1892 in Canada
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See also: 1891 in Canada, other events of 1892, 1893 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.
Events
- June 29 - John Robson, Premier of British Columbia, dies in office
- July 2 - Theodore Davie becomes Premier of British Columbia
- July 8 - Two thirds of St. Johns, Newfoundland destroyed in a fire
- November 24 - Sir John Abbott resigns as Prime Minister
- December 5 - Sir John Sparrow David Thompson becomes PM, one of his first acts is to establish the Criminal Code of Canada
- December 16 - Sir Louis-Olivier Taillon becomes premier of Quebec for the second time, replacing Sir Charles-Eugène de Boucherville
- First documented womens hockey game in takes place in Barrie, Ontario playing on a frozen outdoor ice surface
- News media: The Toronto Star founded
Births
- April 8 - Mary Pickford, actor
- May 3 - Jacob Viner, economist
- May 18 - John Croke, VC
- June 13 - Kenneth McKenzie, neurosurgeon
- July 14 - Jack Sissons, jurist
- August 16 - Harold Foster, artist
- September 24 - Adélard Godbout, politician
- November 20 - Bert Collip, biochemist
- December 20 - Percy Corbett, legal scholar
Deaths
- June 9 - William Stairs, explorer and soldier