See also: 1903 in Canada, other events of 1904, 1905 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history. 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... This is a brief timeline of the history of Canada. ...

Events

• April 8 - In the Lansdowne-Cambon Convention France gives up some of its longstanding rights in Newfoundland
• April 18 - The Great Toronto Fire destroys much of that city's downtown, but kills no one.
• June 24 - The North West Mounted Police become the Royal North West Mounted Police
• September 10 - American criminal Bill Miner stages Canada's first-ever train robbery
• October 8 - Edmonton is incorporated as a city of the North-West Territories.
• The dominion government purchased Alberta and Saskatchewan from the North-West Territories for $1,636,000 dollars. Alberta and Saskatchewan then were granted $1,030,375 each and $62,500 each for the next five years
• Henry Ford opens an automobile manufacturing plant in Windsor, Ontario
• Assiniboine Park in Winnipeg opens

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Births

• January 4 - Pegi Nicol MacLeod, artist
• January 14 - Walter Harris, politician
• February 29 - Lloyd Stinson, Manitoba politician
• March 6 - Farquhar Oliver, politician
• April 16 - Fifi D'Orsay, actor
• April 24 - Paul-Émile Cardinal Léger, clergyman
• May 1 - Alfred Wallace Downer, politician
• May 13 - Earle Birney, poet
• May 29 - Eugene Forsey, politician
• July 22 - Donald Hebb, psychologist
• July 26 - Frank Hogg, astrophysicist
• September 7 - Matthew Halton, journalist
• September 14 - Frank Amyot, Olympic gold medalist
• September 23 - Geoffrey Waddington, conductor
• September 29 - Robert Legget, engineer
• October 20 - Tommy Douglas, socialist politician
• November 18 - Jean Paul Lemieux, artist
• November 26 - Armand Frappier, biologist
• December 18 - Wilf Carter, composer and singer
• December 25 - Gerhard Herzberg, scientist
• December 29 - Léoda Gauthier, politician
• Gustave Biéler, war hero

January 4 is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... January 14 is the 14th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Walter Edward Harris (January 14, 1904 - January 10, 1999) was a Canadian politician and lawyer. ... February 29th, or bissextile day, is the 60th day of a leap year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 306 days remaining. ... Lloyd Stinson (February 29, 1904-August 28, 1976) was a Manitoba politician, and the leader of that provinces Cooperative Commonwealth Federation from 1953 to 1959. ... March 6 is the 65th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (66th in Leap years). ... Farquhar Robert Oliver (March 6, 1904-January 22, 1989) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. ... April 16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (107th in leap years). ... Fifi DOrsay (April 16, 1904 - December 2, 1983) was an actress. ... April 24 is the 114th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (115th in leap years). ... Paul-Émile Cardinal Léger (April 25, 1904-November 13, 1991) was a Canadian clergyman. ... May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... Reverend Alfred Wallace (Wally) Downer (May 1, 1904 _ August 1994) was a Canadian politician and long time member of the Ontario legislature. ... May 13 is the 133rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (134th in leap years). ... Earle Alfred Birney (May 13, 1904 – September 3, 1995) was a distinguished Canadian poet and twice winner of the Governor Generals Award for Literature (for David, 1942, and for Now Is Time, 1945). ... May 29 is the 149th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (150th in leap years). ... Hon. ... July 22 is the 203rd day (204th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 162 days remaining. ... Donald Olding Hebb (July 22, 1904-August 20, 1985) was a Canadian psychologist who was influentian in the area of neuropsychology, where he sought to understand how the function of neurons contributed to psychological processes such as learning. ... July 26 is the 207th day (208th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 158 days remaining. ... September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years). ... September 14 is the 257th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (258th in leap years). ... Francis (Frank) Amyot (September 14, 1904 – November 21, 1962) was a Canadian Olympic Gold medalist in Canoe racing. ... September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years). ... September 29 is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Robert Ferguson Legget (September 29, 1904 – April 17, 1994) was a Canadian civil engineer, geologist, educator, historian and writer. ... October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 72 days remaining. ... Thomas Clement Douglas, PC, CC, SOM, MA, LL.D (hc) (October 20, 1904 – February 24, 1986) was a Scottish-born Baptist minister who became a prominent Canadian social democratic politician. ... November 18 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Jean Paul Lemieux (18 November 1904 - 7 December 1990) is one of the foremost painters of twentieth century Québec. ... November 26 is the 330th day (331st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Armand Frappier and his motto, “You will be the voice, not the echo” Armand Frappier (November 26, 1904 – December 17, 1991) was a Canadian physician, microbiologist and expert on tuberculosis. ... December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Wilf Carter (born December 18, 1904 in Port Hilford, Nova Scotia, Canada, died December 5, 1996 in Scottsdale, Arizona), also known as Montana Slim, was a Canadian country music singer and yodeler. ... December 25 is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 6 days remaining for the year. ... Gerhard Herzberg (December 25, 1904 – March 3, 1999) was a pioneering theoretical chemist. ... December 29 is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 2 days remaining. ... Léoda Gauthier (December 29, 1904-1964) was a Canadian Member of Parliament from 1945 to 1958. ... Gustave Daniel Alfred Biéler, born in 1904 in Lutry, Vaud, Switzerland - died September 6, 1944 in Bavaria, was a Special Operations Executive agent during World War II. Gustave Biéler At the age of twenty, Gustave Biéler emigrated to Canada where he settled in the city of Montreal...

Deaths