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1879 in Canada

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1879
in
Canada

Decades:
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Events from the year 1879 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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The Opening of Canadian Parliament in 1879.

Births

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January to June

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Richard Gavin Reid

July to December

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Deaths

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Historical documents

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  • The federal government proposes to provide 100 million acres of Dominion land for the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway for settlement.[3]
  • Description of Mennonite cooperative farming near Winnipeg[8]
  • "Alouette" first sung as a Canadian folk song.

References

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  1. ^ "Queen Victoria | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Émile Nelligan | Canadian poet". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  3. ^ John A. Macdonald, Minister of the Interior (June 25, 1879). "...100,000,000 Acres of Land Required". Retrieved February 27, 2023.
  4. ^ Nicholas Flood Davin, "Report on Industrial Schools for Indians and Half-Breeds" (March 14, 1879), pg. 9. Accessed 23 June 2021
  5. ^ J.S. Dennis, "152 N.W.T.; Memorandum" Northwest Territories - Correspondence, Memoranda, Reports, Minutes and Requisitions Regarding the Distress of Indians in the Territories Due to Lack of Food, pgs. 20-1. Accessed 19 September 2018
  6. ^ "No. 46" Report of the Deputy Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs, 1879, pgs. 76-7. Accessed 19 September 2018
  7. ^ "Letter IV" Chronicles by the Way: A Series of Letters Addressed to the Montreal "Gazette" Descriptive of a Trip through Manitoba and the North-West (Montreal: Gazette Printing Co, 1879), pg. 10. Accessed 18 September 2018
  8. ^ David Currie, The Letters of Rusticus: Investigations in Manitoba and the North-West, for the Benefit of Intending Emigrants (Montreal: John Dougall & Son, 1880), pgs. 67-8. Accessed 18 September 2018
  9. ^ "Wreck of the Waubuno; All the Passengers and Crew Lost" Enterprise, Collingwood, Ont. (November 28, 1879). Accessed 18 September 2018
  10. ^ "Are Irish Catholics A Menace" Irish Canadian (December 17, 1879). Accessed 18 September 2018