1895 in Canada
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See also: 1894 in Canada, other events of 1895, 1896 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.
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Events
- March 2 - Theodore Davie resigns as premier of British Columbia
- March 4 - John Herbert Turner becomes premier of British Columbia
- October 2 - Additional provisional districts of the North-West Territories are established: the districts of Ungava, Mackenzie, Yukon, and Franklin. The districts of Keewatin and Athabaska are enlarged so that all points of Canada are either within a province or a district.
- The Chinese Board of Trade is formed in Vancouver
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Births
- February 1 - Conn Smythe, hockey manager
- February 15 - Earl Thomson, athlete
- March 23 - John Cartwright, jurist
- April 30 - Philippe Panneton, author
- May 12 - William Francis Giauque, chemist
- May 27 - Douglas Lloyd Campbell, Manitoba politician
- July 7 - Thane A. Campbell, Premier of PEI
- September 7 - Pete Parker, broadcaster
- September 18 - John George Diefenbaker, prime minister
- September 20 - Leslie Frost, Premier of Ontario
- November 5 - Howard Charles Green, politician
- December 1 - Edwin Hansford, Manitoba politician
- December 9 - Annie Buller, activist