1878 in Canada

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Years:	1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881

Events from the year 1878 in Canada.

Incumbents

March 7 – Both the Université de Montréal and the University of Western Ontario are incorporated
March 8 – Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Sir Charles-Eugène de Boucherville
May 1 – In the Quebec election, Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau's Conservatives win a minority
June – The New Brunswick election
June 25 – George Walkem becomes premier of British Columbia for the second time, replacing Andrew Elliott
July 20 – The British Columbia election
September 17
- In the federal election, Sir John A. Macdonald's Conservatives win a majority, defeating Alexander Mackenzie's Liberals
- In the Nova Scotia election, Simon Hugh Holmes's Conservatives win a majority, defeating Philip Carteret Hill's Liberals
October 16 – John Norquay becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing Robert A. Davis
October 17 – Sir John A. Macdonald becomes prime minister for the second time, replacing Alexander Mackenzie
October 22 – Simon Holmes becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing Philip Hill
December 18 – The Manitoba election

Anti-Chinese sentiment in British Columbia reaches a high point as the government bans Chinese workers from public works.
John James Fraser becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing George King
The Newfoundland election

Ernest Charles Drury

January 11 – Percy Chapman Black, politician (d.1961)
January 13 – Lionel Groulx, priest, historian, Quebec nationalist and traditionalist (d.1967)
January 22 – Ernest Charles Drury, politician, writer and 8th Premier of Ontario (d.1968)
February 27 – William Herbert Burns, politician (d.1964)
February 28 – Arthur Roebuck, politician and labour lawyer (d.1971)
April 14 – John Walter Jones, politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island (d.1954)
April 29 – Fawcett Taylor, politician
June 14 – Lewis Stubbs, judge and politician (d.1958)
June 20 – Seymour Farmer, politician (d.1951)

July 14 – Ernest Frederick Armstrong, politician (d.1948)
July 23 – James Thomas Milton Anderson, politician and 5th Premier of Saskatchewan (d.1946)
August 15 – Thomas Laird Kennedy, politician and 15th Premier of Ontario (d.1959)
September 18 – William Sherring, marathon runner and Olympic gold medalist (d.1964)
December 8 – Henry Herbert Stevens, politician and businessman (d.1973)
December 30 – William Aberhart, politician and 8th Premier of Alberta (d.1943)

February 23 – William Workman, businessman and municipal politician (b.1807)
April 3 – Louis-Philippe Turcotte, historian (b.1842)
April 12 – John Young, politician (b.1811)
May 13 – George Moffat, Sr., businessman and politician (b.1810)
May 20 – Lemuel Allan Wilmot, lawyer, politician, judge, and 3rd Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick (b.1809)
November 3 – Pierre Bachand, politician (b.1835)
November 28 – Francis Evans Cornish, politician (b.1831)
December 6 – Jean-Baptiste Meilleur, doctor, educator and politician (b.1796)

J.A. Macdonald's speech about the dismissal of Quebec's government by its lieutenant-governor^[1]

Hudson's Bay Company policy change causes Indigenous people to starve in the Sept-Îles, Que. area^[2]

Editorial foresees great immigration as Winnipeg inaugurates regular train service^[3]

Arrivals in Manitoba find the good land is "taken" and freight and other costs are exorbitant^[4]

First apples and pears arrive in Battleford, causing homesickness^[5]

^ The Quebec Constitutional Question; Speech by the Rt. Hon. Sir John Macdonald. Accessed 17 September 2018 https://archive.org/details/cihm_04619
^ 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 http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/pam_archives/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayEcopies&lang=eng&rec_nbr=2062073
^ First Train Reaches Winnipeg, Manitoba Free Press (December 9, 1878). Accessed 17 September 2018 http://www.canadahistory.com/sections/documents/thewest/firstwinnipegtrain.htm
^ Harris H. Barnes, Journal of a Trip to Manitoba and Back, June and July, 1878 (Halifax: Printed by J.W. Doley, 1879), pgs. 12-14. Accessed 17 September 2018 http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/bibliography/824/13.html
^ 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 http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/bibliography/7296/22.html

Years in Canada:	1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881
Centuries:	18th century · 19th century · 20th century
Decades:	1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s
Years:	1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881