Dominion Exhibition

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Dominion Exhibition
Official Inauguration of the Dominion Exhibition by His Excellency the Governor-General.jpg
Official Inauguration of the Dominion Exhibition in Montreal in 1880 by the Governor General, The Marquess of Lorne
GenreExhibition
Location(s)Various locations across Canada
Years active34
Founded1879

The Dominion Exhibition was an exhibition held annually in Canada from 1879 to 1913. Every year the federal government awarded the role of host of the exhibition to one of the country's larger fairs. [1]

The first exhibition was held in Ottawa in 1879, and the final exhibition was held in Brandon, Manitoba in 1913. The outbreak of the First World War meant no exhibition was held in 1914, and the event was not revived after the war.

The "Dominion Exhibition Display Building II" in Brandon, a wooden building purpose-built for the 1913 exhibition, was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1999 as it is the only known surviving building constructed for the Dominion Exhibition. [2]

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  1. ↑ "Restoring the Glory". Brandon Fairs. Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba. Retrieved 8 May 2012.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. ↑ Dominion Exhibition Display Building II . Canadian Register of Historic Places . Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  3. ↑ Prize list of the grand Dominion Exhibition: under the auspices of the Agricultural & Arts Association of Ontario, to be held at Ottawa, September 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, and 27th, 1879 (1879), Toronto : Hawkins & Co. (via Internet Archive). Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  4. ↑ The authorized official catalogue of the grand Dominion Exhibition, Montreal, 1880, September 14th-September 24th, Dominion Exhibition (via Toronto Public Library). Retrieved 8 May 2012.
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  7. ↑ National ballad for the Dominion Exhibition at St. John's, N.B., 1883, held in commemoration of the first settlement of the American Loyalists there one hundred years ago. Weekly News Print (via Amicus). Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  8. ↑ 1884 Grand Dominion Exhibition open to the world at Montreal, Sept. 5th to 13th. J. Lovell (via Amicus). Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  9. ↑ THE BIG ISLAND HERD AND FARM - 1886. Ontario and Upper Canada Genealogy and History. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  10. ↑ The Dominion Exhibition. The Globe. 27 August 1903. Toronto, Ontario.
  11. ↑ Today Concludes Exhibition. The Globe. 12 September 1903. Toronto, Ontario.
  12. ↑ Souvenir of the Dominion Exhibition, Winnipeg, 1904. T Bell (via Amicus). Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  13. ↑ Research Project: History of Brass Bands in British Columbia: First Nations Brass Band Contest, 1905 Dominion Exhibition, New Westminster, British Columbia, Vancouver Area Brass Band Society. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  14. ↑ Dominion Exhibition, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1906, Fine Arts Department. McAlpine Pub. (via Amicus). Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  15. ↑ Dominion Exhibition 1906 ; September 22nd to October 5th. Halifax, Nova Scotia. Retrieved 17 January, 2018.
  16. ↑ Souvenir Dominion Exhibition and City of Sherbrooke, Quebec 1907. C.R. Corneil (via Amicus). Retrieved 8 May 2012.
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