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Incumbents

Crown

Monarch – George VI^[1]

Federal government

Governor General – John Buchan^[2]
Prime Minister – William Lyon Mackenzie King
Chief Justice – Lyman Poore Duff (British Columbia)
Parliament – 18th

Provincial governments

Lieutenant governors

Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Philip Primrose (until March 17) then John C. Bowen (from March 23)
Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Eric Hamber
Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – William Johnston Tupper
Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Murray MacLaren
Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Walter Harold Covert (until April 7) then Robert Irwin
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Herbert Alexander Bruce (until November 23) then Albert Edward Matthews
Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – George Des Brisay de Blois
Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Esioff-Léon Patenaude
Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Archibald Peter McNab

Premiers

Territorial governments

Commissioners

Events

April – A Crucifix was hung in the Montreal city council at the initiative of Joseph-Émile Dubreuil. The crucifix would hung there until 2019.^[3]^[4]^[5]
April 10 – Trans-Canada Airlines, the predecessor of Air Canada, was created as a subsidiary of Canadian National Railway^[6]
July 5 – Midale and Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan, record the highest temperature ever in Canada, with a record high of 45 °C (113 °F).^[7]
August 15 – The Rowell-Sirois Commission is formed^[8]
September 1 – Regular flights of Trans-Canada Air Lines begin^[6]
October 6 – Ontario election: Mitchell Hepburn's Liberals win a second consecutive majority^[9]
November 24 – The first Governor General's Awards are given.
First ascent of Mount Lucania (5,226 m), third highest mountain in Canada.^[10]

Sport

January 28 – Howie Morenz of the Montreal Canadiens suffers a career-ending leg injury in a game against the Chicago Black Hawks
March 8 – While hospitalized for his leg injury, Morenz dies of a coronary embolism.
March 11 – Morenz's funeral at the Montreal Forum. 50,000 mourners queue to pay respect.
April 17 – The Manitoba Junior Hockey League's Winnipeg Monarchs win their second Memorial Cup by defeating the Northern Ontario Hockey Association's Copper Cliff Redmen 3 games to 1. The deciding Game 4 was played at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto
December 11 – Toronto Argonauts win their fourth Grey Cup by defeating the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 4 to 3 in the 25th Grey Cup played at Varsity Stadium in Toronto

Births

January to June

January 5 – Richard Cashin, lawyer, politician and trade union leader^[11]
January 21 – Jim Unger, cartoonist (d. 2012)^[12]
January 24 – Suzanne Tremblay, politician^[13]
January 26 – Maureen Hemphill, politician^[14]
January 29 – Frank Iacobucci, jurist and Puisne Justice on the Supreme Court of Canada^[15]
January 31 – Andrée Boucher, politician and 39th Mayor of Quebec City (d. 2007)^[16]
February 5 – Larry Hillman, ice hockey player and coach (d. 2022)^[17]
February 10 – Roy Megarry, publisher^[18]
February 26 – Hagood Hardy, composer, pianist and vibraphonist (d. 1997)^[19]
March 2 – Joseph B. MacInnis, diver^[20]
March 9
- Bernard Landry, lawyer, teacher, politician and 28th Premier of Quebec^[21]
- Harry Neale, ice hockey coach and broadcaster
March 10 – Tommy Hunter, country music singer^[22]
March 16 – Brian Browne, jazz pianist and composer (d. 2018)
March 26 – James Lee, politician and 28th Premier of Prince Edward Island^[23]
March 30 – Maria Rika Maniates, musicologist (d. 2011)
April 13 – Stan Stasiak, pro wrestler
April 29 – Jean Gauthier, ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, Philadelphia Flyers, Boston Bruins) (d. 2013)^[24]
May 9 – Jim Walding, politician (d. 2007)^[25]
May 13 – Roch Carrier, novelist^[26]
June 15 – Toby Tarnow, actress^[27]

July to December

July 12 – Michel Louvain, singer (d. 2021)
July 30 – John de Chastelain, general, diplomat and Chairman of the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning (in Northern Ireland)^[28]
August 2 – Garth Hudson, musician (d. 2025)^[29]
August 16 – David Anderson, politician and Minister^[30]
August 16 – Ian Deans, politician (d. 2016)^[31]
August 25 – John G. Bryden, lawyer, public servant, businessman and Senator^[32]
September 2 – Len Carlson, voice actor (d. 2006)
September 3 – Gerry Brisson, ice hockey player (d. 2013)^[33]
September 5 – John Dahmer, politician (d. 1988)^[34]
September 8 – Barbara Frum, radio and television journalist (d. 1992)^[35]
September 9 – Jean Augustine, politician^[36]
September 12 – George Chuvalo, boxer^[37]
September 19 – Neil Gaudry, politician (d. 1999)^[38]
September 23 – Jacques Poulin, novelist (d. 2025)^[39]
September 27 – Guido Basso, jazz musician (d. 2023)^[40]
October 19 – Marilyn Bell, long-distance swimmer, first person to swim across Lake Ontario^[41]
October 19 – Stanley Faulder, murderer and first Canadian citizen to be executed in the United States since 1952 (d. 1999)^[42]
November 4 – Michael Wilson, politician and diplomat (d. 2019)
November 6 – Gerry St. Germain, politician^[43]
November 11 – Stephen Lewis, politician, broadcaster and diplomat (d. 2026)^[44]
November 12
- Barbara McDougall, politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs^[45]
- Glen Shortliffe, Clerk of the Privy Council (d. 2010)^[46]
December 4 – Donnelly Rhodes, actor (d. 2018)
December 13 – Ron Taylor, baseball player (d. 2025)^[47]
December 19 – Wayne Maunder, Canadian-born American actor (d. 2018)^[48]

Date unknown

Élise Paré-Tousignant, music administrator and pedagogue (d. 2018)^[49]

Deaths

January to June

January 21 – Marie Prevost, actress (b. 1896)^[50]
January 29 – Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté, painter and sculptor (b. 1869)^[51]
February 16 – Rodmond Roblin, businessman, politician and 9th Premier of Manitoba (b. 1853)^[52]
March 8 – Howie Morenz, ice hockey player (b. 1902)^[53]
June 10 – Robert Borden, lawyer, politician and 8th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1854)^[54]

July to December

July 25 – Charles E. Saunders, agronomist (b. 1867)^[55]
October 13 – Simon Fraser Tolmie, politician and 21st Premier of British Columbia (b. 1867)^[56]
November 21 – Matthew Robert Blake, politician (b. 1876)^[57]
December 27 – John Douglas Hazen, politician and 12th Premier of New Brunswick (b. 1860)^[58]

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Incumbents

Crown

Federal government

Provincial governments

Lieutenant governors

Premiers

Territorial governments

Commissioners

Events

Sport

Births

January to June

July to December

Date unknown

Deaths

January to June

July to December

See also

References