July 1
|
Year |
Month |
Start Date |
Event |
|
1761 |
July |
1 |
Isaac Lawrence was similarly condemned. |
|
1863 |
July |
1 |
Born
- July 1 — William Grant Stairs, explorer, soldier and
adventurer (died 1892) |
|
1867 |
July |
1 |
July
1 – Sir John A. Macdonald becomes the first prime minister of
the Dominion of Canada. |
|
1867 |
July |
1 |
July
1 – |
|
1867 |
July |
1 |
July
1 - The Windsor Police Service is established. |
|
1867 |
July |
1 |
Port
Dover would become a part of the new Province of Ontario as the
Government of Canada is formed through a system of
confederation. |
|
1867 |
July |
1 |
Quebec Liberal Party founded on July 1. |
|
1867 |
July |
1 |
The
Dominion of Canada was formed from three provinces of British
North America: the Province of Canada, which was split into the
provinces of Ontario and Quebec, and the colonies of New
Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
They are united into the Dominion of Canada by the British North
America Act. |
|
1873 |
July |
1 |
The
British colony of Prince Edward Island joined Canada as the
seventh province by an Imperial Order-in-Council (and, as part
of the terms of union, was guaranteed a ferry link, a term which
was deleted upon completion of the Confederation Bridge in 1990 |
|
1876 |
July |
1 |
July
1 - The Intercolonial Railway connecting central Canada to the
Maritimes is completed |
|
1881 |
July |
1 |
Manitoba's borders were expanded to a larger postage stamp
province taking land easterly from the District of Keewatin to
the western boundary of Ontario. Since the province's eastern
border was defined as the "western boundary of Ontario", the
exact defi |
|
1893 |
July |
1 |
The
original Union Station is opened. |
|
1895 |
July |
1 |
July
1 - Maisonneuve Monument unveiled |
|
1895 |
July |
1 |
The
Maisonneuve Monument in memory of Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve,
by artist Louis-Philippe Hébert, was opened on July 1 in the
Place d'Armes square. |
|
1902 |
July |
1 |
July
1 – Ray Knight stages the first Raymond Stampede in Raymond,
Alberta, and in so doing coined the rodeo word stampede, thus
launching his rodeo career as the world's first rodeo producer
and stock contractor, as well as being the world's richest rodeo |
|
1903 |
July |
1 |
July
1 - Ray Knight builds the Raymond Stampede rodeo arena and rodeo
grandstands in Raymond, Alberta, which are the first ever built
in the world. |
|
1907 |
July
|
1 |
Nickel Theatre opened on July 1. |
|
1914 |
July |
1 |
Born
- July 1 - Stephen Juba, politician and Mayor of Winnipeg
(d.1993) |
|
1916 |
July |
1 |
July
1 - Prohibition of alcohol introduced in Alberta |
|
1916 |
July |
1 |
July
1–November 18 25,000 Canadians and Newfoundlanders are
casualties at the Battle of the Somme |
|
1920 |
July |
1 |
July
1 – Under the Dominion Elections Act, uniform franchise is
established and the right for women to be elected to parliament
is made permanent.[2] |
|
1923 |
July |
1 |
July
1 - The Chinese Immigration Act of 1923 comes into effect,
banning all Chinese from entering Canada except for businessmen,
diplomats, foreign students, and "special circumstances" |
|
1924 |
July
|
1 |
National War Memorial (Newfoundland) unveiled on July 1. |
|
1926 |
July |
1 |
July
1 – Canada moves back onto the gold standard |
|
1927 |
July |
1 |
July
1 - Confederation celebration marked by the first cross country
radio broadcast. |
|
1930 |
July |
1 |
July
1 - The Seigniory Club, later to become the Château Montebello
hotel, opens in Montebello, Quebec |
|
1935 |
July |
1 |
The
Regina Riot, an incident of the On-to-Ottawa Trek, on 1 July. |
|
1941 |
July |
1 |
Born
- July 1 - Myron Scholes, economist |
|
1942 |
July |
1 |
Born
- July 1 - Geneviève Bujold, actress |
|
1946 |
July |
1 |
Born
- July 1 - Rosalie Abella, jurist |
|
1947 |
July |
1 |
Died
- July 1 - Clarence Lucas, composer, lyricist, conductor and
music professor (b.1866) |
|
1952 |
July |
1 |
Born
- July 1 – Dan Aykroyd, comedian, actor, screenwriter and
musician |
|
1952 |
July |
1 |
Born
- July 1 – Deborah Grey, politician |
|
1952 |
July |
1 |
Born
- July 1 – Sam George, native rights activist (d.2009) |
|
1952 |
July |
1 |
The
Toronto-Barrie Highway is renamed as Highway 400 |
|
1958 |
July |
1 |
July
1 – Canada-wide television broadcasting starts |
|
1958 |
July |
1 |
July
1 – The Lost Villages in Ontario are permanently flooded as part
of the St. Lawrence Seaway construction project. |
|
1960 |
July |
1 |
July
1 – Status Indians are given the right to vote |
|
1961 |
July |
1 |
Born
- July 1 – Michelle Wright, singer-songwriter |
|
1962 |
July |
1 |
July
1 – First medicare plan is launched in Saskatchewan to great
protest by doctors |
|
1967 |
July |
1 |
Born
- July 1 – Pamela Anderson, actress, glamour model, producer,
author and activist |
|
1967 |
July |
1 |
July
1: Canada celebrates its centennial |
|
1968 |
July |
1 |
July
1 – The laws creating Canada's Medicare system come into effect |
|
1971 |
July |
1 |
July
1 - Joyce Wieland's "True Patriot Love" opens at the National
Gallery of Canada. It is the Gallery's first solo exhibition
devoted to the work of a living Canadian woman artist. |
|
1977 |
July |
1 |
Born
- July 1 - Jarome Iginla, ice hockey player |
|
1980 |
July |
1 |
July
1 – "O Canada" becomes the official national anthem |
|
1992 |
July |
1 |
Born
- July 1 - Andrew Chalmers, actor |
|
1992 |
July |
1 |
July
1 - Celebrations of the 125th anniversary of Confederation |
|
1992 |
July |
1 |
July
1 - The Van Doos launch a successful operation to secure control
of Sarajevo's airport |
|
1994 |
July |
1 |
Died
- July 1 – Michael Cook, playwright (born 1933) |
|
1996 |
July |
1 |
Died
- July 1 – Harold Greenberg, film producer (born 1930) |
|
1996 |
July |
1 |
July
1 - The Winnipeg Jets leave Canada and become the Phoenix
Coyotes. |
|
1998 |
July |
1 |
English Montreal School Board began operations on July 1. |
|
1998 |
July |
1 |
July
1 - Emery Barnes, Canadian football player and politician (born
1929) |
|
1998 |
July |
1 |
July
1 - Florence Doane, Olympic athlete |
|
1998 |
July |
1 |
Commission scolaire de Montréal began operations on July 1. |
|
2008 |
July |
1 |
July
1 - Chief of the Defence Staff (Canada) General Rick Hillier's
term is set to end; Hillier is replaced by Walter Natynczyk. |
|
2010 |
July |
1 |
July
1 – A severe thunderstorm causes major flooding in and around
Yorkton, Saskatchewan |
|
2013 |
July |
1 |
July
1 – Celebrations of the 146th anniversary of Confederation. |