1872 in Canada

See also: 1871 in Canada, other events of 1872, 1873 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.

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Table of contents

1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths

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
• Elijah McCoy, born in Colchester, Ontario, invents the first of his many devices to oil engines used on trains and in factories. His inventions are so good that many people refuse to buy imitations of his work. They insisted on having "The Real McCoy".
• Gold discovered near Sitka and in British Columbia.
• New Patent Act encourages import or licensing of technology and foreign patents by allowing legal use (theft) of patent in Canada if not registered in Canada within 2 years.

Births

• October 17 - Samuel Wickett, economist
• November 30 - John McCrae, poet

Deaths