Events
- January 3 - Happiness and contentment are found from one end of Canada to the other - headline in London Times (page 5)
- January 10 - The Laurier government introduces the Naval Service Bill creating a Canadian navy to great controversy. The bill would end up alienating most of Laurier supporters, and lead to his defeat in the 1911 election.
- January 10 - Le Devoir first published
- January 21 - A train wreck in Webbwood, near Sudbury, kills 42
- March 5 - 65 are killed in an avalanche in Rogers Pass
- May 4 - The Royal Canadian Navy is created after the Naval Service Bill passes
- May 6 - King Edward VII dies and is succeeded by George V
- May 26 - Arthur Sifton becomes premier of Alberta, replacing Alexander Rutherford
- July 31 - British murderer Dr. Crippen is caught in Quebec City
- December 9 - a coal mine explosion at Bellevue, Alberta kills 31
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