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See also: 1853 in Canada, other events of 1854, 1855 in Canada.

Events from the year 1854 in Canada.

[edit] Events

• January 27 - The Great Western Railway opens, linking Toronto, Hamilton and Windsor.
• June 6 - The Canadian-American Reciprocity Treaty is signed
• October 27 - A Great Western Railway passenger train collides with the tail end of gravel train at Baptiste Creek, Canada West. At least 52 people are killed.
• Establishment of the African Baptist Association of Nova Scotia.

[edit] Births

Robert Borden

• April 13 - William Henry Drummond, poet (d.1907)
• May 21 - Edward Gawler Prior, mining engineer, politician and Premier of British Columbia (d.1920)
• June 8 - Douglas Colin Cameron, politician and Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba (d.1921)
• June 26 - Robert Borden, lawyer, politician and 8th Prime Minister of Canada (d.1937)
• August 29 - Arthur Peters, politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island (d.1908)
• September 1 - James Alexander Lougheed, businessman and politician (d.1925)

[edit] Deaths