1854 in Canada
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Events from the year 1854 in Canada.
Events
- January 27 - The Great Western Railway opens, linking Toronto, Hamilton and Windsor.
- June 6 - The Canadian-American Reciprocity Treaty is signed
- October 27 - A Great Western Railway passenger train collides with the tail end of gravel train at Baptiste Creek, Canada West. At least 52 people are killed.
- Establishment of the African Baptist Association of Nova Scotia.
- St. Joseph’s Academy for Young Ladies, later to be known as St. Joseph's College School, was founded by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Toronto.
Births
- April 13 - William Henry Drummond, poet (died 1907)
- May 21 - Edward Gawler Prior, mining engineer, politician and Premier of British Columbia (died 1920)
- June 8 - Douglas Colin Cameron, politician and Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba (died 1921)
- June 26 - Robert Borden, lawyer, politician and 8th Prime Minister of Canada (died 1937)
- August 29 - Arthur Peters, politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island (died 1908)
- September 1 - James Alexander Lougheed, businessman and politician (died 1925)
Deaths
- January 20 - Denis-Benjamin Papineau, joint premier of the Province of Canada (born 1789)
- September 19 - Sir George Arthur, 1st Baronet, army officer and colonial administrator (born 1784)
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