1874 in Canada
See also:
1873 in Canada,
other events of 1874,
1875 in Canada and the
list of 'years in Canada'.
Events
- January 22 - Federal election: Alexander Mackenzie's Liberals win a majority
- February - Riel is elected to the House of Commons but cannot take the seat.
- February 11 - George Walkem becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing Amor De Cosmos
- July 8 - Marc-Amable Girard becomes premier of Manitoba for the second time, replacing Henry Clarke
- July 26 - Alexander Graham Bell discloses the invention of the telephone to his father at the family home on the outskirts of Brantford, Ontario.
- September 22 - Sir Charles-Eugène de Boucherville becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Gédéon Ouimet
- December 3 - Robert Davis becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing Marc-Amable Girard
- Anabaptists (Russian Mennonites) start to arrive in Manitoba from various Russian colonies.
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