1912 in Canada

Events from the year 1912 in Canada.

Events

• February 1 - Strathcona merges with Edmonton, Alberta
• April 1 - The Parliament of Canada passes Quebec Boundaries Extension Act that transferred to the Province of Quebec the territory bounded by the Eastmain River, the Labrador coast, and Hudson and Ungava Bays, extending the northern boundary to its present location.
• April 26 - The Chateau Laurier opens in Ottawa
• May 14 - Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec expand to the north
• June 30 - A tornado (the "Regina Cyclone") kills 28.
• August 14 - 1912 Saskatchewan election: Walter Scott's Liberals win a third consecutive majority
• August 17 - Circular No. 17 bans the teaching of the French language in Ontario schools.
• September 2 - The first Calgary Stampede is held
• ca. December - The first session of the Saskatchewan Older Boys' Parliament (now the Saskatchewan Youth Parliament) is held. This was a precursor to the current Canadian youth parliament movement.
• The Amherst automobile is first manufactured in Calgary.

Arts and literature

Births

January to March

• January 2 - Barbara Pentland, composer (d.2000)
• January 3 - Louise Lapointe, senator
• February 4 - Louis-Albert Vachon, educator and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (d.2006)
• March 12 - Irving Layton, poet (d.2006)
• March 22 - Agnes Martin, painter (d.2004)
• March 30 - Alvin Hamilton, politician (d.2004)

April to June

• April 2 - John Marlyn, writer (d.2005)
• April 26 - A. E. van Vogt, science fiction author (d.2000)
• May 5 - Louis-René Beaudoin, politician and Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons (d.1970)
• May 8 - George Woodcock, poet, essayist, critic, biographer and historian (d.1995)
• May 13 - Gil Evans, jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader (d.1988)
• May 17 - George Brown, ice hockey player
• May 26 - Jay Silverheels, actor (d.1980)
• June 8 - Clyde Gilmour, radio broadcaster and journalist (d.1997)
• June 10 - W. A. Kardash, politician (d.1997)
• June 10 - Jean Lesage, lawyer, politician and Premier of Quebec (d.1980)

July to December

• July 12 - René Bégin, politician
• July 12 - Gustave Blouin, politician (d.2002)
• July 14 - Northrop Frye, literary critic and literary theorist (d.1991)
• August 21 - Hugh Alexander Bryson, politician (d.1987)
• September 21 - Kenneth MacLean Glazier, Sr., minister and librarian (d.1989)
• October 5 - Bora Laskin, jurist and 14th Chief Justice of Canada (d.1984)
• October 25 - Jack Kent Cooke, sports entrepreneur (d.1997)
• October 25 - Jean Wallbridge, architect
• October 31 - Graham Rowley, archeologist
• November 16 - Richard Spink Bowles, lawyer and Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (d.1988)
• December 27 - Steve Peters, politician (d.1976)

Full date unknown

• Clarence Gosse, physician and Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (d.1996)

Deaths

• April 15 - Charles Melville Hays, railway executive (b.1856)
• May 5 - Charles Constantine, Northwest Mounted Police officer and superintendent (b.1849)
• August 9 - George Blewett, academic and philosopher (b.1873)
• November 10 - Louis Cyr, strongman (b.1863)
• December 23 - Benjamin Allen, politician (b.1830)

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