Dominion Exhibition Explained

Dominion Exhibition
Years Active:	34
Founded:	1879
Genre:	Exhibition

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.

Exhibitions

• 1879 - Ottawa, Ontario^[2]
• 1880 - Montreal, Quebec^[3]
• 1881 - Halifax, Nova Scotia^[4]
• 1883 - Saint John, New Brunswick,^[5] held in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the arrival of the Loyalists^[6]
• 1884 - Montreal, Quebec^[7]
• 1885 - London, Ontario^[8]
• 1903 - Toronto, Ontario^{[9] [10]}
• 1904 - Winnipeg, Manitoba^[11]
• 1905 - New Westminster, British Columbia^[12]
• 1906 - Halifax, Nova Scotia^{[13] [14]}
• 1907 - Sherbrooke, Quebec^[15]
• 1908 - Calgary, Alberta^[16]
• 1910 - Saint John, New Brunswick
• 1911 - Regina, Saskatchewan^[17]
• 1912 - Ottawa, Ontario^[18]
• 1913 - Brandon, Manitoba^[19]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Restoring the Glory. Brandon Fairs. Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba. 8 May 2012.
2. https://archive.org/details/cihm_03995 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)
3. http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM2267290&R=2267290 The authorized official catalogue of the grand Dominion Exhibition, Montreal, 1880, September 14th-September 24th
4. http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?BioId=41543&query= Hall, Thomas
5. http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=4772 White, Joseph
6. https://archive.today/20120709123720/http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca/aaweb-bin/aamain/itemdisp?sessionKey=999999999_142&l=0&d=2&v=0&lvl=1&itm=7820967 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
7. https://archive.today/20120709193806/http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca/aaweb-bin/aamain/itemdisp?sessionKey=999999999_142&l=0&d=2&v=0&lvl=1&itm=14004847 1884 Grand Dominion Exhibition open to the world at Montreal, Sept. 5th to 13th
8. http://www.ontariogenealogy.com/Victoria/polledangus.html THE BIG ISLAND HERD AND FARM - 1886
9. The Dominion Exhibition. The Globe. 27 August 1903. Toronto, Ontario.
10. Today Concludes Exhibition. The Globe. 12 September 1903. Toronto, Ontario.
11. https://archive.today/20120707142438/http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca/aaweb-bin/aamain/itemdisp?sessionKey=999999999_142&l=0&d=2&v=0&lvl=1&itm=14921418 Souvenir of the Dominion Exhibition, Winnipeg, 1904
12. http://vabbs.org/FirstNations/DominionExhibition.php Research Project: History of Brass Bands in British Columbia: First Nations Brass Band Contest, 1905 Dominion Exhibition, New Westminster, British Columbia
13. https://archive.today/20120701145802/http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca/aaweb-bin/aamain/itemdisp?sessionKey=999999999_142&l=0&d=2&v=0&lvl=1&itm=16986122 Dominion Exhibition, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1906, Fine Arts Department
14. https://archive.org/stream/cihm_87381#page/n3/mode/2up Dominion Exhibition 1906 ; September 22nd to October 5th. Halifax, Nova Scotia
15. https://archive.today/20120707221102/http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca/aaweb-bin/aamain/itemdisp?sessionKey=999999999_142&l=0&d=2&v=0&lvl=1&itm=40514366 Souvenir Dominion Exhibition and City of Sherbrooke, Quebec 1907
16. http://corporate.calgarystampede.com/about/stampede-history/chronological-history.html Chronological History
17. http://sites.google.com/site/cahsreginachapter/from-the-files-saskatchewan-s-aviation-history-1900-65 From the files: Saskatchewan's aviation history 1900-65
18. http://www.execulink.com/~donslau/Carleton.html Covers of Carleton County
19. http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/sites/dominionexhibition.shtml Historic Sites of Manitoba: Dominion Exhibition Display Building II (Brandon Fair Grounds)