1908 in Canada

"See also:"
1907 in Canada,
other events of 1908,
1909 in Canada and the
Timeline of Canadian history.

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Incumbents

*Prime Minister: Sir Wilfrid Laurier
*Governor General: Earl Grey

*Premier of Alberta: Alexander Rutherford
*Premier of British Columbia: Richard McBride
*Premier of Manitoba: R.P. Roblin
*Premier of New Brunswick: Clifford Robinson then John Hazen
*Premier of Nova Scotia: George H. Murray
*Premier of Ontario: Sir James Whitney
*Premier of Prince Edward Island: Arthur Peters then F. L. Haszard
*Premier of Quebec: Lomer Gouin
*Premier of Saskatchewan: Thomas Walter Scott

Events

* January 2: The Royal Canadian Mint opens
* February 1: F. L. Haszard becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Arthur Peters
* March 7: The University of British Columbia is founded
* March 24: Sir John Douglas Hazen becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Clifford Robinson
* June 8: In the Ontario election, Sir James Whitney's Conservatives win a second consecutive majority
* June 12: Saskatchewan Government Telephones created
* August 2: A fire in the Kootenay region kills 70
* August 14: In the Saskatchewan election, Walter Scott's Liberals win a second consecutive majority
* September 23: The University of Alberta opens
* October 26: In the federal election, Sir Wilfrid Laurier's Liberals win a fourth consecutive majority
*Anne of Green Gables is first published, having a great effect on Prince Edward Island.
* The Opium and Narcotics Act is passed banning certain drugs in Canada
* The "Grain Growers Guide" is first published
* News media: "Vancouver Courier" first published.

Arts and literature

*Lucy Maud Montgomery's "Anne of Green Gables" is published

Births

*January 22: Sinclair Ross, author
*February 1: Louis Rasminsky, Governor of the Bank of Canada
*February 7: Lela Brooks, speed skater
*February 10: Jean Coulthard, composer
*February 11: Annette av Paul, ballet dancer
*February 15: Sarto Fournier, Mayor of Montreal
*March 5: Colin Emerson Bennett, politician
*March 24: Carl Klinck, scholar
*April 7: Percy Faith, conductor
*May 19: Percy Williams, athlete
*June 5: Maxwell Meighen, son of Prime Minister Arthur Meighen
*June 18: Stanley Knowles, politician
*July 6: Jeanne Manery, biochemist
*July 8: Helena Karpowitz, musician
*July 11: Yves Prévost, Quebec politician
*August 11: William Ricker, biologist
*September 20: Ernest C. Manning, politician
*October 18: Alfred Henry Bence, politician
*October 24: John Tuzo Wilson, geologist
*December 6: Nicholas Goldschmidt, conductor
* December 13: W.L. Morton, historian
*December 23: Yousuf Karsh, photographer

Deaths

*September 7: Joseph Guillaume Bossé, politician