1875 in Canada

Events

January 14 – The Halifax Herald was first published
January 18 – 1875 Ontario election: Sir Oliver Mowat's Liberals win a second consecutive majority
April 5 – The Supreme Court of Canada is created
April 8 – The Northwest Territories is given a government separate from that of Manitoba.
May 11 – Philip Carteret Hill becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing William Annand
June 1 – Construction begins on the Canadian Pacific Railway
September 2 – The Guibord Affair breaks out
Louis Riel is granted amnesty with the condition that he be banished for five years.
Jennifer Trout becomes the first woman licensed to practice medicine in Canada, although Emily Stowe has been doing so without a license in Toronto since 1867
Grace Lockhart receives from Mount Allison University the first Bachelor of Arts degree awarded to a woman.
Hospital for Sick Children founded.