1937 in Canada

← 1936 1935 1934 1937 in Canada → 1938 1939 1940
Decades:	1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s
See also:	History of Canada Timeline of Canadian history List of years in Canada

Events from the year 1937 in Canada.

Incumbents

Crown

• Monarch – George VI ^[1]

Federal government

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

Provincial governments

Lieutenant governors

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

Premiers

• Premier of Alberta – William Aberhart
• Premier of British Columbia – Thomas Dufferin Pattullo
• Premier of Manitoba – John Bracken
• Premier of New Brunswick – Allison Dysart
• Premier of Nova Scotia – Angus Lewis Macdonald
• Premier of Ontario – Mitchell Hepburn
• Premier of Prince Edward Island – Thane Campbell
• Premier of Quebec – Maurice Duplessis
• Premier of Saskatchewan – William John Patterson

Territorial governments

Commissioners

• Controller of Yukon – George A. Jeckell ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Charles Camsell ^{[ citation needed ]}

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.^{[ citation needed ]}
• First ascent of Mount Lucania (5,226 m), third highest mountain in Canada. ^[10]

Sport

• 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 ^{[ citation needed ]}
• 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^{[ citation needed ]}

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)^{[ citation needed ]}
• April 13 – Stan Stasiak, pro wrestler^{[ citation needed ]}
• 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)^{[ citation needed ]}
• 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)^{[ citation needed ]}
• November 6 – Gerry St. Germain, politician ^[43]
• November 11 – Stephen Lewis, politician, broadcaster and diplomat ^[44]
• November 12
  • Barbara McDougall, politician and Minister ^[45]
  • Glen Shortliffe, Clerk of the Privy Council (d. 2010) ^[46]
• December 4 – Donnelly Rhodes, actor (d. 2018)^{[ citation needed ]}
• December 13 – Ron Taylor, baseball player (d. 2025) ^[47]
• December 19 – Wayne Maunder, Canadian-born American actor (d. 2018)^{[ citation needed ]}

Date unknown

• Élise Paré-Tousignant, music administrator and pedagogue (d. 2018) ^[48]

Deaths

January to June

Robert Borden

• January 21 – Marie Prevost, actress (b. 1896) ^[49]
• January 29 – Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté, painter and sculptor (b. 1869) ^[50]
• February 16 – Rodmond Roblin, businessman, politician and 9th Premier of Manitoba (b. 1853) ^[51]
• March 8 – Howie Morenz, ice hockey player (b. 1902) ^[52]
• June 10 – Robert Borden, lawyer, politician and 8th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1854) ^[53]

July to December

• July 25 – Charles E. Saunders, agronomist (b. 1867) ^[54]
• October 13 – Simon Fraser Tolmie, politician and 21st Premier of British Columbia (b. 1867) ^[55]
• November 21 – Matthew Robert Blake, politician (b. 1876) ^[56]
• December 27 – John Douglas Hazen, politician and 12th Premier of New Brunswick (b. 1860) ^[57]

See also

• List of Canadian films

References

1. "King George VI | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
2. "John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland". www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
3. "Montreal to take down 80-year-old crucifix from city chambers". 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
4. "National Assembly might follow Montreal in removing crucifix: Legault". 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
5. "La pédagogie du crucifix". La Presse. 21 March 2019.
6. Marsh, James H. "Trans-Canada Airlines". The Canadian Encyclopedia . Retrieved 2016-12-30.
7. "Hottest Place in Canada - Current Results". www.currentresults.com. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
8. "Civilization.ca - History of Canadian Medicare – 1930–1939 - Royal Commission on Dominion Provincial Relations". www.historymuseum.ca. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
9. "Legislative Assembly of Ontario | Members (MPPs) | Past & Present MPPs | Mitchell Frederick Hepburn, MPP". www.ontla.on.ca. Archived from the original on June 28, 2013. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
10. Boles, Glen. "Mount Lucania". The Canadian Encyclopedia . Retrieved 2016-12-30.
11. Kealey, Gregory S. "Richard Cashin". The Canadian Encyclopedia . Retrieved 2016-12-30.
12. "Herman creator Jim Unger dies in his sleep | Toronto Star". thestar.com. 30 May 2012. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
13. "Celebrating Women's Achievements". www.collectionscanada.gc.ca. Library and Archives Canada. 2000-10-02. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
14. Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. "MLA Biographies- Living". www.gov.mb.ca. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
15. Supreme Court of Canada (2001-01-01). "Supreme Court of Canada - Biography - Frank Iacobucci". Archived from the original on 2017-03-04. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
16. "Andrée Boucher est décédée | Actualités | Cyberpresse". 2007-08-27. Archived from the original on 2007-08-27. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
17. Larry Hillman, youngest player to have his name on Stanley Cup, dead at 85
18. Granatstein, J.L. "Archibald Roy Megarry". The Canadian Encyclopedia . Retrieved 2016-12-30.
19. Archive, Canadian Jazz (2016-12-30). "Hagood Hardy Musician Biography | Canadian Jazz Archive Online". www.canadianjazzarchive.org. Archived from the original on December 31, 2016. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
20. "Disclaimer - Electronic Collection". epe.lac-bac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
21. "Bernard Landry – National Assembly of Quebec". www.assnat.qc.ca. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
22. Green, Richard. "Tommy Hunter". The Canadian Encyclopedia . Retrieved 2016-12-30.
23. Canada, Province of Prince Edward Island. "Premiers Gallery: Premiers Gallery". www.gov.pe.ca. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
24. "Jean Gauthier Stats | Hockey-Reference.com". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
25. "Political wild card Jim Walding dies in B.C." CBC News. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
26. Snyder, Lorraine. "Roch Carrier". The Canadian Encyclopedia . Retrieved 2016-12-30.
27. "Toby Tarnow". IMDb. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
28. Bonikowsky, Laura Neilson. "John de Chastelain". The Canadian Encyclopedia . Retrieved 2016-12-30.
29. Garth Hudson ^{[ usurped ]}
30. "Google". www.google.ca. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
31. "Ian Deans (1937-2016): NDP firebrand went on to head Public Service Staff Relations Board". Ottawa Citizen. 2016-05-03. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
32. "PARLINFO - Parliamentarian File - Federal Experience - BRYDEN, The Hon. John G., B.A., LL.B." Retrieved 2016-12-30.
33. "BRISSON GERALD - Obituaries - Winnipeg Free Press Passages". passages.winnipegfreepress.com. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
34. "PARLINFO - Parliamentarian File - Federal Experience - DAHMER, John" . Retrieved 2016-12-30.
35. "Obit: Barbara Frum, CBC broadcaster (1937-1992) | BillGladstone.ca". www.billgladstone.ca. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
36. McLeod, Susanna. "Jean Augustine". The Canadian Encyclopedia . Retrieved 2016-12-30.
37. YOUNG. "George Chuvalo". The Canadian Encyclopedia . Retrieved 2016-12-30.
38. Goldsborough, Gordon. "Memorable Manitobans: Neil Gaudry (1937-1999)". www.mhs.mb.ca. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
39. Rochon, François. "Jacques Poulin". The Canadian Encyclopedia . Retrieved 2016-12-30.
40. "Jazz musician Guido Basso dead at 85". CBC News . 2023-02-15. Archived from the original on 2023-03-06.
41. CALLWOOD, JUNE. "Marilyn Bell". The Canadian Encyclopedia . Retrieved 2016-12-30.
42. "Faulder executed in Texas". CBC News. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
43. "PARLINFO - Parliamentarian File - Federal Experience - ST. GERMAIN, The Hon. Gerry, P.C." Retrieved 2016-12-30.
44. Whitehorn, Alan. "Stephen Henry Lewis". The Canadian Encyclopedia . Retrieved 2016-12-30.
45. "PARLINFO - Parliamentarian File - Complete File - MCDOUGALL, The Hon. Barbara Jean, P.C., O.C., B.A., LL.D., C.F.A." Retrieved 2016-12-30.
46. "Glen Shortliffe's Obituary on Ottawa Citizen". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
47. Ron Taylor1937 - 2025
48. Paquette, Valérie (August 10, 2018). "Élise Paré-Tousignant nous a quittés" [Élise Paré-Tousignant has left us]. Infoportneuf - Actualité Portneuf-Jacques-Cartier (in French). InfoPortneuf. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
49. "Marie Prevost". IMDb. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
50. "Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté". www.gallery.ca. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
51. "Biography – ROBLIN, SIR RODMOND PALEN – Volume XVI (1931-1940) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography" . Retrieved 2016-12-30.
52. "Howie Morenz - Bio, pictures, stats and more | Historical Website of the Montreal Canadiens". ourhistory.canadiens.com. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
53. "ARCHIVED - Borden-Biography-First Among Equals". www.collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
54. "Sir Charles Edward Saunders Facts". biography.yourdictionary.com. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
55. Roy, Patricia E. "Simon Fraser Tolmie". The Canadian Encyclopedia . Retrieved 2016-12-30.
56. "PARLINFO - Parliamentarian File - Complete File - BLAKE, Matthew Robert, M.D., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P." Retrieved 2016-12-30.
57. "Sir John Douglas Hazen". My New Brunswick. 2014-04-19. Retrieved 2016-12-30.