1904 in Canada
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See also: 1903 in Canada, other events of 1904, 1905 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.
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Events
- April 8 - In the Lansdowne-Cambon Convention France gives up some of its longstandin rights in Newfoundland
- April 18 - The Great Toronto Fire destroys much of that city's downtown, but kills no one.
- June 24 - The North West Mounted Police become the Royal North West Mounted Police
- October 8 - Edmonton is incorporated as a city of the North-West Territories.
- The dominion government purchased Alberta and Saskatchewan from the North-West Territories for $1,636,000 dollars. Alberta and Saskatchewan then were granted $1,030,375 each and $62,500 each for the next five years
- Henry Ford opens an automobile manufacturing plant in Windsor, Ontario
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Births
- January 4 - Pegi Nicol MacLeod, artist
- January 14 - Walter Harris, politician
- February 29 - Lloyd Stinson, Manitoba politician
- March 6 - Farquhar Oliver, politician
- April 16 - Fifi D'Orsay, actor
- April 24 - Paul-Émile Cardinal Léger, clergyman
- May 1 - Alfred Wallace Downer, politician
- May 13 - Earle Birney, poet
- May 29 - Eugene Forsey, politician
- July 22 - Donald Hebb, psychologist
- July 26 - Frank Hogg, astrophysicist
- September 7 - Matthew Halton, journalist
- September 14 - Frank Amyot, Olympic gold medalist
- September 23 - Geoffrey Waddington, conductor
- September 29 - Robert Legget, engineer
- October 20 - Tommy Douglas, socialist politician
- November 18 - Jean Paul Lemieux, artist
- November 26 - Armand Frappier, biologist
- December 18 - Wilf Carter, composer and singer
- December 25 - Gerhard Herzberg, scientist
- December 29 - Léoda Gauthier, politician
- Gustave Biéler, war hero
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