See also: 1894 in Canada, other events of 1895, 1896 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.

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

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