1867 in Canada

"See also:"
1866 in Canada, other events of 1867, 1868 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.

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Events

* February 16—John A. Macdonald marries his second wife Susan Agnes Bernard

[http://www.primeministers.ca/macdonald/quickfacts.php The Prime Ministers of Canada—John A. Macdonald Quickfacts]

* March 29—Queen Victoria gives royal assent to the British North America Act, 1867
* July 1—The Province of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united into the Dominion of Canada by the British North America Act.
* July 1—Sir John A. Macdonald becomes the first prime minister of the Dominion of Canada
* July 4—Hiram Blanchard becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing Charles Tupper
* July 15—Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau becomes the first premier of Quebec.
* July 16—J. S. Macdonald becomes the first premier of Ontario
* August 7-September 20—The 1867 Canadian election sees John A. Macdonald's Conservatives elected as government
* September 3—Ontario election: J. S. Macdonald Liberal-Conservatives win a minority
* November 6—the 1st Canadian Parliament meets
* November 7—William Annand becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing Hiram Blanchard
* Andrew R. Wetmore becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Peter Mitchell

Births

* January 25—Simon Fraser Tolmie, Premier of British Columbia
* February 2—Charles Saunders, botanist
* February 7-John Livingstone Brown, politician
* February 20—Flora Denison, feminist
* March 5—Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, Premier of Quebec
* March 31—Noah Timmins, mining executive
* October 19—Marie Gérin-Lajoie, organizer
* October 27—Thomas Walter Scott, Premier of Saskatchewan
* November 1—Newton Wesley Rowell, Ontario politician
* December 3—William John Bowser, Premier of British Columbia

Deaths