1855 in Canada
Years in Canada: | 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 |
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Years: | 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 |
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Events from the year 1855 in Canada.
Incumbents
- Monarch — Queen Victoria
Federal government
Governors
Premiers
- Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada —
- [[]], Canada West Premier
- [[]], Canada East Premier
- [[]],
- Premier of Newfoundland — Philip Francis Little
- Premier of New Brunswick — Charles Fisher
- Premier of Nova Scotia — William Young
- Premier of Prince Edward Island — John Holl
Events
- January 1 – Bytown is renamed Ottawa.
- March 8 – A bridge over the Niagara River near Niagara Falls is completed
- April 17 – Charlottetown incorporated as a city
- August 17 – The Charlottetown Police Department is established
Full date unknown
Births
- January 14 – Homer Watson, artist (died 1936)
- February 22 – Grace Annie Lockhart, first woman in the British Empire to receive a Bachelor's degree (died 1916)
- March 5 – Nérée Le Noblet Duplessis, politician, 19th Mayor of Trois-Rivières and father of 16th Premier of Quebec Maurice Duplessis (died 1926)
- May 11 – Charles Doherty, politician and jurist (died 1931)
- July 29 – Bowman Brown Law, politician (died 1916)
- August 3 – Charles Hibbert Tupper, politician (died 1927)
- September 12 – Simon-Napoléon Parent, politician and Premier of Quebec (died 1920)
- December 14 – William Brymner, art teacher and painter (died 1925)
Deaths
- July 7 – Henry Sherwood, lawyer, local politician and 4th Premier of Canada West (born 1802)
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