1916 in Canada

Events from the year 1916 in Canada.

Incumbents

January 28 – Women are given the right to vote in Manitoba, after protests by people such as Nellie McClung
February 3 – The Centre Block of the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa burns down
February 10 – An anti-German riot hits Calgary
March 14 – Saskatchewan women get the vote
April 19 – Alberta women get the vote
June – Rodeo's first side-delivery chute is designed and made by the Bascom brothers on their Bar-B-3 Ranch at Welling, Alberta.
May 7 – The Government of Canada authorizes the creation of an all black battalion that became No. 2 Construction Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force.
June 1–13 – WWI: Canadians fight in the Battle of Mont Sorrel

July 1 – Prohibition of alcohol introduced in Alberta
July 1 – November 18 – 25,000 Canadians and Newfoundlanders are casualties at the Battle of the Somme
July 24 – Earl Bascom enters his first steer riding contest at Welling, Alberta.
July 29 – The Matheson Fire in the region northwest of North Bay, Ontario, begins. It eventually kills between 200 and 250 people and destroys six towns, including Matheson and Cochrane
August 11 – The 4th Canadian Division arrives in France
October 20 – William M. Martin becomes premier of Saskatchewan, replacing Walter Scott
November 11 – Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire, becomes Governor General of Canada replacing Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught
November 23 – Harlan Brewster becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing William John Bowser
December 1 – An Order in Council authorizes an increase of troops to 500,000 in the First World War

The National Research Council of Canada is established.
The first Doukhobors arrive in Alberta
Emily Murphy became the first female magistrate in Canada, and in the British Empire.

February 3 – Bowman Brown Law, politician
May 12 – Joseph-Aldric Ouimet, politician
May 29 – Louis-Alphonse Boyer, politician
June 27 – Daniel Webster Marsh, businessman and Mayor of Calgary
July 28 – Pierre-Amand Landry, lawyer, judge and politician
August 8 – Edgar Dewdney, politician, Lieutenant Governor of Northwest Territories and Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia
December 12 – Albert Lacombe, missionary