1900 in Canada

Crown • Monarch – Victoria Federal government • Governor General – Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto • Prime Minister – Wilfrid Laurier • Chief Justice – Samuel Henry Strong (Ontario) • Parliament – 8th (until 9 October) Provincial governments Lieutenant governors • Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Thomas Robert McInnes (until June 21) then Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière • Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – James Colebrooke Patterson (until October 10) then Daniel Hunter McMillan • Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Jabez Bunting Snowball • Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Malachy Bowes Daly (until July 26) then Alfred Gilpin Jones • Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Oliver Mowat • Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Peter Adolphus McIntyre • Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Louis-Amable Jetté Premiers • Premier of British Columbia – Charles Augustus Semlin (until February 28) then Joseph Martin (February 28 to June 15) then Edward Gawler Prior • Premier of Manitoba – Thomas Greenway (until January 10) then Hugh John Macdonald (January 10 to October 29) then Rodmond Roblin • Premier of New Brunswick – Henry Emmerson (until August 31) then Lemuel John Tweedie • Premier of Nova Scotia – George Henry Murray • Premier of Ontario – George William Ross • Premier of Prince Edward Island – Donald Farquharson • Premier of Quebec – Félix-Gabriel Marchand (until October 8) then Simon-Napoléon Parent Territorial governments Commissioners • Commissioner of Yukon – William Ogilvie Lieutenant governors • Lieutenant Governor of Keewatin – James Colebrooke Patterson (until October 10) then Daniel Hunter McMillan • Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Territories – Amédée E. Forget Premiers • Premier of North-West Territories – Frederick Haultain ==Events==

January to June • January 8 – Hugh John Macdonald becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing Thomas Greenway. • February 18 – February 27 – Boer War: The Royal Canadian Regiment of Infantry plays a decisive role in the Battle of Paardeberg. • February 27 – Charles Semlin is dismissed as premier of British Columbia. • February 28 – Joseph Martin becomes premier of British Columbia. • March 16 – Boer War: Strathcona's Horse leave for South Africa. • April 26 – Two-thirds of Hull, Quebec, is destroyed in a fire. • June 15 – James Dunsmuir becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing Joseph Martin. July to December • August 31 – Lemuel John Tweedie becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Henry Emmerson. • September 25 – Félix-Gabriel Marchand, Premier of Quebec, dies in office. • October 8 – Simon-Napoléon Parent becomes premier of Quebec. • October 29 – Sir Rodmond Roblin becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing Hugh John Macdonald. • November 7 • Federal election: Sir Wilfrid Laurier's Liberals win a second consecutive majority. • Boer War: The Battle of Leliefontein begins. Three Canadians receive the Victoria Cross for their valour in the engagement. • December 6 – Alphonse Desjardins founds Mouvement Desjardins, the first credit union in North America. Full date unknown • The federal government doubles the head tax on Chinese immigrants • The Canadian Tuberculosis Association meets for the first time ==Births==

January to June • January 1 – Sam Berger, lawyer, businessman and football player (d.1992) • January 8 • Harry Cassidy, academic, social reformer and civil servant (d.1951) • Solon Earl Low, politician (d.1962) • February 20 – Graham Spry, broadcasting pioneer, business executive, diplomat and socialist (d.1983) • March 12 – David Croll, politician (d.1991) • April 3 – Albert Walsh, Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland (d. 1958) • April 19 – Roland Michener, lawyer, politician, diplomat and Governor-General of Canada (d.1991) • April 30 – David Manners, actor (d.1998) • May 25 – Alain Grandbois, poet (d.1975) • May 25 – Malcolm Norris, Métis leader (d.1967) • May 29 – Antonio Talbot, politician (d.1980) • June 3 – Gordon Sinclair, journalist, writer and commentator (d.1984) • June 21 – Edward S. Rogers, Sr., inventor and radio pioneer (d.1939) July to December • July 6 – Paul Métivier, World War I veteran (d. 2004) • July 23 – John Babcock, Canada's last surviving World War I veteran (d.2010) • August 13 – Gordon Sparling, filmmaker (d.1994) • August 23 – Frances Adaskin, pianist (d. 2001) • August 31 – James Campbell Clouston, naval officer (d.1940 in Dunkirk evacuation) • September 6 – W. A. C. Bennett, Premier of British Columbia (d.1979) • October 2 – Rod Keller, general (d. 1954) • November 20 – Athole Shearer, actress (d.1985) • November 27 – Jovette Bernier, journalist, author and radio show host (d.1981) • November 28 – Mary Bothwell, classical vocalist and painter (d. mid-1970s) ==Deaths==

• February 25 – Benjamin Pâquet, Roman Catholic priest and educationist (b.1832) • March 1 – Frederick Carter, Premier of Newfoundland (b.1819) • March 20 – George Hope Bertram, politician (b. 1847) • August 4 – Marc-Aurèle Plamondon, lawyer, journalist, publisher, and judge (b.1823) • August 11 – Georges-Isidore Barthe, lawyer, publisher, journalist and politician (b.1834) • September 25 – Félix-Gabriel Marchand, journalist, author, notary, politician and 11th Premier of Quebec (b.1832) • December 21 – Désiré Olivier Bourbeau, politician and merchant (b.1834) == References ==