1860 in Canada

"See also:"
1859 in Canada,
other events of 1860,
1861 in Canada and the
list of 'years in Canada'.

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Events

* June 27 - The first Queen's Plate race is held in Toronto
* August 25 - Montreal's Victoria Bridge opens
* September 1: The construction of the Canadian House of Commons began. The cornerstone of the Parliament buildings is laid this day.

Births

* January 6 - William Motherwell, political leader
* January 10 - Charles G. D. Roberts, author
* March 22 - Thomas D.B. Evans, soldier
* May 31 - Henry Wise Wood, political leader
* June 5 - John Douglas Hazen, Premier of New Brunswick
* June 18 - Laura Muntz Lyall, artist
* July 1 - Alexander Grant MacKay, politician
* July 9 - Frederick Cope, Mayor of Vancouver
* August 14 - Ernest Thompson Seton, author
* August 21 - Aylesworth Perry, NWMP commissioner
* August 29 - James Duncan McGregor, politician
* September 13 - Charles Gordon, author
* September 15 - Napoléon Antoine Belcourt, politician

Deaths