1867 in Canada - Definition

See also: 1866 in Canada, other events of 1867, 1868 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.

Events

• March 29 - Queen Victoria gives royal assent to the British North America Act
• July 1 - The Province of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united into the Dominion of Canada by the British North America Act.
• July 1 - Sir John A. Macdonald becomes the first prime minister of the Dominion of Canada
• July 4 - Hiram Blanchard becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing Charles Tupper
• July 15 - Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau becomes the first premier of Quebec.
• July 16 - J. S. Macdonald becomes the first premier of Ontario
• August 7-September 20 - The 1867 Canadian election sees John A. Macdonald's Conservatives elected as government
• September 3 - Ontario election: J. S. Macdonald Liberal-Conservatives win a minority
• November 6 - First Parliament of Canada meets
• November 7 - William Annand becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing Hiram Blanchard
• Andrew R. Wetmore becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Peter Mitchell

Births

• January 25 - Simon Fraser Tolmie, Premier of British Columbia
• February 2 - Charles Saunders, botanist
• February 20 - Flora Denison, feminist
• March 5 - Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, Premier of Quebec
• March 31 - Noah Timmins, mining executive
• October 19 - Marie Gérin-Lajoie, organizer
• October 27 - Thomas Walter Scott, Premier of Saskatchewan
• November 1 - Newton Wesley Rowell, Ontario politician
• December 3 - William John Bowser, Premier of British Columbia

Deaths