1860 in Canada

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

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 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