- 1857 in Canada
"See also:"
1856 in Canada , other events of 1857,1858 in Canada and theTimeline of Canadian history .----
Events
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March 12 - The bridge over Desjardins Canal, near Hamilton, Canada West, collapses under a Great Western Railway passenger train. About 60 people die.
*December 31 -Ottawa is chosen as the new capital of the Canadas
*Grand Trunk Railway (Windsor-Montreal ) completed, but $7 million in debt.
* Queen Victoria namesOttawa as capital of theProvince of Canada .
* ThePalliser Expedition begins its exploration of Western Canada.
*Coal mining begins at Coal Harbor on the Kenai Peninsula.Births
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February 2 -Alexander C. Rutherford , Premier of Alberta
*February 16 - Charles Clarke, psychologist
*February 25 -Robert Bond , Premier of Newfoundland
*February 26 -Adelaide Hoodless , feminist
*March 17 -Willis Keith Baldwin , politician
*June 20 -Adam Beck , politician
*July 20 -Lionel Herbert Clarke , Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
*July 22 -Louis Taylor , Mayor of Vancouver
*July 27 -Ann Stowe-Gullen , doctor
*August 15 -Theodore Arthur Burrows , Manitoba politician
*August 15 -John Strathearn Hendrie , politician
*September 12 -George Halsey Perley , politician
*October 10 -George J. Clark , Premier of New Brunswick
*November 25 -Frederick W. A. G. Haultain , Premier of the Northwest TerritoriesDeaths
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February 10 - David Thompson dies in Montreal.
*Isabella Clark - wife of SirJohn A. Macdonald .
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