1896 in Canada

See also: 1895 in Canada, other events of 1896, 1897 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.

Events

• April 27 – Sir Mackenzie Bowell resigns as Prime Minister due to cabinet infighting. He is replaced by Sir Charles Tupper.
• May 1 – Sir Charles Tupper becomes prime minister, replacing Sir Mackenzie Bowell
• May 11 – Edmund Flynn becomes Premier of Quebec, replacing Sir Louis-Olivier Taillon
• May 26 – a bridge collapse in Victoria, British Columbia kills 55 people
• June 23 – Federal election: Wilfrid Laurier's Liberals win a majority, defeating Sir Charles Tupper's Conservatives. One of the key issues in the campaign has been the Manitoba Schools Question
• July 11 – Wilfrid Laurier becomes prime minister, replacing Sir Charles Tupper
• July 20 – George H. Murray becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing William Fielding
• July 25 – Arthur Hardy becomes premier of Ontario, replacing Sir Oliver Mowat
• July – James Mitchell becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Andrew Blair
• August 17 – Gold is discovered in the Yukon, prompting the Klondike gold rush
• A plan to populate the western prairies with immigration from eastern Europe is unveiled
• The first Canadian blast furnace opens in Hamilton, Ontario

Births

• January 11 – William Stephenson, spy
• March 8 – Charlotte Whitton, Mayor of Ottawa
• March 16 – Harry Banks, soldier
• March 21 – Errick Willis, Manitoba politician
• April 20 – Wop May, bush pilot
• May 2 – Elmore Philpott, journalist and politician
• May 18 – Brock Chisholm, doctor
• July 2 – Prudence Heward, painter
• July 10 – Thérèse Casgrain, suffragette
• July 27 – Anne Savage, artist
• August 12 – Mitchell Hepburn, Premier of Ontario
• August 18 – Jack Pickford, actor
• August 30 – Raymond Massey, actor
• November 3 – Madeleine Fritz, paleontologist
• November 7 – Henry John Lawrence Botterell, fighter pilot

Deaths