1875 in Canada

The year was remembered by several events which changed the life of the Canadians.

Events

Policy

January 18th: Ontarian General election of 1875. The liberal party of Oliver Mowat gains one second majority.
April 10th: establishment of Strong Calgary.
May 11th: Philip Carteret Hill becomes Prime Minister of Nova Scotia.
July 7th: Québécois General election of 1875. Charles-Eugene Boucher of Boucherville (preserving) is re-elected Prime Minister with the Quebec.

Justice

January: Louis Riel is amnestied on the condition of being banished for 5 years.
April 8th: Creation of the Supreme court of Canada.
September 2nd: the Affaire Guibord ends.

Sport

Economy

June 1st: Beginning of the construction of the railroad the Canadian Pacific.
Foundation of the imperial Bank of Canada. It is one of the two banks which amalgamated to form the Imperial Canadian Banque of Trade.

Science

Jennie Kidd Trout becomes the first woman to practice medicine in Canada legally.
Opening of the hospital for ill children of Toronto.

Culture

Religion

November 19th: Bienheureux Louis-Zéphirin Moreau is named bishop with the Diocèse of Saint-Hyacinthe.

Births

June 12th, Sam De Grasse, actor.
June 16th, Hermann Johannsen, cross-country skier called Rabbit Jack.
August 2nd, Albert Hickman, New Ground Prime Minister.
August 21st, Winnifred Eaton, author.
August 26th, John Buchan, general governor.
September 6th, Edith Berkeley, biologist.
October 5th, Anne-Marie Huguenin, journalist.
December 5th, Arthur Currie, general at the time of the First World War.

Death

June 22nd, William Edmond Logan, geologist.

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