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Coteau de Lac Canal
  • February 15, 2026 - Samuel de Champlain appointed representative of the viceroy of Canada and instructed to find a route to China. Paris, France
  • February 15, 2026 - Fur Trade - Pierre Laclède founds a fur post at St. Louis. St. Louis, Missouri
  • February 15, 2026 - William Twiss finishes building North America's First lock canal at Coteau du Lac, on the St. Lawrence River; to help speed up the provision of supplies to the upper lakes. Coteau-du-Lac, Québec
  • February 15, 2026 - John Graves Simcoe nearly drowns at Quebec. As his wife related, "Colonel Simcoe and I were going to walk on the ice bridge. As there was a narrow space containing water between the land and the ice, a plank was laid across, which Colonel Simcoe had passed, and stepping back to give me his hand, he slipped into the water, but luckily caught hold of the plank which supported him until the Canadians who were near and on my screaming out "au secours" (help) assisted him out. Had the plank given away he must have gone under the ice and it would have been impossible to have got out." Québec, Québec
Monument to the Patriotes
  • February 15, 2026 - Lower Canada Rebellion - Last public hanging of the 12 leaders of the rebel Frères Chasseurs (Hunters Lodges) in Lower Canada; at the Prison du Pied-du-courant at the corner of Rue Notre-Dame and Rue de Lorimier; notary François Chevalier de Lorimier, painter Pierre-Remi Narbonne, teacher François Nicolas, farmer Amable Daunais, and French soldier Charles Hindenlang lose their lives. Previous hangings on December 21, 2025 and January 18, 2026. Montréal, Québec
  • February 15, 2026 - Lord Sydenham names Kingston the first capital of the Province of Canada but doesn't move there until May due to an illness, and elections that take place in March and April; opens Parliament June 14. Kingston, Ontario
  • February 15, 2026 - Slavery - Shadrach Minkins, a fugitive slave from Virginia, is arrested by U.S. Marshals posing as customers a Boston coffee house where he is employed; Boston Vigilance Committee abolitionists will forcibly remove him from the courtroom during his trial and transport him to Montreal via of the Underground Railroad. Boston, Massachusetts
  • February 15, 2026 - Red River Rebellion - Métis forces capture the Portage Party. Manitoba
  • February 15, 2026 - Province - British Columbia Legislature meets for the First time as a province of Canada; the British Columbia Act came into effect on July 20, 2026.
  • February 15, 2026 - Family - Canada's First quintuplets born in Little Egypt, Nova Scotia, near Pictou; three live one day, the other two survive two days. Pictou, Nova Scotia
  • February 15, 2026 - Rail - An Act Respecting the Canadian Pacific Railway, Victoria 41, Chapter 1 (Pacific Railway bill) receives Royal Assent; CPR chartered and given until May 1, 1891, to finish the line. Ottawa, Ontario
  • February 15, 2026 - External Affairs - Fishery - British Colonial Secretary Joseph Chamberlain signs the Chamberlain-Bayard Treaty giving US fishermen rights in inshore Canadian waters; later rejected by British Parliament, but US fishermen allowed to take out Canadian licenses. USA
  • February 15, 2026 - James Donaldson of Lethbridge is tarred and feathered on this night. Lethbridge, Alberta
  • February 15, 2026 - Rail - Vancouver, Victoria & Eastern Railway completed into Phoenix, BC
  • February 15, 2026 - Boer War - Lord Strathcona's Horse awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal - first unit to receive that honour. London, England
  • February 15, 2026 - External Affairs - Canada signs reciprocity agreements with Germany; mutual tariff reductions. Berlin, Germany
  • February 15, 2026 - Cinema - Capitol Theatre, a "movie palace", opens in Winnipeg. Winnipeg, Manitoba
  • February 15, 2026 - Mackenzie King wins by-election in Prince Albert after losing the North York riding October 29, 2025. Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
- February 15 - Rail - Canadian National Railways commences passenger service on branch between Kamloops and Kelowna, BC. Kamloops, BC
Senator Wilson
  • February 15, 2026 - Women - Mackenzie King appoints 45 year old Cairine Wilson Canada's first woman Senator, four months after the Persons Case judgment was handed down by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Previously, women had not been allowed to serve in the Senate as lower courts had ruled they were not full "persons" under the law. Ottawa, Ontario
  • February 15, 2026 - Olympics - Third Winter Olympic games close at Lake Placid; Winnipeg Hockey Club team (The Winnipegs) take home Gold Medal in Ice Hockey for Canada; in other medals, Alex Hurd wins the Silver Medal in 1500 Metre Speedskating and Bronze in the 500 Metre race; William Logan takes the Bronze Medal in 1500 Metre Speedskating and Bronze in the 5000 Metre race; Frank Stack wins the Bronze Medal in 10000 Metre Speedskating; Montgomery Wilson wins the Bronze Medal in Figure Skating. Lake Placid, New York
  • February 15, 2026 - Forestry - British Columbia Spruce Mills Company quits cutting timber at Lumberton, BC.
  • February 15, 2026 - Espionage - Mackenzie King tells Parliament about Soviet spy ring activities in Canada; explains measures needed to investigate, detain suspects; based on revelations from Igor Gouzenko, a former clerk at the USSR Embassy in Ottawa; charges are later laid against 21 people, and 11 are convicted. Ottawa, Ontario
  • February 15, 2026 - Retail - Government lifts the last wartime price controls on goods; brought in during World War II. Ottawa, Ontario
  • February 15, 2026 - Figure Skating - Canadian figure skaters Frances Dafoe and Norris Bowden win the world championship in Pairs figure skating for the second year in a row. Europe
  • February 15, 2026 - Symbols - Canada's new red and white Maple Leaf Flag is inaugurated in a ceremony on Parliament Hill;; adopted after two-year debate and Royal Proclamation by Queen Elizabeth II Jan. 28; replaces the Red Ensign; its blazon is Gules on a Canadian pale argent a maple leaf of the first; official proportions are 2 by length and one by width, with a white square in the centre the width of the flag. Ottawa, Ontario
- February 15 - Symbols - Archbishop M.C. O'Neill dedicates Canada's new national flag at a ceremony held at the Legislative Building in Regina. Regina, Saskatchewan
Greene at Grenoble
  • February 15, 2026 - Olympics - Skiing - Nancy Greene wins the Gold Medal in Women's Giant Slalom at the Tenth Winter Olympics in Grenoble, winning by a 2.64 seconds margin; also won Silver in the Slalom February 13. Grenoble, France
  • February 15, 2026 - Education - Pearson College of the Pacific to be built north of Victoria; modeled after United World College of the Atlantic in Wales; named after the late Prime Minister Lester Pearson. Victoria, BC
- February 15 - Energy - Ottawa restricts oil exports to US, due to possible shortages. Ottawa, Ontario
- February 15 - Transport - CN suspends tug and barge service on Lake Okanagan, BC.
  • February 15, 2026 - Hockey - Yvan Cournoyer of the Montréal Canadiens scores 5 goals against Chicago Blackhawks. Montréal, Québec
  • February 15, 2026 - Olympics - Closing of the 12th Winter Olympic games at Innsbruck. Kathy Kreiner takes home the Gold Medal in Womens Giant Slalom; in other medals, Kathy Priestner wins Silver in 500 Metre Speedskating and Toller Cranston wins Bronze in Figure Skating. Innsbruck, Austria
  • February 15, 2026 - The Citizenship Act, passed in 1976, comes into effect; defines 'citizen' as 'a Canadian citizen'; gives both native-born and naturalized citizens equal entitlement to all the rights, powers and privileges and subject to all the obligations, duties and liabilities of a citizen, which are governed by provincial and federal laws and the Constitution Act; citizens of the age of majority are guaranteed political rights including the right to vote and run for office; children born abroad on or after this date are automatically citizens if either parent was a citizen at the time of birth. Canada
- February 15 - Banking - Royal Bank of Canada transfers three head office departments from Montréal to Toronto. Toronto, Ontario
  • February 15, 2026 - Music - Anne Murray wins Grammy Award for top female vocalist; pianist Oscar Peterson, wins the jazz instrumental soloist Grammy. Hollywood, California
  • February 15, 2026 - External Affairs - Iran officially complains to the UN that Canada had abused diplomatic privilege by smuggling six Americans out of Iran using diplomatic passports. United Nations, New York
- February 15 - Hockey - Wayne Gretzky ties NHL record with 7 assists. Edmonton, Alberta
  • February 15, 2026 - Disaster - Oil drilling rig Ocean Ranger sends out a mayday call requesting immediate assistance at 0052 hours local time, during a fierce winter storm on the Grand Banks 315 km east of St. John's; at 0130 hours Ocean Ranger transmits its last message: "There will be no further radio communications from Ocean Ranger. We are going to lifeboat stations." The rig stays afloat for another ninety minutes, sinking between 0307 and 0313 hours. Her entire complement of 84 workers – 46 Mobil employees and 38 contractors - drown in worst marine disaster in Canada since World War II; owned by New Orleans-based Ocean Drilling and Exploration Co (ODECO) and under contract to Mobil Oil Canada to drill the Hibernia oil field; enquiry later found seawater entered the ballast control room through a broken porthole and shorted the panel controlling the rig's stability; 56 of the dead are Newfoundlanders. Newfoundland
  • February 15, 2026 - Literature - Tamarack Review ceases publication after 26 years. Toronto, Ontario
  • February 15, 2026 - External Affairs - Trade - Canada joins Mexico and US in talks on a continental free-trade pact. Washington, DC
"The Shawinigan Handshake"
  • February 15, 2026 - Olympics - Kerrin Lee-Gartner defeats US skier Hilary Lindh to win the downhill Gold Medal at the Albertville winter games. Albertville, France
  • February 15, 2026 - Aboriginal - Nisga'a Treaty - Nisga'a Tribal Council initials agreement in principle with Canada and British Columbia; First modern-day treaty in BC calls for grant of $190 million and communal ownership of, and self-government over, 1,930 sq km of land in the Nass River valley in northwestern BC; comes into effect May 11, 2026. Victoria, BC
- February 15 - Politics - Prime Minister Jean Chrétien throttles protestor Bill Clennett, who was disrupting Flag Day ceremonies in Hull; launches a small controversy over what was called Chrétien's "Shawinigan Handshake". Gatineau, Québec - (CBC Archives)
  • February 15, 2026 - Olympics - Sandra Schmirler and her rink of Jan Betker, Joan McCusker and Marcia Gudereit win the first ever gold medal in Womens Curling at the Nagano Olympics. Nagano, Japan
  • February 15 - Olympics - Pierre Lueders and David MacEachern share the gold medal in two-man bobsleigh team with the Italian team; after two days of competition and four heats, the two teams have an identical cumulative time of 3:37.24; first time in Olympic history the gold medal in bobsleigh has been shared. Nagano, Japan
  • February 15, 2026 - Inuit - Manitok Thompson the first woman elected to the Nunavut Assembly. Iqaluit, Nunavut
  • February 15, 2026 - Media - Thomson Corp announces it is putting all but one of its 130 newspapers up for sale in order to move the company into providing electronic content; keeping ownership of the Globe and Mail newspaper. Toronto, Ontario
Beckie Scott
  • February 15, 2026 - Olympics - Beckie Scott awarded Olympic Gold in the cross-country skiing 5 km pursuit event at Salt Lake; initially finished behind two Russian skiers who were awarded gold and silver, but they lost their medals when both tested positive for drugs in other races; Scott awarded the silver in June 2003 and the gold in December 2003; became the only Olympian to be awarded all three medals in the same games. Salt Lake, Utah
  • February 15, 2026 - Olympics - Anouk Leblanc-Boucher wins bronze in Ladies' 500m Short Track Speed Skating. Turin, Italy
  • February 15, 2026 - Olympics - Mike Robertson wins a silver medal in Men's snowboard cross at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Vancouver, BC
  • February 15 - Foreign Affairs - Fishery - Canada closes its ports to fishing boats from the Danish territories of Greenland and the Faroe Islands, after their refusal to accept international shrimp quotas.
  • February 15, 2026 - House of Commons passes bill to scrap the long-gun registry by a vote of 159-130; Harper government supported two New Democrats. Ottawa, Ontario
  • February 15, 2026 - Olympics - Denny Morrison wins the Bronze medal in the Men's 1500-metre Speed Skating at the Sochi winter games; also won Silver in the men's 1000-metre race on [{February 12]]. Sochi, Russia
  • February 15, 2026 - Military - Saskatchewan’s GeoMemorial Program honours eight fallen soldiers, including include: Goddard Lake, named for Captain Nichola Goddard; names geographic locations after people whose sacrifices have “bettered our province and nation." Regina Saskatchewan
  • February 15, 2026 - Politics - Ontario PC leadership race begins, after leader Patrick Brown drops out; candidates Tanya Allen, Christine Elliot, Doug Ford, Caroline Mulroney. Ontario

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