Events from the year 1906 in Canada.
Incumbents
Crown Monarch – Edward VII
Federal government Governor General – Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey Prime Minister – Wilfrid Laurier Chief Justice – Henri Elzéar Taschereau (Quebec) (until 2 May) then Charles Fitzpatrick (Quebec) (from 2 June) Parliament – 10th
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – George Hedley Vicars Bulyea Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Henri Joly de Lotbinière (until May 11) then James Dunsmuir Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Daniel Hunter McMillan Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Jabez Bunting Snowball Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Alfred Gilpin Jones (until March 15) then Duncan Cameron Fraser Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – William Mortimer Clark Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Donald Alexander MacKinnon Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Louis-Amable Jetté Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Amédée Forget
Premiers Premier of Alberta – Alexander Cameron Rutherford Premier of British Columbia – Richard McBride Premier of Manitoba – Rodmond Roblin Premier of New Brunswick – Lemuel John Tweedie Premier of Nova Scotia – George Henry Murray Premier of Ontario – James Whitney Premier of Prince Edward Island – Arthur Peters Premier of Quebec – Lomer Gouin Premier of Saskatchewan – Thomas Walter Scott
Territorial governments
Commissioners Commissioner of Yukon – William Wallace Burns McInnes (until December 31) then John T. Lithgow (acting) Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Frederick D. White
Events January 1 – Canada's first movie theatre Ouimetoscope opens in Montreal January 22 – The SS Valencia strikes a reef off Vancouver Island, killing over 100 (officially 136) in the ensuing disaster. March 27 – The Alpine Club of Canada is founded in Winnipeg by Elizabeth Parker and Arthur Oliver Wheeler. April 30 – The Ottawa Public Library opens May 7 – Ontario Hydro created May 23 – Regina decreed capital of Saskatchewan June 24 – Octave Crémazie Monument unveiled August 26 – Edward VII grants the Coat of Arms of Saskatchewan The Revillon Frères trading post opens at Fort Saint John, British Columbia, as competition against the Hudson's Bay Company August 28 – Treaty 10 is signed.
Sport February 23 – Tommy Burns becomes the First Canadian to be Boxing's Heavyweight champion by defeating Marvin Hart Births January 15 – Edna Staebler, author (d. 2006) January 27 – Walter L. Gordon, accountant, businessman, politician and writer (d.1987) January 29 – Joe Primeau, ice hockey player (d.1989) February 14 – Roland Beaudry, politician, journalist, publicist and publisher (d.1964) March 10 – Lionel Bertrand, politician, journalist and newspaper editor (d.1979) May 15 – Robert Methven Petrie, astronomer (d.1966) May 16 – Alfred Pellan, painter (d.1988) June 22 – Stanley Fox, politician (d.1984) June 24 – George Alexander Gale, chief justice of Ontario (d. 1997) June 26 – Marian Scott, painter July 18 – S. I. Hayakawa, Canadian-born American academic and politician (d. 1992) September 24 – Leonard Marsh, social scientist and professor (d.1983) November 20 – John Josiah Robinette, lawyer (d.1996) December 16 – Barbara Kent, Canadian actress
Deaths February 2 – Thomas Arkell, politician, farmer and grain merchant (b.1823) March 31 – James McIntyre, poet (b.1828) April 12 – Robert Thorburn, merchant, politician and Premier of Newfoundland (b.1836) May 3 – Peter White, politician (b.1838) May 19 – Gabriel Dumont, Metis leader (b.1837) June 9 – William Carpenter Bompas, Church of England clergyman, bishop and missionary (b.1834) June 11 – Hector-Louis Langevin, lawyer, politician and a Father of Confederation (b.1826) October 7 – Honoré Beaugrand, journalist, politician, author and folklorist (b.1848)
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