1906 in Canada
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| Years: | 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 |
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Events from the year 1906 in Canada.
Incumbents
Crown
Federal government
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
- Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – George Hedley Vicars Bulyea
- Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Henri Joly de Lotbinière (until May 11) then James Dunsmuir
- Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Daniel Hunter McMillan
- Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Jabez Bunting Snowball
- Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Alfred Gilpin Jones (until March 15) then Duncan Cameron Fraser
- Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – William Mortimer Clark
- Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Donald Alexander MacKinnon
- Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Louis-Amable Jetté
- Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Amédée Forget
Premiers
- Premier of Alberta – Alexander Cameron Rutherford
- Premier of British Columbia – Richard McBride
- Premier of Manitoba – Rodmond Roblin
- Premier of New Brunswick – Lemuel John Tweedie
- Premier of Nova Scotia – George Henry Murray
- Premier of Ontario – James Whitney
- Premier of Prince Edward Island – Arthur Peters
- Premier of Quebec – Lomer Gouin
- Premier of Saskatchewan – Thomas Walter Scott
Territorial governments
Commissioners
- Commissioner of Yukon - William Wallace Burns McInnes (until December 31) then John T. Lithgow (acting)
- Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Frederick D. White
Events
- January 1 - Canada's first movie theatre Ouimetoscope opens in Montreal
- January 22 – The SS Valencia strikes a reef off Vancouver Island, killing over 100 (officially 136) in the ensuing disaster.
- February 23 - Tommy Burns becomes the first Canadian to be boxing's heavyweight champion
- March 27 – The Alpine Club of Canada is founded in Winnipeg by Elizabeth Parker and Arthur Oliver Wheeler.
- April 30 - The Ottawa Public Library opens
- May 7 - Ontario Hydro created
- May 23 - Regina decreed capital of Saskatchewan
- June 24 - Octave Crémazie Monument unveiled
- August 26 - 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
Arts and literature
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Births
- January 15 - Edna Staebler, author (d. 2006)
- 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
- July 18 - S. I. Hayakawa, Canadian-born American academic and politician (d. 1992)
- September 24 - Leonard Marsh, social scientist and professor (d.1983)
- November 20 - John Josiah Robinette, lawyer (d.1996)
- December 16 - Barbara Kent, Canadian actress
Deaths
- February 2 - Thomas Arkell, politician, farmer and grain merchant (b.1823)
- March 31 - James McIntyre, poet (b.1828)
- 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)
- June 11 - Hector-Louis Langevin, lawyer, politician and a Father of Confederation (b.1826)
- October 7 - Honoré Beaugrand, journalist, politician, author and folklorist (b.1848)
