1855 in Canada
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Events from the year 1855 in Canada.
Events
- January 1 - Bytown is renamed Ottawa.
- March 8 - A bridge over the Niagara River near Niagara Falls is completed
- April 17 - Charlottetown incorporated as a city
- August 17 - The Charlottetown Police Department is established
Full date unknown
Births
- January 14 - Homer Watson, artist (died 1936)
- February 22 - Grace Annie Lockhart, first woman in the British Empire to receive a Bachelor's degree (died 1916)
- March 5 - Nérée Le Noblet Duplessis, politician, 19th Mayor of Trois-Rivières and father of 16th Premier of Quebec Maurice Duplessis (died 1926)
- May 11 - Charles Doherty, politician and jurist (died 1931)
- July 29 - Bowman Brown Law, politician (died 1916)
- August 3 - Charles Hibbert Tupper, politician (died 1927)
- September 12 - Simon-Napoléon Parent, politician and Premier of Quebec (died 1920)
- December 14 - William Brymner, art teacher and painter (died 1925)
Deaths
- July 7 - Henry Sherwood, lawyer, local politician and 4th Premier of Canada West (born 1802)
