1853 in Canada

1853 in Canada

"See also:"
1852 in Canada,
other events of 1853,
1854 in Canada and the
list of 'years in Canada'.

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Events

* February 23 - A description of the proposed bridge across the St. Lawrence is published.
* June 6 - Gavazzi Riot in Quebec are quelled by military.
* June 18 - The Grand Trunk Railway is opened to Portland.
* June 26 - Investigation of the riot proceeds, at Montreal.
* July - Irregular calling of jurors delays trial for riot.
* The first Canadian railroad is built, running from Portland, Maine from Montreal.
* The Grand Trunk Railway is chartered.
* Mary Ann Shadd becomes the first woman in North America to become editor of a newspaper. Working out of Chatham, Ontario, she publishes, edits and writes in the Provincial Freeman, a newspaper serving the Black community in Ontario.
* Russian explorer-trappers find oil seeps in Cook Inlet.

Births

* February 15 - Rodmond P. Roblin, Premier of Manitoba
* March 23 - Sir Donald Mann, railway entrepreneur
* July 18 - William McGuigan, Mayor of Vancouver
* August 10 - Pierre-Évariste Leblanc, Quebec politician
* September 25 - Henry R. Emmerson, Premier of New Brunswick
* November 13 - Joseph Boutin Bourassa, politician
* December 19 - Charles Fitzpatrick, politician and jurist

Deaths


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