1906 in Canada

See also: 1905 in Canada, other events of 1906, 1907 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.

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Contents

1 Events 2 Arts and Literature 3 Births 4 Deaths

Events

• January 1 - Canada's first movie theatre The Ouimetoscope opens in Montreal
• February 23 - Tommy Burns becomes the first Canadian to be boxing's heavyweight champion
• April 30 - The Ottawa Public Library opens
• May 14 - Ontario Hydro created
• May 23 - Regina decreed official capital of Saskatchewan
• The Revillon Freres trading post opens at Fort Saint John, British Columbia as competition against the Hudson's Bay Company

Arts and Literature

New Books

Births

• January 27 - Walter L. Gordon, politician
• January 29 - Joe Primeau, hockey player
• May 15 - Robert Petrie, astronomer
• May 16 - Alfred Pellan, artist
• June 22 - Stanley Fox, Manitoba politician
• June 26 - Marian Scott , painter
• September 24 - Leonard Marsh , academic

Deaths