1900 in Canada

Events

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.

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.^[2]
- 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.

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Births

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)

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)^[3]
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)^[4]
November 20 – Athole Shearer, actress (d.1985)
November 27 – Jovette Bernier, journalist, author and radio show host (d.1981)^[5]
November 28 – Mary Bothwell, classical vocalist and painter (d. mid-1970s)^[6]

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)

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Incumbents