1908 in Canada

• January 2 – The Royal Canadian Mint opens.
• January 29 – Arthur Peters, Premier of Prince Edward Island, dies in office
• February 1 – F. L. Haszard becomes premier of Prince Edward Island.
• March 7 – The University of British Columbia is established by the British Columbia University Act.
• March 24 – Sir John Douglas Hazen becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Clifford Robinson.
• June 8 – In the Ontario election, Sir James Whitney's Conservatives win a second consecutive majority.
• June 12 – Saskatchewan Government Telephones created.
• August 2 – A fire in the Kootenay region kills 70.
• August 14 – In the Saskatchewan election, Walter Scott's Liberals win a second consecutive majority.
• September 23 – The University of Alberta opens.
• October 26 – In the federal election, Sir Wilfrid Laurier's Liberals win a fourth consecutive majority.

• Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables is published.

Mackenzie King and U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt discuss Japanese immigration [1]

To get people from "countries whose climatic conditions promise a suitable class of settlers," Canada pays bonuses to agents[2]

Testimonials for service Salvation Army provides for immigrants to Canada [3]

Lecturer describes largely American and mostly male immigration to Canada [4]

Cabinet doubles spending-money amount required of jobless, hostless immigrants [5]

Visiting agricultural tour reports on Canadian wages and cost of living [6]

Visiting agriculturalist thinks Maritimes agriculture has much unmet potential.[7]

Visiting agriculturalist says Quebec's new Macdonald College will shake up "the worst farmers in Canada" [8]

Visiting agriculturalist finds splendid fruit-growing potential in BC's Kootenay and Okanagan valleys [9]

Government horticulturist W.T. Macoun advocates growing stands of trees on farms despite older farmers' antipathy toward them[10]

Speaker celebrates Quebec City tercentenary, praising founders and their spirit [11]

Brandon College principal supports right to separate religious university education [12]

Fort McMurray fur trader introduces visitors to her Indigenous friends [13]

Alberta rustlers convicted, one for rustling and one for perjury (Note: anti-Mormon comments) [14]

Edmonton Board of Trade's guide to road and pack trail route to Finlay River, B.C. [15]

Midwife blows cayenne pepper into woman's nose to induce sneezing and quick delivery of baby [16]