1916 in Canada

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Arts and literature
3 Births
4 Deaths

Events

January 28 - Women are given the right to vote in Manitoba, after protests by people such as Nellie McClung
February 3 - The Centre Block of the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa burns down
February 10 - An anti-German riot hits Calgary
March 14 - Saskatchewan women get the vote
April 6-April 19 - WWI: The Battle of Messines is fought, the Canadian forces are forced to retreat by the intensive German onslaught
April 19 - Alberta women get the vote
June 1-June 13 - WWI: Canadians fight in the Battle of Mont Sorrel
July 1 - Prohibition on alcohol in introduced in Alberta
July 29 The Matheson Fire in the region northwest of North Bay begins. It eventually takes the lives of between 200 and 250 people and destroys six towns, including Matheson and Cochrane
November 23 - Harlan Brewster becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing William Bowser
October 20 - William Martin becomes premier of Saskatchewan, replacing Walter Scott
Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire becomes Governor General of Canada replacing Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught
The first Doukhobors arrive in Alberta
25,000 Canadians and Newfoundlanders are killed at the Battle of the Somme
The Montreal Canadiens beat the Portland Rosebuds of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association to win their first Stanley Cup