1872 in Canada (original) (raw)
See also: 1871 in Canada, other events of 1872, 1873 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.
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Events
- March 14 - Henry Clarke becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing Marc-Amable Girard
- March 31 - The first issues of the Toronto Mail, that would later be merged into the Globe and Mail is published
- May 15 - In the first nationwide labour protest marchers across the land press for the nine-hour workday.
- June 25 - Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Earl of Dufferin becomes Governor General of Canada
- July 20 - October 12 - In the 1872 Canadian election John A. Macdonald's Conservatives are re-elected.
- October 15 - The Canadian Pacific Railway Company is formed
- October 25 - Sir Oliver Mowat becomes premier of Ontario, replacing Edward Blake
- October 31 - Oliver Mowat becomes Premier of Ontario replaces the retiring Edward Blake
- December 23 - Amor De Cosmos becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing John McCreight
- The Dominion Lands Act provides land to settlers for only a small fee
- The Manitoba Free Press is first published
- Simpson's founded
- A British Columbia law bans all Asian and First Nations peoples from voting.
- George King becomes premier of New Brunswick for the second time, replacing George Hatheway
Births
- October 17 - Samuel Wickett, economist
- November 30 - John McCrae, poet