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July 5
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- 1610 - John Guy, his brother Phillip and 38 colonists sail from Bristol to Newfoundland.
- 1814 - British Retreat at Battle of Chippawa After Defeat by US Regulars
- 1937 - Yellowgrass Saskatchewan temperature reaches 45C; highest ever recorded in Canada.
- July 5, 2026 - John Guy sails with brother Phillip Guy and 38 other colonists from Bristol to Newfoundland; Bristol merchant appointed governor of First English colony in Newfoundland with instructions to fortify the settlement at Cupids (then known as Cuper's Cove) in Conception Bay, experiment with farming, cut spars and planks, make salt, potash and glass, collect samples of ore and fish and trade in cured fish and train oil; his settlement will last until 1628. Bristol, England
- July 5, 2026 - Samuel de Champlain arrives back in Québec after he was exiled by the Kirkes; sets to work building outpost at Cap Tourmente, Québec. Québec, Québec
- July 5, 2026 - Trade - Emery de Caen arrives at Québec to take possession of New France; given a monopoly of the fur trade for one year, as an indemnity for his losses ; Le Jeune and De Noue arrive at the same time. Québec, Québec
- July 5, 2026 - Joseph de Villebon dies in office; Governor of Acadia. The French capital of Acadia reverts back to Port Royal and the French desert the St. John River. Saint John, New Brunswick
- July 5, 2026 - New France authorities withdraw card money from circulation; had lost half its face value; originally used to pay the army. Québec, Québec
- July 5, 2026 - French and Indian War - Gen James Abercromby leaves the ruins of Fort William Henry at the head of Lake George to attack Moncalm's French army of 3,000 at Fort Carillon; Abercromby leads 6,000 British regulars, with almost 9,000 provincials from New England, New York and New Jersey; the embark in 900 small boats and 130 whale boats, and moved down toward Ticonderoga. Lake George, New York
- July 5, 2026 - American Revolutionary War - Arthur St. Clair abandons Fort Ticonderoga this night after leaving strategic Mount Defiance carelessly defended; leaves important supplies for the British under General John Burgoyne. Ticonderoga, New York
- July 5, 2026 - Exploration - Alexander Mackenzie first meets the Dene: “We made them smoke, though it was evident they did not know the use of tobacco; we likewise supplied them with grog." NWT
- July 5, 2026 - War of 1812 - Brig Gen William Hull arrives at Fort Detroit with 2,500 men; orders U.S. batteries in Detroit, Michigan, to bombard the village of Sandwich, Upper Canada in preparation for the American invasion. Detroit, Michigan
- July 5, 2026 - War of 1812 - British begin three weeks of raids on Fort Schlosser, New York, Black Rock, New York and Plattsburgh, New York. Buffalo, New York
- July 5 - War of 1812 - Col Thomas Clark leads a troop of Canadian militia across the Niagara River, to capture US military stores from Fort Schlosser, at the southern terminus of the American portage route around Niagara Falls. Buffalo, NY
- July 5, 2026 - War of 1812 - Battle of Chippewa - US Maj Gen Jacob Brown, with Winfield Scott and Elzear Ripley, defeats British Maj Gen Phineas Riall and 1,800 British at Battle of Street's Creek (Battle of Chippawa); Riall, wsho was nearsighted, had mistaken the invading American regulars for militia, and abandoned a strong position to attack Brown's entire army of more than 3,000; British retreat back toward Burlington, destroying Chippawa Bridge to prevent pursuit; 148 British dead, 48 Americans. Chippawa, Ontario
- July 5, 2026 - War of 1812 - Indigenous - Mohawk warriors allied with the British are forced to face fellow Six Nations warriors in the Battle of Chippewa, as Seneca warriors from New York were allied with American forces. Chippawa, Ontario
- July 5, 2026 - Religion - Father Edmund Burke, western missionary, was consecrated Roman Catholic Bishop of Halifax. Halifax, Nova Scotia
- July 5, 2026 - Politics - Governor General Lord Dalhousie calls out the militia to restore order during election riots; Dalhousie had refused to recognize Louis-Joseph Papineau as Speaker. Québec
- July 5, 2026 - United States citizens declare a provisional government in Oregon. Oregon
- July 5, 2026 - Finance - Run on the Montreal Provident and Savings' Bank; the ensuing collapse of the bank was caused by over-liberal extension of loans, the commercial depression which broke in 1848, and the defalcation of the cashier, or manager; cost the depositors some one hundred and sixty thousand pounds, or over three quarters of a million dollars; the Provident Bank ultimately paid eighteen shillings on the pound, or about ninety cents on the dollar, but the depositors got their money in small installments, and had to wait four years till they received the last of it. Montreal, Quebec
- July 5, 2026 - Father George Belcourt, parish priest of Rustico, first drives his one-seater vehicle, powered by a two-cylinder steam engine; the steam chamber was four feet tall and the motor was connected to the wheels by a chain; the first automobile in PEI could also be pulled by horses. Rustico, PEI
- July 5, 2026 - Politics -
- Lady Agnes Macdonald, prime ministerial spouse, notes in her diary, “Here – in this house – the atmosphere is so awfully political that sometimes I think the very flies hold Parliament on the kitchen tablecloths.” Ottawa, Ontario
- July 5, 2026 - Joseph Trutch appointed lieutenant-governor of British Columbia; serves to June 26, 1876. Victoria, BC
- July 5, 2026 - North West Rebellion- Louis Riel arrives back from Montana at Tourond's Coulee (Fish Creek), North-West Territories; he gives a series of speeches to the Métis and English in which he advocates moderation; Plains Cree leaders Big Bear and Poundmaker will meet with Riel, but their grievances are different from those of the settlers, and nothing is resolved. Batoche, Saskatchewan
- July 5, 2026 - Johnnie Chance claims to have found a nugget of gold at the confluence of Granite Creek and the Tulameen kicking off the Similkameen gold rush. BC
- July 5 - Prince Edward Island founds own telephone company. Charlottetown, PEI
- July 5, 2026 - John Norquay dies; Premier of Manitoba 1874-87; Manitoba's only premier of mixed European and aboriginal ancestry. Manitoba
- July 5, 2026 - First streetcars roll through Calgary. Calgary, Alberta
- July 5, 2026 - Exploration - Vilhjalmur Stefansson leaves Seattle on the Karluk; three-year Arctic expedition sponsored by Canadian government. Seattle, Washington
- July 5, 2026 - The Hotel Macdonald in Edmonton opens. Edmonton, Alberta
- July 5, 2026 - World War I - Canadian military authorizes the creation of the all-black No. 2 Construction Battalion, on the recommendation of Rev. C.W. Washington of Edmonton; will serve in France with the Canadian Forestry Corps. Ottawa, Ontario
- July 5 - World War I - Lt Thomas Wilkinson awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously, for valour during the Battle of the Somme; killed while bringing in wounded soldiers from no man’s land. La Boisselle, France
- July 5, 2026 - Labour - Sydney miners and steel workers strike for higher wages and union recognition; government investigating commission accepts their demands. Sydney, Nova Scotia
- July 5, 2026 - Daredevil George Stathakis dies in a plunge over Niagara Falls in a barrel, but his turtle survives. Niagara Falls, Ontario
- July 5, 2026 - The Canadian Wheat Board is established. Winnipeg, Manitoba
- July 5, 2026 - Record - Temperature at Yellow Grass and Middle reaches 45C, the highest temperature ever recorded in Canada; 45 °C (113 °F). Yellowgrass, Saskatchewan
- July 5, 2026 - Politics - Adrien Arcand and his blue shirts hold a rally of 2500 fascists at Massey Hall. Toronto, Ontario
- July 5, 2026 - World War II - Ian Fleming attends a security course at the Special 25 training school for spies at STS 103 (Special Training School 103), better known as Camp X; possibly while working for Sir William Stephenson in New York; later member of MI5, creator of the James Bond novels. Port Hope, Ontario
- July 5, 2026 - World War II - J. L. Ilsley introduces new decontrol program in Parliament; list of goods to remain under wartime price ceilings. Ottawa, Ontario
- July 5, 2026 - Korean War - Royal Canadian Navy destroyers HMCS Cayuga, HMCS Athabaskan, and HMCS Sioux leave Esquimalt for Pearl Harbor escorted by cruiser HMCS Ontario; RCN ships to come under UN control during the War. Esquimalt, BC
- July 5, 2026 - James Henderson dies; Prairie artist. Saskatchewan
- July 5, 2026 - Charles Noble dies; the inventor of the Noble Blade; settled in Claresholm district of southern Alberta from North Dakota, but drought, poor harvests and low prices for grain forced him into bankruptcy; in 1935 developed a new plough that sliced under the sod, leaving grass and weeds behind to protect topsoil from the wind; built a factory to manufacture the Noble Cultivator. Nobleford, Alberta
- July 5, 2026 - Brewery Bay residence of Stephen Leacock opened as the Leacock Memorial House. Orillia, Ontario
- July 5, 2026 - Start of restoration of Wolfe-Montcalm Monument destroyed by separatists in 1963. Québec, Québec
- July 5, 2026 - Award - Governor General Roland Michener invested by Queen Elizabeth II with the first ribbon and pendant star of the Order of Canada; founding of the Order of Canada. Ottawa, Ontario
- July 5, 2026 - Disaster - Aviation - Air Canada Flight 621 en route from Montréal to Los Angeles makes a heavy landing at Malton Airport, bounces and, unknown to the pilot and co-pilot, loses one starboard engine; resulted from flight crew misunderstanding about when to arm the ground spoilers; in the pilot's attempt to take off and land again the other starboard engine falls off and the DC-8 explodes and crashes 10 km west of Malton (Pearson International Airport); all 109 aboard killed. Toronto, Ontario
- July 5, 2026 - National Ballet of Canada ends First European tour; perform in Monte Carlo, London, Glasgow, Paris, Stuttgart. Lausanne, Switzerland
- July 5, 2026 - Music - Bachman-Turner Overdrive's Hey You peaks at #21 on the pop singles chart. New York, New York
- July 5 - Joey Smallwood elected leader of the new Liberal Reform Party of Newfoundland and Labrador; former Newfoundland Premier. Newfoundland
- July 5, 2026 - Pierre Trudeau sets up Task Force on Canadian Unity (Pépin-Robarts Commission), chaired by Jean-Luc Pépin and John Robarts. Ottawa, Ontario
- July 5, 2026 - Football - Winnipeg Blue Bombers thrash the Saskatchewan Roughriders 56-0; highest shutout in CFL history. Winnipeg, Manitoba
- July 5, 2026 - Baseball - Toronto Blue Jays now 10 games back in the American League, but will go on to win the AL East title. Toronto, Ontario
- July 5, 2026 - Gregory Evans says in report to Nova Scotia government that Donald Marshall is due $1.5 million; for spending 11 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. Halifax, Nova Scotia
- July 5, 2026 - Energy - Jake Epp concludes closing Sarnia-Montréal oil pipeline will not threaten oil supply; built during energy crisis 15 years ago. Ottawa, Ontario
- July 5 - Aboriginal - Joe Clark accepts parallel constitutional reform process run by First Nations; to provide input to parliamentary unity committee. Ottawa, Ontario
- July 5 - Finance - Ottawa seizes Bank of Credit and Commerce Canada's assets and closes all four branches; result of international money-laundering investigation.
- July 5, 2026 - Environment - Protestors began blocking roads in Clayoquot Sound to protest clear-cut logging of old growth forests. Over the next few weeks more than 900 people will be arrested in the largest mass arrest in Canadian history; will last until October 4. Clayoquot Sound, BC
- July 5 - Justice Francis Kovacs puts publication ban on trial of Karla Homolka in sex slayings of Ontario schoolgirls Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy; to ensure fair trial for her estranged husband Paul Bernardo, facing first-degree murder charges. St. Catharines, Ontario
- July 5, 2026 - Justice - Report of provincial inquiry says Montréal police force poorly supervised, badly trained and racist. Montréal, Québec
- July 5, 2026 - Music - Halifax singer Sarah McLachlan kicks off Lilith Fair, her all-female pop festival tour, at the George Amphitheatre; with Suzanne Vega, Paula Cole and Jewel. George, Washington
- July 5, 2026 - Tennis - Daniel Nestor participates in the longest match in Wimbledon history, lasting 6 hours and 9 minutes. London, England
- July 5, 2026 - William Elliott appointed new RCMP commissioner, replacing former commissioner Giuliano Zaccardelli; a senior bureaucrat in the Public Safety Department, Elliott is the first outsider to lead the Mounties since the force was created in 1873. Ottawa, Ontario
- July 5, 2026 - Health Canada bans flavoured cigarettes and cigars to discourage children and youth from smoking. Ottawa, Ontario.
- July 5, 2026 - Military - Soldiers of the Royal 22e Regiment stand down and formally hand over their battlefield of the western Kandahar district of Panjwaii to American units, ending Canada's war in Afghanistan; combat mission, which began in 2002, cost the lives of 157 soldiers, one diplomat and one journalist; about 950 Canadian soldiers and support staff will carry out a training mission in Kandahar until 2014.
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