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1878 in Canada

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1878
in
Canada

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Events from the year 1878 in Canada.

Incumbents

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Crown

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Federal government

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Provincial governments

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Lieutenant governors

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Premiers

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Territorial governments

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Lieutenant governors

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Events

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Full date unknown

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Births

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Ernest Charles Drury

January to June

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July to December

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Deaths

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Historical documents

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J.A. Macdonald's speech about the dismissal of Quebec's government by its lieutenant-governor[2]

Hudson's Bay Company policy change causes Indigenous people to starve in the Sept-Îles, Que. area[3]

Editorial foresees great immigration as Winnipeg inaugurates regular train service[4]

Arrivals in Manitoba find the good land is "taken" and freight and other costs are exorbitant[5]

First apples and pears arrive in Battleford, causing homesickness[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Queen Victoria | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  2. ^ The Quebec Constitutional Question; Speech by the Rt. Hon. Sir John Macdonald. Accessed 17 September 2018
  3. ^ Report by the Commissioner of Marine and Fisheries on the Condition of the Indians of the North Shore of the St. Lawrence River near Mingan (1878). Accessed 17 September 2018
  4. ^ First Train Reaches Winnipeg Manitoba Free Press (December 9, 1878). Accessed 17 September 2018
  5. ^ Harris H. Barnes, Journal of a Trip to Manitoba and Back, June and July, 1878 (1879), pgs. 12-14. Accessed 17 September 2018
  6. ^ Saskatchewan Herald, Stories of the Old Times from the "Saskatchewan Herald" Files (Battleford, Sask.: Mrs J.C. DeGear, 1951), pg. 21. Accessed 17 September 2018