1855_in_Canada
Events from the year 1855 in Canada.
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Federal government
Governors
Premiers
- Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada —
- Canada West Premier
- Sir Allan Napier MacNab, until May 24, 1856
- Sir John A. Macdonald, from May 24, 1856
- Canada East Premier
- Canada West Premier
- Colonial Governor of Newfoundland — Charles Henry Darling
- Premier of Newfoundland — Philip Francis Little
- Governor of Nova Scotia — John Gaspard Le Marchant
- Premier of Nova Scotia — William Young
- Governor of New Brunswick — John Manners-Sutton
- Premier of New Brunswick — Charles Fisher
- Governor of Prince Edward Island — Dominick Daly
- Premier of Prince Edward Island — John Holl
- British Empire's Crimean War continues, British troops being withdrawn
- Albert Salter surveys the North Shore of Lake Huron, following the signing of the Robinson-Huron Treaty in 1850.[2]
- January 1 – Bytown is renamed Ottawa.
- March 8 – A bridge over the Niagara River near Niagara Falls is completed
- April 11 – The Militia Act of 1855 is passed in the Parliament of the Province of Canada[3]
- April 17 – Charlottetown incorporated as a city
- May 19 - The Militia Act is proclaimed[4]
- August 17 – The Charlottetown Police Department is established
- August 31 – The First Volunteer Militia units are formed,[5] by year end 21 Companies have been formed.
- November 19 – The first section of the Grand Trunk Railway's original Toronto–Montreal mainline is completed between Montreal and Brockville.[6]
Full date unknown
- January 14 – Homer Watson, artist (died 1936)
- February 22 – Grace Annie Lockhart, first woman in the British Empire to receive a Bachelor's degree (died 1916)
- March 5 – Nérée Le Noblet Duplessis, politician, 19th Mayor of Trois-Rivières and father of 16th Premier of Quebec Maurice Duplessis (died 1926)
- May 11 – Charles Doherty, politician and jurist (died 1931)
- July 29 – Bowman Brown Law, politician (died 1916)
- August 3 – Charles Hibbert Tupper, politician (died 1927)
- September 12 – Simon-Napoléon Parent, politician and Premier of Quebec (died 1920)
- December 14 – William Brymner, art teacher and painter (died 1925)
- July 7 – Henry Sherwood, lawyer, local politician and 4th Premier of Canada West (born 1802)
- "Queen Victoria | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- Saarinen, Oiva (2013). From Meteorite Impact to Constellation City: A Historical Geography of Greater Sudbury. Wilfrid Laurier University Press. p. 41. ISBN 978-1-55458-837-4.
- CFHQ Report #6, Canadian Militia prior to Confederation, pg 70 ph 162
- Canadian Gazette Extra May 19, 1855 pg 1
- Canadian Gazette Sep 1, 1855 pg 1153
- Peltenburg, Adam. "Grand Trunk Railway". Toronto Railway Historical Association. Retrieved November 17, 2022.