1857 in Canada
See also: 1856 in Canada, other events of 1857, 1858 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.
Events
- March 12 - The bridge over Desjardins Canal, near Hamilton, Canada West, collapses under a Great Western Railway passenger train. About 60 people die.
- December 31 - Ottawa is chosen as the new capital of the Canadas
- Grand Trunk RR (Windsor-Montreal) completed, but $7 million in debt.
- Queen Victoria names Ottawa as capital of the Province of Canada.
- The Palliser Expedition begins its exploration of Western Canada.
- Coal mining begins at Coal Harbor on the Kenai Peninsula.
Births
- February 2 - Alexander C. Rutherford, Premier of Alberta
- February 16 - Charles Clarke, psychologist
- February 25 - Robert Bond, Premier of Newfoundland
- February 26 - Adelaide Hoodless, feminist
- June 20 - Adam Beck, politician
- July 20 - Lionel Herbert Clarke, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
- July 22 - Louis Taylor, Mayor of Vancouver
- July 27 - Ann Stowe-Gullen, doctor
- August 15 - Theodore Arthur Burrows, Manitoba politician
- August 15 - John Strathearn Hendrie, politician
- September 12 - George Halsey Perley, politician
- October 10 - George J. Clark, Premier of New Brunswick
- November 25 - Frederick W. A. G. Haultain, Premier of the Northwest Territories
Deaths
- February 10 - David Thompson dies in Montreal.