1906 in Canada

See also: 1905 in Canada, other events of 1906, 1907 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.

Events

• January 1 – Canada's first movie theatre The Ouimetoscope opens in Montreal
• February 23 – Tommy Burns becomes the first Canadian to be boxing's heavyweight champion
• April 30 – The Ottawa Public Library opens
• May 14 – Ontario Hydro created
• May 23 – Regina decreed official capital of Saskatchewan
• The Revillon Freres trading post opens at Fort Saint John, British Columbia as competition against the Hudson's Bay Company

Arts and Literature

New Books

Births

• January 27 – Walter L. Gordon, politician
• January 29 – Joe Primeau, hockey player
• May 15 – Robert Petrie, astronomer
• May 16 – Alfred Pellan, artist
• June 22 – Stanley Fox, Manitoba politician
• June 26 – Marian Scott, painter
• September 24 – Leonard Marsh, academic

Deaths