1910 In Canada

Events

• January 10 - The Laurier government introduces the Naval Service Bill creating a Canadian navy to great controversy. The bill will end up alienating most of Laurier supporters and lead to his defeat in the 1911 election.
• January 10 - Le Devoir first published
• January 23 - A train wreck near Sudbury kills 43
• March 5 - 65 are killed in an avalanche in Rogers Pass
• May 4 - The Canadian Navy is created after the Naval Service Bill passes
• May 6 - King Edward VII dies and is succeeded by George V
• May 26 - Arthur Sifton becomes premier of Alberta, replacing Alexander Rutherford
• July 31 - British murderer Dr. Crippen is caught in Quebec City
• December 9 - a coal mine explosion at Bellevue, Alberta kills 31

Arts and literature

New Books

• Anne of Avonlea - Lucy Maud Montgomery
• Ednyfed Fychan - William Williams
• Practical Political Economy - Stephen Leacock

Births

• February 2 - Andrew McKeller, astrophysicist
• February 5 - Charles Leblonde, biologist
• February 27 - Robert Bryce, civil servant
• June 17 - George Hees, politician
• July 17 - James Coyne, Governor of the Bank of Canada
• July 19 - Jean Wilson, speed-skater
• July 29 - Norman Fawcett, politician
• August 13 - Gwendolyn Ringwood, playwright
• August 18 - Robert Winters, politician
• August 21 - Pauline Mills McGibbon, Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
• August 25 - Ruby Keeler, actor
• August 26 - Jessie Gray, surgeon
• September 10 - Henry Thode, nuclear scientist
• September 21 - Anne Wilkinson, poet
• October 20 - Pauline McGibbon, politician
• November 14 - Michael Starr, politician
• James Cameron, writer
• Al Clouston, storyteller

Deaths

• June 7 - Goldwin Smith, historian

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