1903 in Canada

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Events from the year 1903 in Canada.

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March 22 - Because of a drought, the U.S. side of Niagara Falls runs short of water
March 1 - Henri Bourassa's Ligue nationaliste is founded
March 25 - The Alaska Boundary Dispute is settled in the United States' favour
April 29 - The Frank Slide, The most destructive landslide in Canadian history kills 70 in Frank, Alberta
June 1 - Richard McBride becomes Premier of British Columbia, replacing Edward Prior
June 19 - Regina incorporated as a city
June 24 - Ignace Bourget Monument unveiled
July 1 - Ray Knight builds the Raymond Stampede rodeo arena and rodeo grandstands in Raymond Alberta which are the first ever built in the world.

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January 3 - Charles Foulkes, general and first Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff (d.1969)
February 15 - Sarto Fournier, politician and mayor of Montreal (d.1980)
February 16 - Georges-Henri Lévesque, Dominican priest and sociologist (d.2000)
February 22 - Morley Callaghan, novelist, short story writer, playwright, and television and radio personality (d.1990)
February 25 - King Clancy, ice hockey player (d.1986)
June 10 - Alexander Wallace Matheson, politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island (d.1976)
June 23 - Paul Joseph James Martin, politician (d.1992)
June 30 - Donald Ferguson Brown, politician, barrister and lawyer

July 16 - Carmen Lombardo, singer and composer (d.1971)
July 30 - Harold Ballard, owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs (d.1990)
July 30 - Alan Macnaughton, politician (d.1999)
August 31 - Helen Battle, zoologist
October 11 - David Turner, soccer player
December 8 - Louis-Marie Régis, philosopher, theologian, scholar and member of the Dominican Order (d.1988)

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January 7 - Robert Atkinson Davis, businessman, politician and 4th Premier of Manitoba (b.1841)
July 2 - Oliver Mowat, politician, 3rd Premier of Ontario and 18rd Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (b.1820)
April 30 - Emily Stowe, first female doctor to practice in Canada and women's rights and suffrage activist (b.1831)
May 8 - David Mills, politician, author, poet and jurist (b.1831)
June 26 - Donald Farquharson, politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island (b.1834)
November 12 - William Doran, mayor of Hamilton, Ontario (b.1834)
November 14 - John Andrew Davidson, politician (b.1852)