1878 in Canada
Canada-related events during the year of 1878
Events from the year 1878 in Canada .
Incumbents
Crown
Federal government
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
Premiers
Territorial governments
Lieutenant governors
Events
Full date unknown
Births
Ernest Charles Drury
January to June
January 11 – Percy Chapman Black , politician (d.1961 )
January 13 – Lionel Groulx , priest, historian, Quebec nationalist and traditionalist (d.1967 )
January 22 – Ernest Charles Drury , politician, writer and 8th Premier of Ontario (d.1968 )
February 27 – William Herbert Burns , politician (d.1964 )
February 28 – Arthur Roebuck , politician and labour lawyer (d.1971 )
April 14 – John Walter Jones , politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island (d.1954 )
April 29 – Fawcett Taylor , politician
June 14 – Lewis Stubbs , judge and politician (d.1958 )
June 20 – Seymour Farmer , politician (d.1951 )
July to December
Deaths
February 23 – William Workman , businessman and municipal politician (b.1807 )
April 3 – Louis-Philippe Turcotte , historian (b.1842 )
April 12 – John Young , politician (b.1811 )
May 13 – George Moffat, Sr. , businessman and politician (b.1810 )
May 20 – Lemuel Allan Wilmot , lawyer, politician, judge, and 3rd Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick (b.1809 )
November 3 – Pierre Bachand , politician (b.1835 )
November 28 – Francis Evans Cornish , politician (b.1831 )
December 6 – Jean-Baptiste Meilleur , doctor, educator and politician (b.1796 )
Historical documents
J.A. Macdonald 's speech about the dismissal of Quebec's government by its lieutenant-governor [2]
Hudson's Bay Company policy change causes Indigenous people to starve in the Sept-Îles, Que. area[3]
Editorial foresees great immigration as Winnipeg inaugurates regular train service [4]
Arrivals in Manitoba find the good land is "taken" and freight and other costs are exorbitant[5]
First apples and pears arrive in Battleford , causing homesickness[6]
References
1878 in North America
Sovereign states Dependencies and other territories