1891 in Canada
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| Years in Canada: | 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 |
| Centuries: | 18th century · 19th century · 20th century |
| Decades: | 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s |
| Years: | 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 |
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Events from the year 1891 in Canada.
Contents
Incumbents
Crown
- Head of state (monarch) – Queen Victoria (consort – Vacant)
Federal government
- Governor general – Frederick Stanley (viceregal consort – Lady Constance Villiers)
- Prime minister – John A. Macdonald (until June 6) then John Abbott (from June 16)
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
- Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Hugh Nelson
- Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – John Christian Schultz
- Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Samuel Leonard Tilley
- Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Malachy Bowes Daly
- Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Alexander Campbell
- Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Jedediah Slason Carvell
- Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Auguste-Réal Angers
Premiers
- Premier of British Columbia – John Robson
- Premier of Manitoba – Thomas Greenway
- Premier of New Brunswick – Andrew George Blair
- Premier of Nova Scotia – William Stevens Fielding
- Premier of Ontario – Oliver Mowat
- Premier of Prince Edward Island – Neil McLeod (until April 27) then Frederick Peters
- Premier of Quebec – Honoré Mercier (until December 21) then Charles Boucher de Boucherville
Territorial governments
Lieutenant governors
- Lieutenant Governor of Keewatin – John Christian Schultz
- Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Territories – Joseph Royal
Premiers
- Chairman of the Lieutenant-Governor's Advisory Council of the North-West Territories then Chairman of the Executive Committee of the North-West Territories – Robert Brett (until November 7) then Frederick Haultain
Events
- February 21 – The first Springhill Mining Disaster occurs killing 125.
- March 5 – Federal election: Sir John A. Macdonald's Conservatives win a fourth consecutive majority
- April 27 – Frederick Peters becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Neil McLeod
- June 6 – Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald dies in office
- June 8 – Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald lies in state in the Senate Chamber
- June 16 – Sir John Abbott becomes prime minister following the death of Sir John A. Macdonald
- September 29 – Thomas McGreevy is expelled from the House of Commons due to corruption.
- November 7 – The election of the 2nd North-West Legislative Assembly
- December 10 – The Calgary and Edmonton Railway opens, connecting Edmonton to the national railway network for the first time.
- December 21 – Sir Charles-Eugène de Boucherville becomes premier of Quebec for the second time, replacing Honoré Mercier
- The Legislative Council of New Brunswick is abolished
Sport
- The Canadian Rugby Football Union is renamed the Canadian Rugby Union
Births
January to June
- January 6 - Tim Buck, politician and long-time leader of the Communist Party of Canada (d.1973)
- January 26 - Wilder Penfield, neurosurgeon (d.1976)
- April 1 - Harry Nixon, politician and 13th Premier of Ontario (d.1961)
- May 3 - Thomas John Bentley, politician (d.1983)
- June 13 - Hervé-Edgar Brunelle, politician and lawyer (d.1950)
July to December
- July 12 - Adhémar Raynault, politician and Mayor of Montreal (d.1984)
- August 30 - Elmer Jamieson, educator
- September 16 - Julie Winnefred Bertrand, supercentenarian, oldest living Canadian and oldest verified living recognized woman at the time of her death (d.2007)
- October 30 - Ada Mackenzie, golfer
- November 14 - Frederick Banting, medical scientist, doctor and Nobel laureate (d.1941)
- December 10 - Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, military commander and Governor General of Canada (d.1969)
- December 25 - William Ross Macdonald, politician, Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons and 21st Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (d.1976)
Deaths
- January 4 - Antoine Labelle, priest and settler (b.1833)
- January 21 - Calixa Lavallée, musician and composer (b.1842)
- May 31 - Antoine-Aimé Dorion, politician and jurist (b.1818)
- June 6 - John A. Macdonald, politician and 1st Prime Minister of Canada (b.1815)
