See also: See also: 1914 in Canada, 1916 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history. ... 1915 in Canada, 1916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... other events of 1916, See also: 1916 in Canada, 1918 in Canada and the list of years in Canada. Events A temporary income tax is introduced to cover wartime expenses. ... 1917 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.

Events

• January 28 is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... January 28 - Women are given the Suffrage is the civil right to vote, or the exercise of that right. ... right to vote in Motto: Gloriosus et Liber (Glorious and free) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Winnipeg Largest city Winnipeg Premier Gary Doer (NDP) Lieutenant Governor John Harvard Area 647,797 km² (8th)  - Land 553,556 km²  - Water 64,241 km² (14.... Manitoba, after protests by people such as Nellie McClung from [http://www.... Nellie McClung
• February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... February 3 - The Centre Block of the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa burns down
• February 10 is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... February 10 - An anti-German riot hits Motto: Heart of the new west Area: 712.... Calgary
• March 14 is the 73rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (74th in Leap years) with 292 days remaining in the year. ... March 14 - Motto: Multis E Gentibus Vires (From many peoples, strength) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Regina Largest city Saskatoon Lieutenant Governor Lynda M. Haverstock Premier Lorne Calvert (NDP) Area 651,036 km² (7th)  - Land 591,670 km²  - Water 59,366 km² (9.... Saskatchewan women get the vote
• April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). ... April 6- April 19 is the 109th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (110th in leap years). ... April 19 - Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... WWI: The Battle of Messines is fought, the Canadian forces are forced to retreat by the intensive German onslaught
• April 19 is the 109th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (110th in leap years). ... April 19 - Motto: Fortis et Liber (Strong and free) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Edmonton Largest city Calgary Lieutenant Governor Norman Kwong Premier Ralph Klein (PC) Area 661,848 km² (6th)  - Land 642,317 km²  - Water 19,531 km² (2.... Alberta women get the vote
• June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ... June 1- June 13 is the 164th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (165th in leap years), with 201 days remaining. ... June 13 - WWI: Canadians fight in the Battle of Mont Sorrel
• July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ... July 1 - This article is about the prohibition of alcoholic beverages; separate articles on the prohibition of drugs in general and writs of prohibition are also available. ... Prohibition on alcohol in introduced in Motto: Fortis et Liber (Strong and free) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Edmonton Largest city Calgary Lieutenant Governor Norman Kwong Premier Ralph Klein (PC) Area 661,848 km² (6th)  - Land 642,317 km²  - Water 19,531 km² (2.... Alberta
• July 29 is the 210th day (211th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 155 days remaining. ... July 29 The The Matheson Fire in northern Ontario, Canada was a massive forest fire which had become uncontrolled on July 29, 1916 and killed 200-250 people and burned down six towns including Matheson, Ontario and caused extensive damage in and around Cochrane, Ontario. ... Matheson Fire in the region northwest of Looking northwest down Main Street, from a pedestrian overpass near Chippewa Creek North Bay is a city in northern Ontario, Canada on the shore of Lake Nipissing. ... North Bay begins. It eventually takes the lives of between 200 and 250 people and destroys six towns, including Black River-Matheson is a township in the Cochrane District, Ontario of the Canadian province of Ontario. ... Matheson and Cochrane, Ontario, Canada is a northern Ontario town situated on Highway 11. ... Cochrane
• November 23 is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 38 days remaining. ... November 23 - Harlan Carey Brewster (November 10, 1870-March 1, 1918) was a politician in British Columbia, Canada. ... Harlan Brewster becomes premier of Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Splendour without diminishment) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell ( BC Liberal) Area 944,735 km² (5th)  - Land 925,186 km²  - Water 19,549 km² (2.... British Columbia, replacing William Bowser
• October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 72 days remaining. ... October 20 - William Melville Martin (August 23, 1876-June 22, 1970) served as Liberal Premier of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan from 1916 to 1922. ... William M. Martin becomes premier of Saskatchewan, replacing The Honourable Thomas Walter Scott (known less formally as Walter Scott) (October 27, 1867-March 23, 1938) was the first Premier of the province of Saskatchewan in Canada. ... Walter Scott
• Victor Christian William Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire, (May 31, 1868 - May 6, 1938), was a Liberal Unionist Member of Parliament for West Derbyshire (1891-1908), Governor General of Canada (1916-1921), and Colonial Secretary (1922-1924). ... Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire becomes The Governor General and Commander-in-Chief in and over Canada, normally simply known as the Governor General of Canada in French, Gouverneur(e) général(e) is the Canadian representative of the monarch (presently Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II). ... Governor General of Canada replacing Dated October 30th, 1869, by Notman His Royal Highness The Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (Arthur William Patrick Albert) (1 May 1850 - 16 January 1942) was a member of the British Royal Family, a son of Queen Victoria. ... Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught
• The first The Doukhobors (Russian Духоборы) are a Christian dissenting sect of Russian origin. ... Doukhobors arrive in Motto: Fortis et Liber (Strong and free) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Edmonton Largest city Calgary Lieutenant Governor Norman Kwong Premier Ralph Klein (PC) Area 661,848 km² (6th)  - Land 642,317 km²  - Water 19,531 km² (2.... Alberta
• 25,000 Canadians and This is about the island in Canada. ... Newfoundlanders are killed at the Battle of the Somme Conflict First World War Date 1 July 1916 – 18 November 1916 Place Somme, Picardy, France Result Stalemate The 1916 Battle of the Somme was one of the largest battles of the First World War, with more than one million casualties. ... Battle of the Somme
• The The Montréal Canadiens (officially le Club de Hockey Canadien, and known as le Bleu-Blanc-Rouge, The Habs, le Tricolore, les Glorieux, la Sainte-Flanelle, les Habitants, le Canadien, the Flying Frenchmen) are a National Hockey League team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... Montreal Canadiens beat the The Portland Rosebuds were an ice hockey team based in Portland, Oregon which played in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association from 1914 to 1918. ... Portland Rosebuds of the The Pacific Coast Hockey Association was a professional ice hockey league in western Canada, operating from 1911 to 1924 when it merged with the Western Canada Hockey League. ... Pacific Coast Hockey Association to win their first The Stanley Cup is inscribed with the names of all the players on the teams that have won it. ... Stanley Cup

Arts and literature

New works

• Lucy Maud Montgomery (November 30, 1874 - April 24, 1942) was a Canadian author, best known for a series of novels beginning with Anne of Green Gables. ... Lucy Maud Montgomery - The Watchman & Other Poems
• Sir William Maxwell Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook (May 25, 1879 - June 9, 1964) was a Canadian–British business tycoon and politician. ... Max Aitken - Canada in Flanders

Births

• February 4 is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... February 4 - Pudlo Pudlat, artist
• February 10 is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... February 10 - Claude Thomas Bissell (February 10, 1916_2000) was a Canadian author and educator. ... Claude Bissell, author
• February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... February 14 - Jean Drapeau, mayor of Montreal Jean Drapeau (February 18, 1916 - August 12, 1999) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as mayor of Montreal from 1954 to 1957 and 1960 to 1986. ... Jean Drapeau, mayor of Montreal
• March 10 is the 69th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (70th in Leap years). ... March 10 - Edmund Davie Fulton (March 10, 1916- May 22, 2000) was a Canadian politician and judge. ... E. Davie Fulton, politician
• April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 248 days remaining. ... April 27 - Myfanwy Pavelic, artist
• May 3 is the 123rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (124th in leap years). ... May 3 - Léopold Simoneau, tenor
• May 4 is the 124th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (125th in leap years). ... May 4 - Jane Butzner Jacobs (born May 4, 1916) is a writer, activist, and city aficionado. ... Jane Jacobs, urbanist
• June 20 is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 194 days remaining. ... June 20 - Jean-Jacques Bertrand (June 20, 1916 - February 22, 1973) was the premier of the Canadian province of Quebec from October 2, 1968 to May 12, 1970. ... Jean-Jacques Bertrand, Premier of Quebec
• July 16 is the 197th day (198th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 168 days remaining. ... July 16 - John Patrick Gallagher (July 16, 1916-December 16, 1998) was a Canadian geologist and businessman. ... John Gallagher, industrialist
• August 1st is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. ... August 1 - Anne Hébert, author
• November 8 is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 53 days remaining. ... November 8 - June Havoc (born November 8, 1916) is an actress, and younger sister of Gypsy Rose Lee. ... June Havoc, actor
• November 23 is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 38 days remaining. ... November 23 - Patricia Kathleen Page (born November 23, 1916), commonly known as P. K. Page, is a Canadian poet. ... P.K. Page, author
• December 7 is the 341st day (342nd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... December 7 - Margaret Carse, dancer
• December 16 is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... December 16 - Harry Gunning, scientist

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