1901 in Canada

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Events from the year 1901 in Canada.

Incumbents

January 22 – Death of Queen Victoria and accession of King Edward VII.
September 16 – The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later King George V and Queen Mary) arrive in Quebec City. They visit all provinces (except Prince Edward Island) and the districts of Assiniboia and Alberta in the North-West Territories. They also visit Newfoundland before leaving North America.
December 12 — Guglielmo Marconi receives a transatlantic radio message at St. John's, Newfoundland.
December 18 — The Territorial Grain Growers' Association is founded.
December 29 — Arthur Peters becomes Premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Donald Farquharson.
First ascent of Mount Assiniboine by James Outram's party.
The 1901 Canadian census took place, having a large focus on the labour force, income, and wage class.^[3]

March 22 — Gabrielle Roy, a prominent French Canadian author, was born. She would go on to become one of Canada's most celebrated writers.
October 24 — Sheila Watson, a Canadian novelist and critic, was born. She is best known for her novel "The Double Hook".^[4]

February 6 — Pat Harrington Sr., actor (d. 1965)
March 4 — Wilbur R. Franks, scientist and inventor (d.1986)
March 25 — Wilfrid Eggleston, journalist and chief censor for Canada from 1942 until 1944 (d.1985)
April 15 — Thomas Ricketts, soldier and Victoria Cross recipient in 1918 (d.1967)
May 5 — Donald Buchanan Blue, politician

July 15 — James Litterick, politician
September 8 — Harold Connolly, journalist, newspaper editor, politician and Premier of Nova Scotia (d.1980)
September 12 — Ben Blue, Canadian-born comedian, actor (d. 1975)^[5]
September 14 — George Carlyle Marler, politician, notary and philatelist (d.1981)
September 15 — Gweneth Lloyd, choreographer
September 22 — Charles Brenton Huggins, physician, physiologist, cancer researcher and Nobel prize laureate (d.1997)
October 14 — John Oates Bower, politician, businessman and executive (d.1981)

Maryon Pearson, wife of Lester B. Pearson, 14th Prime Minister of Canada (d.1989)

January 22 — Victoria, Queen of Canada, since 1867 (b.1819)
March 2 — George Mercer Dawson, scientist and surveyor (b.1849)
May 4 — John Jones Ross, politician and Premier of Quebec (b.1831)
May 7 — George Edwin King, jurist, politician and 2nd Premier of New Brunswick (b.1839)
June 13 — Arthur Sturgis Hardy, lawyer, politician and 4th Premier of Ontario (b.1837)