1910 in Canada

Incumbents

Crown

• Monarch – Edward VII then George V

  Federal government

• Governor general – Albert Grey
• Prime minister – Wilfrid Laurier
• Chief Justice – Charles Fitzpatrick
• Parliament – 11th

  Provincial governments

Lieutenant governors

• Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – George Hedley Vicars Bulyea
• Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Thomas Wilson Paterson
• Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Daniel Hunter McMillan
• Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Lemuel John Tweedie
• Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Duncan Cameron Fraser then James Drummond McGregor
• Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – John Morison Gibson
• Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Donald Alexander MacKinnon then Benjamin Rogers
• Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier
• Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Amédée Forget then George William Brown

  Premiers

• Premier of Alberta – Alexander Cameron Rutherford then Arthur Sifton
• Premier of British Columbia – Richard McBride
• Premier of Manitoba – Rodmond Roblin
• Premier of New Brunswick – John Douglas Hazen
• Premier of Nova Scotia – George Henry Murray
• Premier of Ontario – James Whitney
• Premier of Prince Edward Island – Francis Haszard
• Premier of Quebec – Lomer Gouin
• Premier of Saskatchewan – Thomas Walter Scott

  Territorial governments

Commissioners

• Commissioner of Yukon – Alexander Henderson
• Gold Commissioner of Yukon – F.X. Gosselin
• Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Frederick D. White

  Events

• January 3 – Happiness and contentment are found from one end of Canada to the other – headline in The Times
• January 10 – The Laurier government introduces the Naval Service Act creating a Canadian navy to great controversy. The bill would end up alienating most of Laurier supporters and lead to his defeat in the 1911 election.
• January 10 – Le Devoir first published
• January 21 – A train wreck in Webbwood, near Sudbury, kills 44
• March 5 – 65 are killed in an avalanche in Rogers Pass
• May 4 – The Royal Canadian Navy is created after the Naval Service Act passes
• May 6 – Edward VII dies and is succeeded by George V
• May 26 – Arthur Sifton becomes premier of Alberta, replacing Alexander Rutherford
• July 31 – British murderer Dr. Crippen is caught in Quebec City
• December 9 – a coal mine explosion at Bellevue, Alberta, kills 31

  Sport

• January 5/7 – Ottawa HC defeats Galt HC 15 goals to 4 to win the first Stanley Cup challenge in Ottawa's Dey's Arena
• January 18/20 – Ottawa HC defeats Edmonton HC 21 goals to 11 to win the second Stanley Cup challenge in Ottawa's Dey's Arena
• March 12 – Montreal Wanderers defeat Berlin Dutchmen 7 goals to 3 to win the final Stanley Cup challenge in Montreal's Jubilee Rink
• September 13 – Regina Rugby Club are established
• November 26 – The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Hamilton Tigers 16 to 7 to win the 2nd Grey Cup, played at Hamilton's A.A.A. Grounds

  Arts and literature

New Books

• Anne of Avonlea – Lucy Maud Montgomery
• Ednyfed Fychan – William Williams
• Practical Political Economy – Stephen Leacock

  Births

January to June

• January 4 – Arthur Villeneuve, painter
• February 2 – Andrew McKeller, astrophysicist
• February 5 – Charles Philippe Leblond, pioneer of cell biology and stem cell research
• February 27 – Robert Bryce, civil servant
• May 4 – Arsène Gagné, Quebec politician
• May 30 – Keir Clark, Prince Edward Island politician
• June 17 – George Hees, politician and minister
• June 26 – Munroe Bourne, swimmer

  July to December

• July 2 – Lorne Carr, hockey player
• July 17 – James Coyne, second Governor of the Bank of Canada
• July 19 – Jean Wilson, speed-skater
• July 29 – Norman Fawcett, politician
• August 13 – Gwendolyn Ringwood, playwright
• August 18 – Robert Winters, politician and businessman
• August 25 – Ruby Keeler, actress, singer and dancer
• August 26 – Jessie Gray, surgeon
• September 10 – Harry Thode, geochemist, nuclear chemist and academic administrator
• September 21 – Anne Wilkinson, poet
• October 8 – Ray Lewis, track and field athlete, Olympic bronze medallist, first Canadian-born black Olympic medallist
• October 13 – Otto Joachim, German-born composer
• October 21 – Pauline Mills McGibbon, politician and 22nd Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario
• October 27 – Jack Carson, actor
• November 14 – Michael Starr, politician and first Canadian cabinet minister of Ukrainian descent

  Full date unknown

• James Cameron, writer
• Al Clouston, storyteller, humourist and author
• Leo Landreville, politician and judge implicated in the Northern Ontario Natural Gas scandal

  Deaths

• February 2 – George Murdoch, politician and 1st mayor of Calgary
• February 9 – George Barnard Baker, lawyer, politician and Senator
• February 15 – Joseph-Élisée Beaudet, businessman and politician
• February 26 – Adelaide Hoodless, educational reformer who founded the Women's Institute
• May 6 – Edward VII, King of Canada
• June 7 – Goldwin Smith, historian and journalist
• June 9 – Charles Braithwaite, politician and agrarian leader
• September 2 – Hector Fabre, lawyer, journalist, diplomat and senator

  Historical Documents