1900 in Canada
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| Years: | 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 |
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Events from the year 1900 in Canada.
Incumbents
Crown
- Head of state (monarch) – Queen Victoria (consort – Vacant)
Federal government
- Governor general – Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound (viceregal consort – Mary Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, Countess of Minto)
- Prime minister – Wilfrid Laurier
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
- Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Thomas Robert McInnes (until June 21) then Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière
- Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – James Colebrooke Patterson (until October 10) then Daniel Hunter McMillan
- Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Jabez Bunting Snowball
- Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Malachy Bowes Daly (until July 26) then Alfred Gilpin Jones
- Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Oliver Mowat
- Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Peter Adolphus McIntyre
- Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Louis-Amable Jetté
Premiers
- Premier of British Columbia – Charles Augustus Semlin (until February 28) then Joseph Martin (February 28 to June 15) then Edward Gawler Prior
- Premier of Manitoba – Thomas Greenway (until January 10) then Hugh John Macdonald (January 10 to October 29) then Rodmond Roblin
- Premier of New Brunswick – Henry Emmerson (until August 31) then Lemuel John Tweedie
- Premier of Nova Scotia – George Henry Murray
- Premier of Ontario – George William Ross
- Premier of Prince Edward Island – Donald Farquharson
- Premier of Quebec – Félix-Gabriel Marchand (until October 8) then Simon-Napoléon Parent
Territorial governments
Commissioners
Lieutenant governors
- Lieutenant Governor of Keewatin – James Colebrooke Patterson (until October 10) then Daniel Hunter McMillan
- Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Territories – Amédée E. Forget
Premiers
Events
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.
Hull fire on April 26, 1900.
- 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.
- 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
Arts and literature
January to June
- January 1 - Sam Berger, lawyer, businessman and football player (d.1992)
- January 8 - 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 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)
John Babcock in 1920
- 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 23 - John Babcock, Canada's last surviving World War I veteran (d.2010)
July to December
- August 13 - Gordon Sparling, filmmaker (d.1994)
- September 6 - W. A. C. Bennett, Premier of British Columbia (d.1979)
- November 20 - Athole Shearer, actress (d.1985)
Full date unknown
- Harry Cassidy, academic, social reformer and civil servant (d.1951)
Deaths
- February 25 - Benjamin Pâquet, Roman Catholic priest and educationist (b.1832)
- March 1 - Frederick Carter, Premier of Newfoundland (b.1819)
- August 4 - Marc-Aurèle Plamondon, lawyer, journalist, publisher, and judge (b.1823)
- August 11 - Georges-Isidore Barthe, lawyer, publisher, journalist and politician (b.1834)
- September 25 - Félix-Gabriel Marchand, journalist, author, notary, politician and 11th Premier of Quebec (b.1832)
- December 21 - Désiré Olivier Bourbeau, politician and merchant (b.1834)
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