1879 in Canada

See also: 1878 in Canada, other events of 1879, 1880 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.

Events

• March 12 – MacDonald introduces protective tariffs on manufactured goods being imported into Canada, a transcontinental railway, and immigration to the west in his National Policy.
• April 25 – Sir William Wilfred Sullivan becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Sir Louis Davies
• June 5 – Ontario election: Sir Oliver Mowat's Liberals win a third consecutive majority
• October 31 – Sir Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Henri-Gustave de Lotbinière

Births

• January 15 – Mazo De la Roche, author
• January 17 – Richard G. Reid, Premier of Alberta
• January 25 – Humphrey T. Walwyn, Governor of Newfoundland
• February 14 – Eli Burton, physicist
• March 20 – Maud Menten, scientist
• May 25 – Max Aitken (Lord Beaverbrook), businessman
• June 12 – Charles D. Richards, Premier of New Brunswick
• August 1 – Eva Tanguay, singer
• August 16 – Samuel Lawrence, labour leader
• October 6 – James Langstaff Bowman, politician
• October 9 – William Warren, Prime Minister of Newfoundland
• November 3 – Vilhjalmur Stefansson, explorer
• November 11 – Violet McNaughton, feminist
• December 24 – Émile Nelligan, poet

Deaths