1875 in Canada
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See also: 1874 in Canada, other events of 1875, 1876 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.
Events
- January 14 - The Halifax Herald was first published
- January 18 - 1875 Ontario election: Sir Oliver Mowat's Liberals win a second consecutive majority
- April 5 - The Supreme Court of Canada is created
- April 8 - The Northwest Territories is given a government separate from that of Manitoba.
- May 11 - Philip Carteret Hill becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing William Annand
- June 1 - Construction begins on the Canadian Pacific Railway
- September 2 - The Guibord Affair breaks out
- Louis Riel is granted amnesty with the condition that he be banished for five years.
- Jennifer Trout becomes the first woman licensed to practice medicine in Canada, although Emily Stowe has been doing so without a license in Toronto since 1867
- Grace Lockhart receives from Mount Allison University the first Bachelor of Arts degree awarded to a woman.
- Hospital for Sick Children founded.
Births
- June 12 - Sam De Grasse, actor
- June 16 - Herman Johannsen, skier
- August 2 - Albert Hickman, Prime Minister of Newfoundland
- August 21 - Winnifred Eaton, author
- August 26 - John Buchan, Governor General
- September 6 - Edith Berkeley, biologist
- October 5 - Anne-Marie Huguenin, journalist
- December 5 - Arthur Currie, WWI army general
Deaths
- June 22 - William Edmond Logan, geologist