1902 in Canada

Events from the year 1902 in Canada.

Incumbents

• Prime Minister: Wilfrid Laurier
• Governor General: Earl of Minto

• Premier of British Columbia: James Dunsmuir then Edward Prior
• Premier of Manitoba: R.P. Roblin
• Premier of New Brunswick: Lemuel J. Tweedie
• Premier of the North-West Territories: Frederick Haultain
• Premier of Nova Scotia: George H. Murray
• Premier of Ontario: George William Ross
• Premier of Prince Edward Island: A. Peters
• Premier of Quebec: Napoléon Parent

Events

• February - The town of Crofton, British Columbia is founded on Vancouver Island
• May 21 - 1902 Northwest Territories general election
• May 24 - The first Victoria Day is celebrated
• May 29 - 1902 Ontario general election: G. W. Ross's Liberals win a second consecutive majority
• May 31 - The Second Boer War ends, and Canadian troops return home to great acclaim
• July 1 - Ray Knight stages the first Raymond Stampede in Raymond, Alberta, and in so doing coined the rodeo word "stampede", thus launching his rodeo career as the world's first rodeo producer and stock contractor, as well as being the world's richest rodeo promoter with some one million acres (4000 km²) of ranchland with 18,000 head of cattle and 3,000 head of horses. The Raymond Stampede is now Canada's oldest rodeo
• August 9 - Edward VII is crowned King of the United Kingdom and of Canada.
• October 10 - Altona schoolhouse shooting
• November 21 - Edward Prior becomes Premier of British Columbia, replacing James Dunsmuir
• December 15 - The first transatlantic radio press report is filed from Glace Bay, Nova Scotia.
• The first ascent of Mount Forbes by James Outram and party

Arts and literature

• The first symphony orchestra in Canada begins in Quebec City.
• The first movie theatre in Canada opens in Vancouver

Births

January to June

• January 22 - Jean-Paul Beaulieu, politician and chartered accountant (d.1976)
• February 17 - Howard O'Hagan, writer
• April 20 - Elizabeth Goudie, writer (d.1982)
• May 24 - Sylvia Daoust, sculptor (d.2004)
• June 17 - Anna Hilliard, doctor
• June 19 - Guy Lombardo, bandleader and violinist (d.1977)
• June 21 - Howie Morenz, ice hockey player (d.1937)

July to December

• July 15 - Donald Creighton, historian (d.1979)
• July 30 - Dorise Nielson, politician (d.1980)
• August 10 - Norma Shearer, Academy Award–winning actress (d.1983)
• November 8 - A. J. M. Smith, poet (d.1980)
• November 21 - Foster Hewitt, radio pioneer (d.1985)
• December 29 - Nels Stewart, ice hockey player (d.1957)

Full date unknown

• Olive Diefenbaker, wife of John Diefenbaker, 13th Prime Minister of Canada (d.1976)

Deaths

• February 12 - Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, Governor General of Canada (b.1826)
• February 19 - Richard Maurice Bucke, psychiatrist (b.1837)
• August 5 - Thomas Christie, physician, professor and politician (b.1834)
• October 31 - John A. Dawson, politician