1855 in Canada

Events from the year 1855 in Canada.

Incumbents

British Empire's Crimean War continues, British troops being withdrawn.
Albert Salter surveys the North Shore of Lake Huron, following the signing of the Robinson-Huron Treaty in 1850.
January 1 – Bytown is renamed Ottawa.
March 8 – A bridge over the Niagara River near Niagara Falls is completed.
April 11 – The Militia Act of 1855 is passed in the Parliament of the Province of Canada
April 17 – Charlottetown incorporated as a city.
May 19 - The Militia Act is proclaimed.
August 17 – The Charlottetown Police Department is established.
August 31 – The First Volunteer Militia units are formed, by year end 21 Companies have been formed.
November 19 – The first section of the Grand Trunk Railway's original Toronto–Montreal mainline is completed between Montreal and Brockville.

January 14 – Homer Watson, artist
February 22 – Grace Annie Lockhart, first woman in the British Empire to receive a Bachelor's degree
March 5 – Nérée Le Noblet Duplessis, politician, 19th Mayor of Trois-Rivières and father of 16th Premier of Quebec Maurice Duplessis
May 11 – Charles Doherty, politician and jurist
July 29 – Bowman Brown Law, politician
August 3 – Charles Hibbert Tupper, politician
September 12 – Simon-Napoléon Parent, politician and Premier of Quebec
December 14 – William Brymner, art teacher and painter

July 7 – Henry Sherwood, lawyer, local politician and 4th Premier of Canada West