1915 in Canada

Events

January 4: WWI: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry becomes the first Canadian troops sent to the front lines
January 15: The Canadian Northern Railway line to Vancouver, British Columbia, is completed
February 4: After a training accident, Lieutenant W. F. Sharpe becomes the first Canadian military airman killed
February 21: Nellie McClung presents a petition to the Alberta Legislature demanding women's suffrage
February 28: WWI: Canadian troops launch the first trench raid of the war; by the end of the conflict Canadian troops will be regarded as the experts at this manoeuvre
March 26: The Vancouver Millionaires defeat the Ottawa Senators to win the Stanley Cup
April 22: WWI: In the Second Battle of Ypres Canadian forces bear the brunt of the first chemical weapons attack of the war. They devise makeshift gas masks of urine-soaked rags and hold their ground
May 3: "In Flanders Fields" is written by Canadian poet John McCrae.
May 12: Tobias Norris becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing Sir Rodmond Roblin
July 5: The Hotel Macdonald in Edmonton opens
September 13: WWI: with the arrival of the 2nd Canadian Division a separate Canadian Corps is created
December 15: William John Bowser becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing Richard McBride
WWI: Many Canadian soldiers grow upset at the inferior quality of their Ross Rifles