1873 in Canada

See also: 1872 in Canada, other events of 1873, 1874 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.

Events

• February 26 – Gédéon Ouimet becomes Premier of Quebec, replacing Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau
• April – James Pope becomes Premier of Prince Edward Island for the second time, replacing Robert Haythorne
• April 1 – The SS Atlantic is wrecked off Peggy's Cove
• April 2 – The Pacific Scandal breaks out
• May 13 – Sixty are killed in a coal mine explosion in Nova Scotia
• May 23 – North West Mounted Police are founded to police the Northwest Territories, which then included the region today of Alberta and Saskatchewan
• June 1 – The Cypress Hills Massacre occurs
• July 1 – Prince Edward Island joins the Canadian Confederation.
• August 25 – a cyclone hits Cape Breton Island killing 500 and causing much damage
• September – L. C. Owen becomes Premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing James Pope
• September 23 – The Canadian Labor Union is founded
• November 7 – Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada, replacing Sir John A. Macdonald after the Canadian House of Commons passes a vote of no confidence during the Pacific Scandal
• November 8 – Winnipeg incorporated as a city

Births

• January 10 – George Orton, athlete
• January 19 – Thomas Dufferin Pattullo, Premier of British Columbia
• February 4 – Étienne Desmarteau, athlete
• April 9 – Walter E. Foster, Premier of New Brunswick
• April 10 – George Black, politician
• May 12 – James E.H. MacDonald, artist
• May 17 – Albert Edward Matthews, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
• August 27 – Maud Allan, dancer
• September 20 – Sidney Olcott, filmmaker
• October 20 – Nellie McClung, feminist
• November 21 – Aime Benard, Manitoba politician
• December 8 – John Duncan MacLean, Premier of British Columbia
• December 9 – George Blewett, philosopher

Deaths