1915 in Canada - Definition

See also: 1914 in Canada, other events of 1915, 1916 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.

Events

• January 4 - WWI: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry becomes the first Canadian troops sent to the front lines
• January 15 - The Canadian Northern Railway line to Vancouver, B.C.,is completed
• February 4 - After a training accident, Lieutenant W. F. Sharpe becomes the first Canadian military airman killed
• February 21 - Nellie McClung presents a petition to the Alberta legislature demanding women's suffrage
• February 28 - WWI: Canadian troops launch the first trench raid of the war; by the end of the conflict Canadian troops will be regarded as the experts at this manoeuvre
• March 26 - The Vancouver Millionaires defeat the Ottawa Senators to win the Stanley Cup
• April 22 - WWI: In the Second Battle of Ypres Canadian forces bear the brunt of the first chemical weapons attack of the war. They devise makeshift gas masks of urine-soaked rags and hold their ground
• May 12 - Tobias Norris becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing Sir Rodmond Roblin
• September 13 - WWI: with the arrival of the 2nd Canadian Division a separate Canadian Corps is created
• December 15 - William Bowser becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing Richard McBride
• WWI: Many Canadian soldiers grow upset at the inferior quality of their Ross Rifles

Arts and literature

New works

• "In Flanders Fields" - John McCrae
• The Golden Road - Lucy Maud Montgomery

Births

• January 22 - Bill Durnan, goalie
• February 12 - Lorne Greene, actor
• April 9 - Daniel Johnson, Premier of Quebec
• May 3 - Stu Hart, WWF wrestler and football player (CFL)
• May 28 - Frank Pickersgill, WWII hero
• July 4 - Harold Johns, physicist
• July 6 - Leonard Birchall, war hero
• August 3 - Frank Calder, politician
• August 22 - Jacques Flynn, politician
• October 7 - Charles Templeton, politician and broadcaster
• October 25 - Tommy Prince, WWII hero
• November 27 - Yves Thériault, writer
• December 13 - Ross Macdonald, author

Deaths

• October 30 - Sir Charles Tupper, Prime Minister