Events from the year 1916 in Canada.
Incumbents
Crown
Monarch – George V
Federal government
Governor General – Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (until November 11) then Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire Prime Minister – Robert Borden Chief Justice – Charles Fitzpatrick (Quebec) Parliament – 12th
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Robert Brett
Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Francis Stillman Barnard
Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Douglas Colin Cameron (until August 3) then James Albert Manning Aikins Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Josiah Wood Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – David MacKeen (until November 13) then MacCallum Grant (from November 29) Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – John Strathearn Hendrie Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Augustine Colin Macdonald Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Pierre-Évariste Leblanc Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Richard Stuart Lake
Premiers
Premier of Alberta – Arthur Sifton
Premier of British Columbia – William John Bowser (until November 23) then Harlan Brewster Premier of Manitoba – Tobias Norris Premier of New Brunswick – George Johnson Clarke Premier of Nova Scotia – George Henry Murray Premier of Ontario – William Hearst Premier of Prince Edward Island – John Mathieson Premier of Quebec – Lomer Gouin Premier of Saskatchewan – Thomas Walter Scott (until October 20) then William Melville Martin
Territorial governments
Commissioners
Commissioner of Yukon – George Black (until October 13) then George Norris Williams (acting) Gold Commissioner of Yukon – George P. MacKenzie Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Frederick D. White
Events
January to June
January 28 – Women are given the right to vote in Manitoba, after protests by people such as Nellie McClung February 3 – The Centre Block of the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa burns down February 10 – An anti-German riot hits Calgary March 14 – Saskatchewan women get the vote April 19 – Alberta women get the vote June – Rodeo's first side-delivery chute is designed and made by the Bascom brothers on their Bar-B-3 Ranch at Welling, Alberta. May 7 – The Government of Canada authorizes the creation of an all black battalion that became No. 2 Construction Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force. June 1 – June 13 – WWI: Canadians fight in the Battle of Mont Sorrel
July to December
July 1 – Prohibition of alcohol introduced in Alberta
July 1 – November 18 25,000 Canadians and Newfoundlanders are casualties at the Battle of the Somme July 24 – Earl Bascom enters his first steer riding contest at Welling, Alberta. July 29 – The Matheson Fire in the region northwest of North Bay, Ontario, begins. It eventually kills between 200 and 250 people and destroys six towns, including Matheson and Cochrane August 11 – The 4th Canadian Division arrives in France October 20 – William M. Martin becomes premier of Saskatchewan, replacing Walter Scott November 23 – Harlan Brewster becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing William John Bowser December 1 – An Order in Council authorizes an increase of troops to 500,000 in the First World War
Full date unknown
Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire becomes Governor General of Canada replacing Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught The National Research Council of Canada is established. The first Doukhobors arrive in Alberta Emily Murphy became the first female magistrate in Canada, and in the British Empire.
Arts and literature
New works
Lucy Maud Montgomery – The Watchman & Other Poems
Max Aitken – Canada in Flanders
Alfred Laliberté – Les petits Baigneurs
Sport
March 30 – The National Hockey Association's Montreal Canadiens beat the Portland Rosebuds of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association 3 games to 2 to win their first Stanley Cup. All Games were played at the Montreal Arena
Births
January to June
January 22 – Bill Durnan, ice hockey player (d.1972) February 4 – Pudlo Pudlat, artist (d.1992)