1892 in Canada - Definition

See also: 1891 in Canada, other events of 1892, 1893 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.

Events

• June 29 - John Robson, Premier of British Columbia, dies in office
• July 2 - Theodore Davie becomes Premier of British Columbia
• July 8 - Two thirds of St. Johns, Newfoundland destroyed in a fire
• November 24 - Sir John Abbott resigns as Prime Minister
• December 5 - Sir John Sparrow David Thompson becomes PM, one of his first acts is to establish the Criminal Code of Canada
• December 16 - Sir Louis-Olivier Taillon becomes premier of Quebec for the second time, replacing Sir Charles-Eugène de Boucherville
• First documented womens hockey game in takes place in Barrie, Ontario playing on a frozen outdoor ice surface

Births

• April 8 - Mary Pickford, actor
• May 3 - Jacob Viner, economist
• May 18 - John Croke, VC
• June 13 - Kenneth McKenzie, neurosurgeon
• July 14 - Jack Sissons, jurist
• August 16 - Harold Foster, artist
• September 24 - Adélard Godbout, politician
• November 20 - Bert Collip, biochemist
• December 20 - Percy Corbett, legal scholar

Deaths

• June 9 - William Stairs, explorer and soldier