball Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Alfred Gilpin Jones Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – William Mortimer Clark Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Peter A. McIntyre (until October 3) then Donald Alexander MacKinnon Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Louis-Amable Jetté Premiers Premier of British Columbia – Richard McBride Premier of Manitoba – Rodmond Roblin Premier of New Brunswick – Lemuel John Tweedie Premier of Nova Scotia – George Henry Murray Premier of Ontario – George William Ross Premier of Prince Edward Island – Arthur Peters Premier of Quebec – Simon-Napoléon Parent Territorial governments Commissioners Commissioner of Yukon – Frederick Tennyson Congdon (until October 29) then Zachary Taylor Wood (acting) Lieutenant governors Lieutenant Governor of Keewatin – Daniel Hunter McMillan Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Territories – Amédée E. Forget Premiers Premier of North-West Territories – Frederick Haultain Events April 8 – In the Lansdowne-Cambon Convention France gives up some of its longstanding rights in Newfoundland April 19 – The Great Toronto Fire destroys much of that city's downtown, but kills no one. June 24 – The North-West Mounted Police become the Royal Northwest Mounted Police September 10 – American criminal Bill Miner stages Canada's first-ever train robbery October 8 – Edmonton is incorporated as a city of the North-West Territories. Full date unknown Henry Ford opens an automobile manufacturing plant in Windsor, Ontario Assiniboine Park in Winnipeg opens Creation of Marionville, Ontario, the only village (for now) that shares the 3 Canadian municipalities. Births January to June January 3 – Caro Lamoureux, soprano (d. 1998)Caro Lamoureux The Canadian Encyclopedia https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/caro-lamoureux-emc August 15, 2026 July 30, 2007 Potvin Gilles Gilles Potvin M. Leclerc Gilles January 4 – Pegi Nicol MacLeod, artist (d.1949) January 14 – Walter Harris, politician and lawyer (d.1999) February 29 – Lloyd Stinson, politician (d.1976) March 6 – Farquhar Oliver, politician (d.1989) March 26 – Gustave Biéler, Special Operations Executive agent during World War II (d.1944) April 16 – Fifi D'Orsay, actress (d.1983) April 26 – Paul-Émile Léger, Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (d.1991) May 1 – Wally Downer, politician (d.1994) May 13 – Earle Birney, poet (d.1995) thumb|150px|Eugene Forsey May 29 – Eugene Forsey, politician and constitutional expert (d.1991) June 26 – Frank Scott Hogg, astrophysicist (d.1951) July to December July 22 – Donald O. Hebb, psychologist (d.1985) August 15 – George Klein, inventor (d. 1992) September 7 – Matthew Halton, radio and television journalist (d.1956) September 14 – Frank Amyot, sprint canoer and Olympic gold medallist (d.1962) September 23 – Geoffrey Waddington, conductor September 29 – Robert Legget, civil engineer, historian and non-fiction writer (d.1994) October 20 – Tommy Douglas, politician and Premier of Saskatchewan (d.1986) November 18 – Jean Paul Lemieux, painter (d.1990) November 26 – Armand Frappier, physician and microbiologist (d.1991) December 18 – Wilf Carter, country music singer, songwriter, guitarist and yodeller (d.1996) December 25 – Gerhard Herzberg, physicist and physical chemist (d.1999) December 28 – Bobbie Rosenfeld, athlete and Olympic gold medallist (d.1969) December 29 – Léo Gauthier, politician (d.1964) Deaths January 9 – Christian Kumpf, mayor of Waterloo, Ontario (b. 1838) February 9 – Erastus Wiman, journalist and businessman (b.1834) March 9 – Robert Machray, clergyman, missionary and first Primate of the Church of England in Canada (b.1831) April 17 – Joseph Brunet, politician and businessman (b.1834) May 11 – David Breakenridge Read, lawyer and 14th Mayor of Toronto (b. 1823) August 8 – James Cox Aikins, politician, Minister and Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba (b.1823) August 31 – Jean-Baptiste Blanchet, politician (b.1842) September 26 – John Fitzwilliam Stairs, entrepreneur and statesman (b.1848) References 1904 in Category:Years of the 20th century in Canada Category:1904 in North America