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

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