1910 in Canada

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Events from the year 1910 in Canada.

Incumbents

Territorial governments

Prime Ministers Robert Borden and Wilfrid Laurier. At the time of this photo, in 1912, Borden was Prime Minister of Canada, and Laurier was Leader of the Opposition.

Commissioners

• Commissioner of Yukon – Alexander Henderson
• Gold Commissioner of Yukon – F.X. Gosselin
• Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Frederick D. White

Events

• January 3 – Happiness and contentment are found from one end of Canada to the other – headline in The Times (page 5)
• January 10 – The Laurier government introduces the Naval Service Bill creating a Canadian navy to great controversy. The bill would end up alienating most of Laurier supporters, and lead to his defeat in the 1911 election.
• January 10 – Le Devoir first published
• January 21 – A train wreck in Webbwood, near Sudbury, kills 420
• March 5 – 65 are killed in an avalanche in Rogers Pass
• May 4 – The Royal Canadian Navy is created after the Naval Service Bill passes
• May 6 – Edward VII dies and is succeeded by George V
• May 26 – Arthur Sifton becomes premier of Alberta, replacing Alexander Rutherford
• July 31 – British murderer Dr. Crippen is caught in Quebec City
• December 9 – a coal mine explosion at Bellevue, Alberta, kills 31

Sport

• January 5/7 – Ottawa HC defeated Galt HC 15 goals to 4 to win the 1st Stanley Cup Challenge in Ottawa's Dey's Arena
• January 18/20 – Ottawa HC defeated Edmonton HC 21 Goals to 11 to win the 2nd Stanley Cup Challenge in Ottawa's Dey's Arena
• March 12 – Montreal Wanderers defeated Berlin Dutchmen 7 goals to 3 to the Final Stanley Cup challenge in Montreal's Jubilee Rink
• September 13 – Regina Rugby Club (Saskatchewan Roughriders) are established
• November 26 – The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeated the Hamilton Tigers 16 to 7 to win the 2nd Grey Cup played at Hamilton's A.A.A. Grounds

Arts and literature

Births

July to December

James Coyne

• July 2 – Lorne Carr, hockey player (d. 2007)
• July 17 – James Coyne, second Governor of the Bank of Canada
• July 19 – Jean Wilson, speed-skater
• July 29 – Norman Fawcett, politician (d. 1997)
• August 13 – Gwendolyn Ringwood, playwright
• August 18 – Robert Winters, politician and businessman (d. 1969)
• August 25 – Ruby Keeler, actress, singer and dancer (d. 1993)
• August 26 – Jessie Gray, surgeon (d. 1978)
• September 10 – Harry Thode, geochemist, nuclear chemist and academic administrator (d. 1997)
• September 21 – Anne Wilkinson, poet (d. 1961)
• October 8 – Ray Lewis, track and field athlete, Olympic bronze medalist, first Canadian-born black Olympic medalist (d. 2003)
• October 13 – Otto Joachim, German-born composer (d. 2010)
• October 21 – Pauline Mills McGibbon, politician and 22nd Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario (d. 2001)
• October 27 – Jack Carson, actor (d. 1963)
• November 14 – Michael Starr, politician and first Canadian cabinet minister of Ukrainian descent (d. 2000)

Deaths

• February 2 – George Murdoch, politician and 1st mayor of Calgary (b.1850)
• February 9 – George Barnard Baker, lawyer, politician and Senator (b.1834)
• February 15 – Joseph-Élisée Beaudet, businessman and politician (b.1834)
• February 26 – Adelaide Hoodless, educational reformer who founded the Women's Institute (b.1857)
• May 6 – Edward VII, King of Canada (b.1841)
• June 7 – Goldwin Smith, historian and journalist (b.1823)
• June 9 – Charles Braithwaite, politician and agrarian leader (b.1850)
• September 2 – Hector Fabre, lawyer, journalist, diplomat and senator (b.1834)