1896 in Canada

"See also:"
1895 in Canada,
other events of 1896,
1897 in Canada and the
list of 'years in Canada'.

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Events

* April 27: Sir Mackenzie Bowell resigns as Prime Minister due to cabinet infighting. He is replaced by Sir Charles Tupper.
* May 1: Sir Charles Tupper becomes prime minister, replacing Sir Mackenzie Bowell
* May 11: Edmund Flynn becomes Premier of Quebec, replacing Sir Louis-Olivier Taillon
* May 26: a bridge collapse in Victoria, British Columbia kills 55 people
* June 23: Federal election: Wilfrid Laurier's Liberals win a majority, defeating Sir Charles Tupper's Conservatives. One of the key issues in the campaign has been the Manitoba Schools Question
* July 11: Wilfrid Laurier becomes prime minister, replacing Sir Charles Tupper
* July 20: George H. Murray becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing William Fielding
* July 25: Arthur S. Hardy becomes premier of Ontario, replacing Sir Oliver Mowat
* July: James Mitchell becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Andrew Blair
* August 17: Gold is discovered in the Yukon, prompting the Klondike gold rush
* A plan to populate the western prairies with immigration from eastern Europe is unveiled
*The first Canadian blast furnace opens in Hamilton, Ontario

Births

* January 11: William Stephenson, spy
* March 8: Charlotte Whitton, Mayor of Ottawa
* March 16: Harry Banks, soldier
* March 21: Errick Willis, Manitoba politician
* April 20: Wop May, bush pilot
* May 2: Elmore Philpott, journalist and politician
* May 18: Brock Chisholm, doctor
* July 2: Prudence Heward, painter
* July 4: Frederick Cronyn Betts, politician
* July 10: Thérèse Casgrain, suffragette
* July 27: Anne Savage, artist
* August 12: Mitchell Hepburn, Premier of Ontario
* August 18: Jack Pickford, actor
* August 30: Raymond Massey, actor
* November 3: Madeleine Fritz, paleontologist
* November 7: Henry John Lawrence Botterell, fighter pilot

Deaths

* January 14: Christopher William Bunting, politician