1907 IN CANADA

''See also:''
1906 in Canada,
other events of 1907,
1908 in Canada and the
list of 'years in Canada'.
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Contents

Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ March 6 - William Pugsley becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Lemuel Tweedie

★ May 30 - King Edward VII grants the Coat of Arms of Alberta

★ May 31 - Clifford Robinson becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing William Pugsley

★ August 29 - Part of the under-construction Quebec Bridge collapses in Quebec City killing 75 construction workers and injuring 11.

★ September 7 - An anti-Asian riot attacks Vancouver's Chinatown

★ September 14 - Jasper National Park established

★ The National Council for Women demands "equal pay for equal work"

★ The world's first dial telephone came into use at Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia

★ The first Sobeys opens in Stellarton, Nova Scotia

Births

★ January 14 - Georges-Émile Lapalme, politician

★ January 26 - Hans Selye, scientist

★ February 9 - H. S. M. Coxeter, geometer

★ March 20 - Hugh MacLennan, author

★ March 24 - Paul Sauvé, politician

★ April 16 - Joseph-Armand Bombardier, inventor

★ July 6 - George Stanley, academic, designer of Canadian flag

★ August 5 - Herman Linder, rodeoist

★ September 3 - Andrew Brewin, politician

★ September 15 - Fay Wray, actress

★ November 21 - Christie Harris, children's author

★ December 7 - Fred Rose, communist

★ December 25 - Rick Smith, Homeless

Deaths

★ January 31 - Timothy Eaton, founder of Eaton's

★ October 10 - Cassie Chadwick, charleton