1901 in Canada
Events from the year 1901 in Canada.
Incumbents
Crown
- Monarch – Victoria, then Edward VII
Federal government
- Governor General – Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto
- Prime Minister – Wilfrid Laurier
- Chief Justice – Samuel Henry Strong
- Parliament – 9th
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
- Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière
- Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Daniel Hunter McMillan
- Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Jabez Bunting Snowball
- Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Alfred Gilpin Jones
- Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Oliver Mowat
- Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Peter Adolphus McIntyre
- Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Louis-Amable Jetté
Premiers
- Premier of British Columbia – Edward Gawler Prior
- Premier of Manitoba – Rodmond Roblin
- Premier of New Brunswick – Lemuel John Tweedie
- Premier of Nova Scotia – George Henry Murray
- Premier of Ontario – George William Ross
- Premier of Prince Edward Island – Donald Farquharson then Arthur Peters
- Premier of Quebec – Simon-Napoléon Parent
Territorial governments
Commissioners
Lieutenant governors
- Lieutenant Governor of Keewatin – Daniel Hunter McMillan
- Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Territories – Amédée E. Forget
Premiers
Events
- 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.
Arts and literature
- 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".
Births
January to June
- 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 to December
- 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
Full date unknown
Deaths
- January 22 — Victoria, Queen of Canada, since 1867
- March 2 — George Mercer Dawson, scientist and surveyor
- May 4 — John Jones Ross, politician and Premier of Quebec
- May 7 — George Edwin King, jurist, politician and 2nd Premier of New Brunswick
- June 13 — Arthur Sturgis Hardy, lawyer, politician and 4th Premier of Ontario
- July 24 — George William Allan, politician and 11th Mayor of Toronto
- October 25 — Colin MacDougall, politician and lawyer