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1901 in Canada

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1901
in
Canada

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Events from the year 1901 in Canada.

Incumbents

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Crown

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Federal government

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Provincial governments

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Lieutenant governors

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Premiers

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Territorial governments

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Commissioners

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Lieutenant governors

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Premiers

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Events

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Arts and literature

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  • 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".[4]

Births

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January to June

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Dr. W.R. Franks

July to December

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Full date unknown

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Deaths

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George M. Dawson in May 1885.
Arthur Sturgis Hardy

Historical Documents

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N.W.T. premier says territories are ready for and financially need provincial powers[6]

Influential Liberal MP Frank Oliver objects to immigration of Slavs[7]

Matron and helper at Indian residential school so overworked that spiritual training and teaching children "how to work" is ignored[8]

Manufacturing process described in huge chair factory in Owen Sound, Ontario[9]

Mining and miners in Nanaimo, BC's booming coal industry[10]

Trail, B.C. and its gold, silver and copper smelting operations described[11]

Architect gives examples of good design to counter people's ill-informed criticism[12]

Visitor laments various classes of loafer in British Columbia (Note: racial stereotypes)[13]

Humorous character study of people in dining and smoking cars on train crossing Prairies[14]

Chicken Okra à la Portugaise and other items on Chateau Frontenac menu[15]

References

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  1. ^ "Queen Victoria | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  2. ^ Tidridge, Nathan (15 November 2011). Canada's Constitutional Monarchy. Dundurn. p. 235. ISBN 978-1-55488-980-8.
  3. ^ Eric W. Sager (March 1998). "THE NATIONAL SAMPLE OF THE 1901 CENSUS OF CANADA: A NEW SOURCE FOR THE STUDY OF THE WORKING CLASS" (PDF). Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Arts | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
  5. ^ "Ben Blue, Sad-Faced Comedian, A Performer Five Decades, Dies". The New York Times. UPI. 9 March 1975.
  6. ^ "Haultain Roblin All Night Debate At Indian Head On Annexation To Manitoba" Regina Leader (December 26, 1901), pg. 4. Accessed 22 January 2020
  7. ^ House of Commons debate, 9th Parliament, 1st Session (April 12, 1901). Accessed 22 January 2020
  8. ^ Letter of Josephine Petch (December 18, 1901), United Church of Canada Central Archives, in Denise Hildebrand, Staff Perspectives of the Aboriginal Residential School Experience: A Study of Four Presbyterian Schools, 1888-1923 pg. 165. Accessed 9 June 2021
  9. ^ Bernard McEvoy, From the Great Lakes to the Wide West: Impressions of a Tour between Toronto and the Pacific (1902) pgs. 11-13. Accessed 22 January 2020
  10. ^ Bernard McEvoy, From the Great Lakes to the Wide West: Impressions of a Tour between Toronto and the Pacific (1902), pgs. 214-21. Accessed 22 January 2020
  11. ^ Bernard McEvoy, From the Great Lakes to the Wide West: Impressions of a Tour between Toronto and the Pacific (1902), pgs. 251-6. Accessed 22 January 2020
  12. ^ C.H.C. Wright, "Design in Modern Architecture," The Canadian Architect and Builder, Vol. XIV, No. 158 (February 1901), pgs. 40-1. Accessed 22 January 2020 http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/cab/search/imgdisplay.php?imgfile=../Volume%2014/Issue%202/v14n2p40.gif http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/cab/search/imgdisplay.php?imgfile=../Volume%2014/Issue%202/v14n2p41.gif
  13. ^ Bernard McEvoy, From the Great Lakes to the Wide West: Impressions of a Tour between Toronto and the Pacific (1902), pgs. 155-8. Accessed 22 January 2020
  14. ^ Bernard McEvoy, From the Great Lakes to the Wide West: Impressions of a Tour between Toronto and the Pacific (1902), pgs. 89-96. Accessed 22 January 2020
  15. ^ "Chateau Frontenac; Quebec; Luncheon" (July 22, 1901). Accessed 22 January 2020