Events
- January 2 - "Humber Railway Disaster" 32 men and boys were killed upon the head on collision of a Grand Trunk Railway commuter train with an unscheduled freight train #42C near Toronto, Ontario. Most of the dead were workers being transported on the freight train to the Ontario Bolt Works in Swansea.
- January 10 - David Scott elected as the first mayor of Regina
- January 17 - The Parliament Building's new electric lights were turned on, for the first time.
- January 23 - John Jones Ross becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Joseph-Alfred Mousseau.
- July 28 - William Fielding becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing William Pipes.
- September 15 - The Nile Voyageurs depart for Africa
- October 15 - The La Presse newspaper is founded
- Canadian Parliament passes the Indian Advancement Act, encouraging democratic elections of chiefs. Mohawks at St. Regis, Ontario, resist the provision, preferring their traditional method of choosing leaders.
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