- 1910 in Canada
"See also:"
1909 in Canada ,
other events of 1910,1911 in Canada and thelist of 'years in Canada' .----
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January 3 - "Happiness and contentment are found from one end of Canada to the other" - headline in London "Times " (page 5)
*January 10 - The Laurier government introduces theNaval Service Bill creating a Canadian navy to great controversy. The bill would end up alienating most of Laurier supporters, and lead to his defeat in the 1911 election.
*January 10 - "Le Devoir " first published
*January 21 - Atrain wreck in Webbwood, near Sudbury, kills 42
*March 5 - 65 are killed in an avalanche inRogers Pass
*May 4 - TheRoyal Canadian Navy is created after the Naval Service Bill passes
*May 6 - King Edward VII dies and is succeeded by George V
*May 26 -Arthur Sifton becomes premier of Alberta, replacingAlexander Rutherford
*July 31 - British murderer Dr. Crippen is caught inQuebec City
*December 9 - acoal mine explosion atBellevue, Alberta kills 31Arts and literature
:New Books
*"Anne of Avonlea" -Lucy Maud Montgomery
*"Ednyfed Fychan" -William Williams
*"Practical Political Economy" -Stephen Leacock Births
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February 2 -Andrew McKeller , astrophysicist
*February 5 -Charles Leblond , biologist
*February 27 -Robert Bryce , civil servant (d. 1997)
*June 17 -George Hees , politician (d. 1996)
*July 17 -James Coyne , Governor of the Bank of Canada
*July 19 - Jean Wilson, speed-skater
*July 29 -Norman Fawcett , politician (d.1997 )
*August 13 -Gwendolyn Ringwood , playwright
*August 18 -Robert Winters , politician
*August 25 -Ruby Keeler , actor
*August 26 -Jessie Gray , surgeon (d. 1978)
*September 10 -Henry Thode , nuclear scientist (d. 1997)
*September 21 -Anne Wilkinson , poet (d. 1961)
*October 8 - Ray Lewis, Canadian athlete (d. 2003)
*October 20 -Pauline McGibbon , politician
*November 14 -Michael Starr , politician
* James Cameron, writer
*Al Clouston , storytellerDeaths
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June 7 -Goldwin Smith , historian
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