1906 in Canada
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Events from the year 1906 in Canada.
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[edit] Events
- January 1 - Canada's first movie theatre 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 capital of Saskatchewan
- August 26 - King Edward VII grants the Coat of Arms of Saskatchewan
- The Revillon Frères trading post opens at Fort Saint John, British Columbia, as competition against the Hudson's Bay Company
[edit] Arts and Literature
[edit] Births
- January 27 - Walter L. Gordon, accountant, businessman, politician and writer (d.1987)
- January 29 - Joe Primeau, ice hockey player (d.1989)
- February 14 - Roland Beaudry, politician, journalist, publicist and publisher (d.1964)
- March 10 - Lionel Bertrand, politician, journalist and newspaper editor (d.1979)
- May 15 - Robert Methven Petrie, astronomer (d.1966)
- May 16 - Alfred Pellan, painter (d.1988)
- June 22 - Stanley Fox, politician (d.1984)
- June 26 - Marian Scott, painter
- September 24 - Leonard Marsh, social scientist and professor (d.1983)
- November 20 - John Josiah Robinette, lawyer (d.1996)
[edit] Deaths
- February 2 - Thomas Arkell, politician, farmer and grain merchant (b.1823)
- April 12 - Robert Thorburn, merchant, politician and Premier of Newfoundland (b.1836)
- May 3 - Peter White, politician (b.1838)
- May 19 - Gabriel Dumont, Metis leader (b.1837)
- June 9 - William Carpenter Bompas, Church of England clergyman, bishop and missionary (b.1834)
- October 7 - Honoré Beaugrand, journalist, politician, author and folklorist (b.1848)
