Events from the year 1901 in Canada.
Incumbents
Crown Monarch – Victoria (until January 22), then Edward VII
Federal government Governor General – Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto Prime Minister – Wilfrid Laurier Chief Justice – Samuel Henry Strong (Ontario) Parliament – 9th (from 6 February)
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Daniel Hunter McMillan Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Jabez Bunting Snowball Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Alfred Gilpin Jones Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Oliver Mowat Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Peter Adolphus McIntyre Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Louis-Amable Jetté
Premiers Premier of British Columbia – Edward Gawler Prior Premier of Manitoba – Rodmond Roblin Premier of New Brunswick – Lemuel John Tweedie Premier of Nova Scotia – George Henry Murray Premier of Ontario – George William Ross Premier of Prince Edward Island – Donald Farquharson (until December 29) then Arthur Peters Premier of Quebec – Simon-Napoléon Parent
Territorial governments
Commissioners Commissioner of Yukon – William Ogilvie (until March 11) then James Hamilton Ross
Lieutenant governors Lieutenant Governor of Keewatin – Daniel Hunter McMillan Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Territories – Amédée E. Forget
Premiers Premier of North-West Territories – Frederick Haultain
Events January 22 – Death of Queen Victoria and accession of King Edward VII. September 16 – The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later King George V and Queen Mary) arrive in Quebec City. They visit all provinces (except Prince Edward Island) and the districts of Assiniboia and Alberta in the North-West Territories. They also visit Newfoundland before leaving North America. December 12 — Guglielmo Marconi receives a transatlantic radio message at St. John's, Newfoundland. December 18 — The Territorial Grain Growers' Association is founded. December 29 — Arthur Peters becomes Premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Donald Farquharson. First ascent of Mount Assiniboine by James Outram's party. The 1901 Canadian census took place, having a large focus on the labour force, income, and wage class.
Arts and literature
March 22 — Gabrielle Roy, a prominent French Canadian author, was born. She would go on to become one of Canada's most celebrated writers. October 24 — Sheila Watson, a Canadian novelist and critic, was born. She is best known for her novel "The Double Hook".
Births
January to June January 12 — Jack Humphrey, painter (d.1967) January 14 — Dana Porter, politician and jurist (d.1967) January 29 — E. P. Taylor, business tycoon and race horse breeder (d.1989)
February 6 — Pat Harrington Sr., actor (d. 1965) March 4 — Wilbur R. Franks, scientist and inventor (d.1986) March 25 — Wilfrid Eggleston, journalist and chief censor for Canada from 1942 until 1944 (d.1985) April 15 — Thomas Ricketts, soldier and Victoria Cross recipient in 1918 (d.1967) May 5 — Donald Buchanan Blue, politician
July to December July 15 — James Litterick, politician September 8 — Harold Connolly, journalist, newspaper editor, politician and Premier of Nova Scotia (d.1980) September 12 — Ben Blue, Canadian-born comedian, actor (d. 1975) September 14 — George Carlyle Marler, politician, notary and philatelist (d.1981) September 15 — Gweneth Lloyd, choreographer September 22 — Charles Brenton Huggins, physician, physiologist, cancer researcher and Nobel prize laureate (d.1997) October 14 — John Oates Bower, politician, businessman and executive (d.1981)
Full date unknown Maryon Pearson, wife of Lester B. Pearson, 14th Prime Minister of Canada (d.1989)
Deaths
January 22 — Victoria, Queen of Canada, since 1867 (b.1819) March 2 — George Mercer Dawson, scientist and surveyor (b.1849) May 4 — John Jones Ross, politician and Premier of Quebec (b.1831) May 7 — George Edwin King, jurist, politician and 2nd Premier of New Brunswick (b.1839) June 13 — Arthur Sturgis Hardy, lawyer, politician and 4th Premier of Ontario (b.1837)
July 24 — George William Allan, politician and 11th Mayor of Toronto (b.1822) October 25 — Colin MacDougall, politician and lawyer (b.1834)
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