1901 in Canada

Events from the year 1901 in Canada.

Incumbents

January 22 – Death of Queen Victoria and accession of King Edward VII.
September 16 – The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York arrive in Quebec City. They visit all provinces and the districts of Assiniboia and Alberta in the North-West Territories. They also visit Newfoundland before leaving North America.
December 12 — Guglielmo Marconi receives a transatlantic radio message at St. John's, Newfoundland.
December 18 — The Territorial Grain Growers' Association is founded.
December 29 — Arthur Peters becomes Premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Donald Farquharson.
First ascent of Mount Assiniboine by James Outram's party.
The 1901 Canadian census took place, having a large focus on the labour force, income, and wage class.

March 22 — Gabrielle Roy, a prominent French Canadian author, was born. She would go on to become one of Canada’s most celebrated writers.
October 24 — Sheila Watson, a Canadian novelist and critic, was born. She is best known for her novel "The Double Hook".

January 12 — Jack Humphrey, painter
January 14 — Dana Porter, politician and jurist
January 29 — E. P. Taylor, business tycoon and race horse breeder
February 6 — Pat Harrington Sr., actor
March 4 — Wilbur R. Franks, scientist and inventor
March 25 — Wilfrid Eggleston, journalist and chief censor for Canada from 1942 until 1944
April 15 — Thomas Ricketts, soldier and Victoria Cross recipient in 1918
May 5 — Donald Buchanan Blue, politician

July 15 — James Litterick, politician
September 8 — Harold Connolly, journalist, newspaper editor, politician and Premier of Nova Scotia
September 12 — Ben Blue, Canadian-born comedian, actor
September 14 — George Carlyle Marler, politician, notary and philatelist
September 15 — Gweneth Lloyd, choreographer
September 22 — Charles Brenton Huggins, physician, physiologist, cancer researcher and Nobel prize laureate
October 14 — John Oates Bower, politician, businessman and executive