1886 in Canada - Definition and Overview

See also: 1885 in Canada, other events of 1886, 1887 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.

Events

• March 25 - Workman's Compensation Act passed in Ontario
• April 6 - Vancouver incorporated as a city
• June 6 - The Parliament buildings open in Ottawa
• June 7 - Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau becomes the first ever Canadian cardinal
• December 14 - Yoho National Park established
• December 28 - 1886 Ontario election: Sir Oliver Mowat's Liberals win a fifth consecutive majority.
• Mohawk nation men of the Caughnawaga Reserve in Quebec are trained to help build a bridge across the St. Lawrence River beginning a tradition of high steel construction work among the Iroquois.
• Construction begins on the Banff Springs Hotel

Births

• January 15 - C.D. Howe, politician
• March 4 - Sam Langford, boxer
• May 13 - William John Patterson, Premier of Saskatchewan
• August 4 - Pierre-François Casgrain, politician
• August 30 - Ray Lawson, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario

Deaths