1876 in Canada

Events from the year 1876 in Canada.

Incumbents

January 1 – The building of Fredericton City Hall is completed
February 1 – Andrew Elliott becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing George Walkem
April 12 - The Indian Act is passed. Consolidating and expanding on existing Canadian laws, it defines the special status and land regulations of Aboriginal peoples in Canada who live on reserves; status Indians have no vote in Canadian elections and are exempt from taxes
July 1 – The Intercolonial Railway connecting central Canada to the Maritimes is completed
August – Sir Louis Henry Davies becomes Premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Lemuel Cambridge Owen
August 10 – The world's first long-distance phone call connects the Bell residence with a shoe and boot store in nearby Paris, Ontario.
August 23 – The first signings of Treaty 6. Further signings will be on August 28 and September 9.
October 7 – The District of Keewatin is separated from the North-West Territories.
October 10 – 1876 Prince Edward Island election: Lemuel Cambridge Owen's Conservatives win a second consecutive majority

The Toronto Women's Literary Club is founded as a front for the suffrage movement.
The Legislative Council of Manitoba is abolished, and the legislature becomes unicameral.

Bell's Ontario experiments lead to the first long-distance telephone conversation
Treaty 6 annexes land of Cree and other nations in exchange for reserves subject to sale or development, plus money and supplies
Matron reports illness and death of girl at Wawanosh Indian residential school as local physician says her disorder is hysteria
Mark Twain's anger at a Canadian firm publishing The Adventures of Tom Sawyer without permission
Emigrant's guide written especially for "people of small fortune"