- 1897 in Canada
"See also:"
1896 in Canada ,
other events of 1897,1898 in Canada and thelist of 'years in Canada' .----
Events
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Klondike Gold Rush rages in theYukon
*January 29 - TheVictorian Order of Nurses is founded inOttawa
*February 2 -Clara Brett Martin becomes the first woman allowed to practice law inOntario
*February 19 - World's firstWomen's Institute founded inStoney Creek, Ontario
*May 24 -Félix-Gabriel Marchand becomespremier of Quebec , replacingEdmund Flynn
*September 6 - The federal government gives the CPR a grant to allow it to reduce freight rates throughCrowsnest Pass
* October -A.B. Warburton becomes Premier ofPrince Edward Island
*October 7 -Responsible government is introduced in theNorth-West Territories :Frederick Haultain becomes the first premier
*October 29 -Henry Emmerson becomes premier ofNew Brunswick , replacing James Mitchell
* Lord Grey proposes that Canada create anavy to protect its west coast; Prime Minister Laurier does not act on the recommendationBirths
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January 27 -Charles Stephen Booth , politician
*March 9 - Sidney Smith, academic
*April 23 -Lester B. Pearson , last prime minister born in the19th century
*September 23 -Walter Pidgeon , actor
*September 29 -Graham Towers , Governor of the Bank of Canada
*November 30 -William Murdoch Buchanan , politician
*December 7 -Gordon Graydon , politicianDeaths
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February 27 -James Austin , businessman
*July 4 -Amor De Cosmos , former Premier ofBritish Columbia
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