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Events from the year '''1879 in [[Canada]]'''.
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Events from the year '''1879 in Canada'''.

==Incumbents==
=== Crown ===
* [[List of Canadian monarchs|Monarch]] – [[Queen Victoria|Victoria]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Queen Victoria {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/victoria# |website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca |access-date=5 December 2022}}</ref>

=== Federal government ===
* [[Governor General of Canada|Governor General]] – [[John Campbell, Marquess of Lorne]]
* [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] – [[John A. Macdonald]]
* [[Chief Justice of Canada|Chief Justice]] – [[William Buell Richards]] ([[Ontario]]) (until 10 January) then [[William Johnstone Ritchie]] ([[New Brunswick]]) (from 11 January)
* [[Parliament of Canada|Parliament]] – [[4th Canadian Parliament|4th]] (from 13 February)

=== Provincial governments ===

==== Lieutenant governors ====
*[[Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia]] – [[Albert Norton Richards]]
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba]] – [[Joseph-Édouard Cauchon]]
*[[Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick]] – [[Edward Barron Chandler]]
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia]] – [[Adams George Archibald]]
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Ontario]] – [[Donald Alexander Macdonald]]
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island]] – [[Robert Hodgson (judge)|Robert Hodgson]] (until July 10) then [[Thomas Heath Haviland]]
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Quebec]] – [[Luc Letellier de St-Just]] (until July 26) then [[Théodore Robitaille]]

==== Premiers ====
*[[Premier of British Columbia]] – [[George Anthony Walkem]]
*[[Premier of Manitoba]] – [[John Norquay]]
*[[Premier of New Brunswick]] – [[John James Fraser]]
*[[Premier of Nova Scotia]] – [[Simon Hugh Holmes]]
*[[Premier of Ontario]] – [[Oliver Mowat]]
*[[Premier of Prince Edward Island]] – [[Louis Henry Davies]] (until April 25) then [[William Wilfred Sullivan]]
*[[Premier of Quebec]] – [[Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière]] (until October 31) then [[Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau]]

=== Territorial governments ===

==== Lieutenant governors ====
* [[Lieutenant Governor of Keewatin]] – [[Joseph-Édouard Cauchon]]
* [[Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Territories]] – [[David Laird]]


==Events==
==Events==
[[Image:Opening of Canadian Parliament 1879.gif|thumb|The Opening of Canadian Parliament in 1879.]]
[[Image:Opening of Canadian Parliament 1879.gif|thumb|The Opening of Canadian Parliament in 1879.]]
*February 4 - [[Prince Edward Island general election, 1879|Prince Edward Island election]]: [[William Wilfred Sullivan]]'s [[Prince Edward Island Conservative Party|Conservatives]] win a third consecutive [[majority]]
*February 4 – [[1879 Prince Edward Island general election|Prince Edward Island election]]: [[William Wilfred Sullivan]]'s [[Prince Edward Island Conservative Party|Conservatives]] win a third consecutive [[majority]].
*March 12 - Sir [[John A. Macdonald]] introduces protective [[tariffs]] on manufactured goods being imported into Canada, a transcontinental [[railway]], and [[immigration]] to the west in his National Policy.
*March 12 – Sir [[John A. Macdonald]] introduces protective [[tariffs]] on manufactured goods being imported into Canada, a transcontinental [[railway]], and [[immigration]] to the west in his National Policy.
*April 25 - Sir [[William Wilfred Sullivan]] becomes [[premier]] of [[Prince Edward Island]], replacing Sir [[Louis Davies]]
*April 25 – Sir [[William Wilfred Sullivan]] becomes [[premier]] of [[Prince Edward Island]], replacing Sir [[Louis Davies]].
*June 5 - [[Ontario general election, 1879|Ontario election]]: Sir [[Oliver Mowat]]'s [[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]s win a third consecutive [[majority]]
*June 5 – [[1879 Ontario general election|Ontario election]]: Sir [[Oliver Mowat]]'s [[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]s win a third consecutive [[majority]].
*(date unknown) – The Toronto Industrial Exhibition opens for the first time, precursor to the [[Canadian National Exhibition]].
*October 31 - Sir [[Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau]] becomes premier of [[Quebec]], replacing [[Henri-Gustave de Lotbinière]]
*October 31 – Sir [[Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau]] becomes premier of [[Quebec]], replacing [[Henri-Gustave de Lotbinière]].
*December 16 - [[Manitoba general election, 1879|Manitoba election]]
*December 16 – [[1879 Manitoba general election|Manitoba election]].
*December 19 - The Alberta Canada Cannibal. Swift Runner was executed for murdering and then eating eight members of his own family over the previous winter. He believed he was possessed by [[Wendigo]], a terrifying mythological creature with a ravenous appetite for human flesh.
*December 19 – Swift Runner is hanged in [[Fort Saskatchewan]], NWT, for murdering and then eating eight members of his own family over the previous winter. He believed he was possessed by [[Wendigo]], a terrifying mythological creature with a ravenous appetite for human flesh.
It wasn't an isolated case. During the late 1800s and into the 20th Century, fear of Wendigo (or Windigo) haunted northern Alberta communities, resulting in several grisly deaths.
All other deaths he can document were cases of "[[Wendigo]] executions," where others have killed the person believed to be possessed. They were acts of self-preservation, attempts to protect their community.


==Births==
==Births==
===January to June===
===January to June===
[[Image:Richard Reid.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Richard Gavin Reid]]
[[Image:Richard Reid.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Richard Gavin Reid]]
*January 15 - [[Mazo de la Roche]], author (d.[[1961 in Canada|1961]])
*January 15 – [[Mazo de la Roche]], author (d.[[1961 in Canada|1961]])
*January 17 - [[Richard Gavin Reid]], politician and 7th [[Premier of Alberta]] (d.[[1980 in Canada|1980]])
*January 17 – [[Richard Gavin Reid]], politician and 7th [[Premier of Alberta]] (d.[[1980 in Canada|1980]])
*January 25 - [[Humphrey T. Walwyn]], naval officer and Governor of [[Dominion of Newfoundland|Newfoundland]] (d.[[1957 in Canada|1957]])
*January 25 – [[Humphrey T. Walwyn]], naval officer and Governor of [[Dominion of Newfoundland|Newfoundland]] (d.[[1957 in Canada|1957]])
*February 14 - [[Eli Burton]], physicist
*February 14 – [[Eli Burton]], physicist
*March 20 - [[Maud Menten]], medical scientist (d.[[1960 in Canada|1960]])
*March 20 – [[Maud Menten]], medical scientist (d.[[1960 in Canada|1960]])
*May 25 - [[Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook]], business tycoon, politician and writer (d.[[1964 in Canada|1964]])
*May 25 – [[Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook]], business tycoon, politician and writer (d.[[1964 in Canada|1964]])
*June 12 - [[Charles Dow Richards]], judge, politician and 18th [[Premier of New Brunswick]] (d.[[1956 in Canada|1956]])
*June 12 – [[Charles Dow Richards]], judge, politician and 18th [[Premier of New Brunswick]] (d.[[1956 in Canada|1956]])


===July to December===
===July to December===
*August 1 - [[Eva Tanguay]], singer and entertainer (d.[[1947 in Canada|1947]])
*August 1 – [[Eva Tanguay]], singer and entertainer (d.[[1947 in Canada|1947]])
*August 16 - [[Samuel Lawrence]], politician and trade unionist (d.[[1959 in Canada|1959]])
*August 16 – [[Samuel Lawrence (Canadian politician)|Samuel Lawrence]], politician and trade unionist (d.[[1959 in Canada|1959]])
*October 6 - [[James Langstaff Bowman]], politician and [[Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons]] (d.[[1951 in Canada|1951]])
*October 6 – [[James Langstaff Bowman]], politician and [[Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada]] (d.[[1951 in Canada|1951]])
*October 9 - [[William Warren]], lawyer, politician, judge and Prime Minister of [[Dominion of Newfoundland|Newfoundland]] (d.[[1927 in Canada|1927]])
*October 9 – [[William Warren (politician)|William Warren]], lawyer, politician, judge and Prime Minister of [[Dominion of Newfoundland|Newfoundland]] (d.[[1927 in Canada|1927]])
*November 3 - [[Vilhjalmur Stefansson]], [[Arctic]] explorer and ethnologist (d.[[1962 in Canada|1962]])
*November 3 – [[Vilhjalmur Stefansson]], [[Arctic]] explorer and ethnologist (d.[[1962 in Canada|1962]])
*November 11 - [[Violet McNaughton]], feminist
*November 11 – [[Violet McNaughton]], feminist (d. 1953)
*November 25 - [[Joseph-Arsène Bonnier]], politician (d.[[1962 in Canada|1962]])
*November 25 – [[Joseph-Arsène Bonnier]], politician (d.[[1962 in Canada|1962]])
*December 24 - [[Émile Nelligan]], poet (d.[[1941 in Canada|1941]])
*December 10 – [[P. L. Robertson]], inventor (d. [[1951 in Canada|1951]])
*December 24 – [[Émile Nelligan]], poet (d.[[1941 in Canada|1941]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Émile Nelligan {{!}} Canadian poet |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Emile-Nelligan |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=17 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref>


==Deaths==
==Deaths==
*January 4 - [[Pierre-Alexis Tremblay]], politician (b.[[1827 in Canada|1827]])
*January 4 – [[Pierre-Alexis Tremblay]], politician (b.[[1827 in Canada|1827]])
*January 16 - [[Octave Crémazie]], poet (b.[[1827 in Canada|1827]])
*January 16 – [[Octave Crémazie]], poet (b.[[1827 in Canada|1827]])
*April 4 - [[Jean-Baptiste Thibault]], missionary and a [[Father of Confederation]] (b.[[1810 in Canada|1810]])
*April 4 – [[Jean-Baptiste Thibault]], missionary and a [[Father of Confederation]] (b.[[1810 in Canada|1810]])
*October 7 - [[William Henry Pope (Canadian politician)|William Henry Pope]], lawyer, politician, judge and a [[Father of Confederation]] (b.[[1825 in Canada|1825]])
*October 7 – [[William Henry Pope (Canadian politician)|William Henry Pope]], lawyer, politician, judge and a [[Father of Confederation]] (b.[[1825 in Canada|1825]])


==Historical documents==
* The federal government proposes to provide 100 million acres of Dominion land for the construction of the [[Canadian Pacific Railway#Settlement of western Canada|Canadian Pacific Railway]] for settlement.<ref>{{cite web |author=John A. Macdonald, Minister of the Interior |url=https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record?app=ordincou&IdNumber=15726&q=100,000,000 |title=...100,000,000 Acres of Land Required |date=June 25, 1879 |accessdate=February 27, 2023}}</ref>

* [[Nicholas Flood Davin#The Davin Report|Report]] claims only self-reliance and industry can relieve [[First Nations in Canada|distress of Indigenous people]] and anxiety of [[Métis#Métis people in Canada|Metis]] (Note: [[Stereotypes of indigenous peoples of Canada and the United States|racial stereotypes]])<ref>Nicholas Flood Davin, [https://archive.org/details/cihm_03651/page/n21/mode/1up "Report on Industrial Schools for Indians and Half-Breeds"] (March 14, 1879), pg. 9. Accessed 23 June 2021</ref>

* Ottawa memo outlines the "utter destitution" of some [[First Nations in Canada|Indigenous people in the Northwest Territories]]<ref>J.S. Dennis, [http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/pam_archives/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayEcopies&lang=eng&rec_nbr=2058700&ecopy=e007682874 "152 N.W.T.; Memorandum"] Northwest Territories - Correspondence, Memoranda, Reports, Minutes and Requisitions Regarding the Distress of Indians in the Territories Due to Lack of Food, pgs. 20-1. Accessed 19 September 2018</ref>

* [[Edgar Dewdney#Crisis: The starvation of the natives|Federal commissioner]] reports on the dependency of Indigenous people at Fort Walsh<ref>[http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/aboriginal-heritage/first-nations/indian-affairs-annual-reports/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=1418 "No. 46"] Report of the Deputy Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs, 1879, pgs. 76-7. Accessed 19 September 2018</ref>

* Visitor fears the Metis on the [[Assiniboine River]] will not hold on to [[North-West Rebellion#Background|their lands]] much longer<ref>[http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/bibliography/889/12.html "Letter IV"] Chronicles by the Way: A Series of Letters Addressed to the Montreal "Gazette" Descriptive of a Trip through Manitoba and the North-West (Montreal: Gazette Printing Co, 1879), pg. 10. Accessed 18 September 2018</ref>

* Description of [[Mennonites|Mennonite]] cooperative farming near Winnipeg<ref>David Currie, [http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/bibliography/894/74.html The Letters of Rusticus: Investigations in Manitoba and the North-West, for the Benefit of Intending Emigrants] (Montreal: John Dougall & Son, 1880), pgs. 67-8. Accessed 18 September 2018</ref>

* All aboard the steamer [[PS Waubuno|Waubuno]] are lost in a gale on [[Georgian Bay]]<ref>[http://images.maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca/details.asp?ID=7072 "Wreck of the Waubuno; All the Passengers and Crew Lost"] Enterprise, Collingwood, Ont. (November 28, 1879). Accessed 18 September 2018</ref>

* [[Irish Canadians#Sectarian tensions|Anti-Irish-Catholic]] opinion is published in the Irish Canadian<ref>[https://www.canadianmysteries.ca/sites/donnellys/archives/newspaperormagazinearticle/1511en.html "Are Irish Catholics A Menace"] Irish Canadian (December 17, 1879). Accessed 18 September 2018</ref>

* "Alouette" first sung as a Canadian folk song.

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Events from the year 1879 in Canada.

Incumbents

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Crown

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Federal government

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Provincial governments

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Lieutenant governors

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Premiers

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Territorial governments

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Lieutenant governors

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Events

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The Opening of Canadian Parliament in 1879.

Births

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January to June

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Richard Gavin Reid

July to December

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Deaths

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Historical documents

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  • The federal government proposes to provide 100 million acres of Dominion land for the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway for settlement.[3]
  • Description of Mennonite cooperative farming near Winnipeg[8]
  • "Alouette" first sung as a Canadian folk song.

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  1. ^ "Queen Victoria | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Émile Nelligan | Canadian poet". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  3. ^ John A. Macdonald, Minister of the Interior (June 25, 1879). "...100,000,000 Acres of Land Required". Retrieved February 27, 2023.
  4. ^ Nicholas Flood Davin, "Report on Industrial Schools for Indians and Half-Breeds" (March 14, 1879), pg. 9. Accessed 23 June 2021
  5. ^ J.S. Dennis, "152 N.W.T.; Memorandum" Northwest Territories - Correspondence, Memoranda, Reports, Minutes and Requisitions Regarding the Distress of Indians in the Territories Due to Lack of Food, pgs. 20-1. Accessed 19 September 2018
  6. ^ "No. 46" Report of the Deputy Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs, 1879, pgs. 76-7. Accessed 19 September 2018
  7. ^ "Letter IV" Chronicles by the Way: A Series of Letters Addressed to the Montreal "Gazette" Descriptive of a Trip through Manitoba and the North-West (Montreal: Gazette Printing Co, 1879), pg. 10. Accessed 18 September 2018
  8. ^ David Currie, The Letters of Rusticus: Investigations in Manitoba and the North-West, for the Benefit of Intending Emigrants (Montreal: John Dougall & Son, 1880), pgs. 67-8. Accessed 18 September 2018
  9. ^ "Wreck of the Waubuno; All the Passengers and Crew Lost" Enterprise, Collingwood, Ont. (November 28, 1879). Accessed 18 September 2018
  10. ^ "Are Irish Catholics A Menace" Irish Canadian (December 17, 1879). Accessed 18 September 2018
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