1927 in Canada
Events from the year 1927 in Canada.
Events
Arts and Literature
Births
January to March
- January 1 - Jean-Paul Mousseau, artist (d.1991)
- January 4 - Paul Desmarais, financier
- January 6 - John W. Grace, first Privacy Commissioner of Canada (d.2009)
- January 10 - Gisele MacKenzie, singer (d.2003)
- January 17 - Stan Roberts, politician (d.1990)
- January 24 - Phyllis Lambert, architect and philanthopist
- January 25 - Gildas Molgat, politician (d.2001)
- January 28 - Sheila Finestone, politician and Senator (d.2009)
- January 29 - Lewis Urry, chemical engineer and inventor (d.2004)
- January 30 - Sterling Lyon, politician and 17th Premier of Manitoba
- February 11 - Sinclair Stevens, politician
- March 3 - William Kurelek, artist and writer (d.1977)
- March 9 - John Beckwith, composer, writer, pianist, teacher and administrator
- March 25 - Bill Barilko, ice hockey player (d.1951)
April to June
- April 7 - Dorothy Knowles, artist
- April 8 - Lois Miriam Wilson, first female Moderator of the United Church of Canada and Senator
- April 25 - Frances Hyland, actress (d.2004)
- May 5 - Sylvia Fedoruk, scientist, curler and Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan
- May 14 - Frank Miller, politician and 19th Premier of Ontario (d.2000)
- June 3 - George Hislop, gay activist (d.2005)
- June 17 - Jean Robert Beaulé, politician
- June 24 - Fernand Dumont, sociologist, philosopher, theologian and poet (d.1997)
- June 26 - Robert Kroetsch, novelist, poet and non-fiction writer
July to December
- July 20 - Jack Horner, politician and Minister (d.2004)
- August 17 - John Alan Beesley, diplomat and civil servant (d.2009)
- September 7 - Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
- October 3 - Ashevak Kenojuak, artist
- October 14 - Elmer Iseler, choir conductor and choral editor (d.1998)
- November 3 - Harrison McCain, businessman (d.2004)
- November 8 - Peter Munk, businessman and philanthropist
- November 10 - Joyce Trimmer, politician and first female mayor of Scarborough, Ontario (d.2008)
- November 18 - Knowlton Nash, journalist, author and television news anchor
- November 26 - Ernie Coombs, children's entertainer Mr. Dressup (d.2001)
- December 7 - Grant Strate, dancer, choreographer and academic
- December 18 - Roméo LeBlanc, politician and 25th Governor General of Canada (d. 2009)
- December 24 - Geoffrey Pearson, diplomat (d.2008)
Deaths
January to June
July to December
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