1900 in Canada
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See also: 1899 in Canada, other events of 1900, 1901 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.
Events
- January 8 - Hugh John Macdonald becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing Thomas Greenway
- February 18-February 27 - Boer War: The Royal Canadian Regiment plays a decisive role in the Battle of Paardeburg
- February 27 - Charles Semlin is dismissed as premier of British Columbia
- February 28 - Joseph Martin becomes premier of British Columbia
- March 16 - Boer War: - Lord Strathcona's Horse leave for South Africa
- April 26 - Two thirds of Hull, Quebec is destroyed in a fire.
- June 15 - James Dunsmuir becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing Joseph Martin
- August 31 - Lemuel Tweedie becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Henry Emmerson
- October 8 - Simon-Napoléon Parent becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Félix-Gabriel Marchand
- October 29 - Sir Rodmond Roblin becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing Hugh John Macdonald
- November 7 - Federal election: Sir Wilfrid Laurier's Liberals win a second consecutive majority
- November 7 - Boer War: The Battle of Leliefontein begins, three Canadians receive the Victoria Cross for their valour in the engagement.
- December 6 - Alphonse Desjardins founds Mouvement Desjardins, the first credit union in North America.
- The federal government doubles head tax on Chinese immigrants
- The Canadian Tuberculosis Association meets for the first time
Births
- January 8 - Solon Earl Low, politician
- February 20 - Graham Spry, journalist
- March 12 - David Croll, politician
- April 19 - Roland Michener, Governor-General of Canada
- May 25 - Alain Grandbois, poet
- May 25 - Malcolm Norris, Métis leader
- May 29 - Antonio Talbot, Quebec politician
- June 3 - Gordon Sinclair, journalist
- June 21 - Edward Rogers, inventor
- August 13 - Gordon Sparling, filmmaker
- September 6 - W. A. C. Bennett, Premier of BC
- November 20 - Athole Shearer, actor
- Harry Cassidy, academic
Deaths
- Lucius Richard O'Brien, painter & first president of the Royal Canadian Academy of Art
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