1937 IN CANADA

''See also:''
1936 in Canada,
other events of 1937,
1938 in Canada and the
Timeline of Canadian history.
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Contents

Events

Arts and literature

Births

Deaths

Events

★ First ascent of Mount Lucania (5,226m), third highest mountain in Canada.

★ April 10 - Trans-Canada Airlines, the predecessor of Air Canada, was created as a subsidiary of Canadian National Railway

★ August 15 - The Rowell-Sirois Commission is formed

★ September 1 - Regular flights of Trans-Canada Air Lines begin

★ October 6 - Ontario election: Mitchell Hepburn's Liberals win a second consecutive majority

★ November 24 - The first Governor General's Awards are given.

Arts and literature

Births

★ January 5 - Richard Cashin, labour leader

★ January 21 - James Unger, cartoonist

★ January 24 - Suzanne Tremblay, politician

★ January 26 - Maureen Hemphill, Manitoba politician

★ January 29 - Frank Iacobucci, jurist

★ February 10 - Archibald Megarry, publisher

★ February 26 - Hagood Hardy, musician

★ March 2 - Joseph MacInnis, diver

★ March 9 - Bernard Landry, jurist

★ March 10 - Thomas Hunter, singer

★ March 26 - James M. Lee, Premier of PEI

★ May 9 - Jim Walding, Manitoba politician

★ May 13 - Roch Carrier, author

★ August 16 - David Anderson, Canadian politician

★ August 16 - Ian Deans, politician

★ September 8 - Barbara Frum, journalist

★ September 9 - Jean Augustine, politician

★ September 12 - George Chuvalo, boxer

★ September 19 - Neil Gaudry, Manitoba politician

★ September 23 - Jacques Poulin, writer

★ October 19 - Marilyn Bell, swimmer

★ November 6 - Gerry St. Germain, politician

★ November 11 - Stephen Lewis, politician and humanitarian

Deaths