1873 in Canada
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See also: 1872 in Canada, other events of 1873, 1874 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.
Events
- February 26 - Gédéon Ouimet becomes Premier of Quebec, replacing Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau
- April - James Pope becomes Premier of Prince Edward Island for the second time, replacing Robert Haythorne
- April 1 - The SS Atlantic is wrecked off Peggy's Cove
- April 2 - The Pacific Scandal breaks out
- May 13 - Sixty are killed in a coal mine explosion in Nova Scotia
- May 23 - North West Mounted Police are founded to police the Northwest Territories, which then included the region today of Alberta and Saskatchewan
- June 1 - The Cypress Hills Massacre occurs
- July 1 - Prince Edward Island joins the Canadian Confederation.
- August 25 - a cyclone hits Cape Breton Island killing 500 and causing much damage
- September - L. C. Owen becomes Premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing James Pope
- September 23 - The Canadian Labor Union is founded
- November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada, replacing Sir John A. Macdonald after the Canadian House of Commons passes a vote of no confidence during the Pacific Scandal
- November 8 - Winnipeg incorporated as a city
Births
- January 10 - George Orton, athlete
- January 19 - Thomas Dufferin Pattullo, Premier of British Columbia
- February 4 - Étienne Desmarteau, athlete
- April 9 - Walter E. Foster, Premier of New Brunswick
- April 10 - George Black, politician
- May 12 - James E.H. MacDonald, artist
- May 17 - Albert Edward Matthews, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
- August 27 - Maud Allan, dancer
- September 20 - Sidney Olcott, filmmaker
- October 20 - Nellie McClung, feminist
- November 21 - Aime Benard, Manitoba politician
- December 8 - John Duncan MacLean, Premier of British Columbia
- December 9 - George Blewett, philosopher