1875 in Canada
See also: 1874 in Canada, other events of 1875, 1876 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.
Events
- January 18 - Ontario election: Sir Oliver Mowat's Liberals win a second consecutive majority
- May 11 - Philip Carteret Hill becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing William Annand
- The Supreme Court of Canada is established
- Louis Riel is granted amnesty with the condition that he be banished for five years.
- Jennifer Trout becomes the first woman licensed to practice medicine in Canada, although Emily Stowe has been doing so without a license in Toronto since 1867
- Grace Lockhart receives from Mount Allison University the first Bachelor of Arts degree awarded to a woman.
- Hospital for Sick Children founded.
Births
- December 5 - Arthur Currie, WWI army general
Deaths
- June 22 - William Edmond Logan, geologist