1903 in Canada
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Events from the year 1903 in Canada.
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Events [edit]
- March 22 - Because of a drought, the U.S. side of Niagara Falls runs short of water
- March 1 - Henri Bourassa's Ligue nationaliste is founded
- March 25 - The Alaska Boundary Dispute is settled in the United States' favour
- April 29 - The Frank Slide, The most destructive landslide in Canadian history, kills 70 in Frank, Alberta
- June 1 - Richard McBride becomes Premier of British Columbia, replacing Edward Prior
- June 19 - Regina incorporated as a city
- June 24 - Ignace Bourget Monument unveiled
- July 1 - Ray Knight builds the Raymond Stampede rodeo arena and rodeo grandstands in Raymond, Alberta, which are the first ever built in the world.
Arts and literature [edit]
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Births [edit]
January to June [edit]
- January 3 - Charles Foulkes, general and first Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff (d.1969)
- February 15 - Sarto Fournier, politician and mayor of Montreal (d.1980)
- February 16 - Georges-Henri Lévesque, Dominican priest and sociologist (d.2000)
- February 22 - Morley Callaghan, novelist, short story writer, playwright, and television and radio personality (d.1990)
- February 25 - King Clancy, ice hockey player (d.1986)
- June 10 - Alexander Wallace Matheson, politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island (d.1976)
- June 23 - Paul Joseph James Martin, politician (d.1992)
- June 30 - Donald Ferguson Brown, politician, barrister and lawyer
July to December [edit]
- July 16 - Carmen Lombardo, singer and composer (d.1971)
- July 30 - Harold Ballard, owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs (d.1990)
- July 30 - Alan Macnaughton, politician (d.1999)
- August 31 - Helen Battle, zoologist
- October 11 - David Turner, soccer player
- December 8 - Louis-Marie Régis, philosopher, theologian, scholar and member of the Dominican Order (d.1988)
Deaths [edit]
- January 7 - Robert Atkinson Davis, businessman, politician and 4th Premier of Manitoba (b.1841)
- July 2 - Oliver Mowat, politician, 3rd Premier of Ontario and 18rd Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (b.1820)
- April 30 - Emily Stowe, first female doctor to practice in Canada and women's rights and suffrage activist (b.1831)
- May 8 - David Mills, politician, author, poet and jurist (b.1831)
- June 26 - Donald Farquharson, politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island (b.1834)
- November 12 - William Doran, mayor of Hamilton, Ontario (b.1834)
- November 14 - John Andrew Davidson, politician (b.1852)
