1893 in Canada

Events from the year 1893 in Canada.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 Full date unknown 2 Births 2.1 January to June 2.2 July to December 2.3 Full date unknown 3 Deaths 3.1 January to June 3.2 July to December

Events

• May 27 - Algonquin Provincial Park is established as a wildlife sanctuary in Ontario
• September 16 - Calgary incorporated as a city
• October 27 - The National Council of Women meets for the first time
• December 18 - Robert Machray is elected first Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada

Full date unknown

• The Redpath Library is bestowed upon McGill University
• Canada Evidence Act created
• Jacques Cartier Monument (Montreal) unveiled

Births

January to June

• January 8 - Jean Désy, diplomat (d.1960)
• February 7 - Joseph Algernon Pearce, astrophycisist (d.1988)
• May 5 - J. Dewey Soper, Arctic explorer, zoologist, ornithologist and author (d.1982)
• May 7 - Frank J. Selke, ice hockey manager (d.1985)
• May 28 - Donald MacLaren, World War I flying ace, businessman (d.1988)
• June 5 - George Croil, first Chief of the Air Staff of the Royal Canadian Air Force (d.1959)
• June 20 - Austin Claude Taylor, politician (d.1965)
• June 23 - Merrill Denison, playwright (d.1975)

July to December

• July 7 - James White, World War I flying ace (d.1972)
• August 18 - Ernest MacMillan, conductor and composer (d.1973)
• August 21 - Wilfred Curtis, Chief of the Air Staff of the Royal Canadian Air Force (d.1977)
• October 12 - George Hodgson, swimmer and double Olympic gold medalist (d.1983)
• November 12 - Roy Kellock, jurist and Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (d.1975)
• November 22 - Raymond Collishaw, World War I flying ace (d.1976)
• December 8 - J. Arthur Ross, politician (d.1958)
• December 23 - John Patrick Barry, politician and lawyer (d.1946)
• December 23 - Roy Brown, World War I flying ace (d.1944)

Full date unknown

• Parr, artist (d.1969)

Deaths

January to June

• January 26 - James Armstrong, politician (b.1830)
• February 18 - George-Édouard Desbarats, printer and inventor (b.1838)
• March 30 - Jane Mackenzie, second wife of Alexander Mackenzie, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (b.1825)
• April 2 - Eden Colvile, Governor of Rupert's Land (b.1819)

July to December

• July 22 - John Rae, doctor and explorer (b.1813)
• September 19 - Alexander Tilloch Galt, politician and a Father of Confederation (b.1817)
• October 30 - John Abbott, politician and 3rd Prime Minister of Canada (b.1821)
• November 9 - Henri Bernier, politician, businessman and manufacturer (b.1821)
• December 9 - Charles Sangster, poet (b.1822)

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