1901 in Canada
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See also: 1900 in Canada, other events of 1901, 1902 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.
Events
- March 9 - Japanese Canadians win the vote in British Columbia
- December 12 - Guglielmo Marconi receives a transatlantic radio message at St. John's, Newfoundland
- December 18 - The Territorial Grain Growers' Association is founded
- December 29 - Arthur Peters becomes Premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Donald Farquharson
- First ascent of Mount Assiniboine by James Outram's party
Births
- January 12 - Jack Humphrey, artist
- January 14 - Dana Porter, politician and jurist
- February 10 - Thomas Ricketts, war hero
- March 4 - Wilbur Franks, inventor
- March 25 - Wilfrid Eggleston, journalist
- April 30 - David Manners, actor
- July 15 - James Litterick, Manitoba politician
- September 8 - Harold Connolly, Premier of Nova Scotia
- September 14 - George Carlyle Marler, Quebec politician
- September 15 - Gweneth Lloyd, choreographer
Deaths
- January 22 - Queen Victoria, Queen of Canada
- March 2 - George Mercer Dawson, explorer/surveyor of Canadian Rockies and Western Canada