1934 in Canada
Events from the year 1934 in Canada.
Incumbents
Crown
- Monarch – George V
Federal government
- Governor general – Vere Ponsonby
- Prime minister – Richard Bedford Bennett
- Chief Justice – Lyman Poore Duff
- Parliament – 17th
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
- Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – William Legh Walsh
- Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – John William Fordham Johnson
- Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – James Duncan McGregor then William Johnston Tupper
- Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Hugh Havelock McLean
- Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Walter Harold Covert
- Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Herbert Alexander Bruce
- Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – George Des Brisay de Blois
- Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Henry George Carroll then Esioff-Léon Patenaude
- Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Hugh Edwin Munroe
Premiers
- Premier of Alberta – John Edward Brownlee then Richard Gavin Reid
- Premier of British Columbia – Duff Pattullo
- Premier of Manitoba – John Bracken
- Premier of New Brunswick – Leonard Tilley
- Premier of Nova Scotia – Angus Lewis Macdonald
- Premier of Ontario – George Stewart Henry then Mitchell Hepburn
- Premier of Prince Edward Island – William J. P. MacMillan
- Premier of Quebec – Louis-Alexandre Taschereau
- Premier of Saskatchewan – James Thomas Milton Anderson then James Garfield Gardiner
Territorial governments
Commissioners
- Controller of Yukon – George A. Jeckell
- Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Hugh Rowatt then Vacant
Events
- March 9 - New Brunswick women win the right to hold office
- June 19 - Ontario election: Mitchell Hepburn's Liberals win a majority, defeating George S. Henry's Conservatives
- June 19 - Saskatchewan election: James Garfield Gardiner's Liberals win a majority, defeating James T.M. Anderson's Conservative-led coalition government
- July 3 - The Bank of Canada is formed
- July 10 - Mitchell Hepburn becomes premier of Ontario, replacing George Henry
- July 10 - Richard G. Reid becomes premier of Alberta, replacing John Brownlee
- July 19 - James Gardiner becomes premier of Saskatchewan for the second time, replacing James Anderson
- August 14 - John Sackville Labatt kidnapped
- October 26 - Reconstruction Party of Canada formed
Arts and literature
Sport
- February 14 – The Ace Bailey Benefit Game is played at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto.
- April 5 – The Ontario Hockey Association's Toronto St. Michael's Majors win their first Memorial Cup by defeating the Edmonton Junior Hockey League's Edmonton Athletics 2 games to 0. All games were played at Shea's Amphitheatre in Winnipeg
- November 24 – The Sarnia Imperials win their first Grey Cup by defeating the Regina Roughriders 20 to 12 in the 22nd Grey Cup played at Toronto's Varsity Stadium
Births
January to March
- January 3 - Yves Gaucher, artist
- January 7 - Jean Corbeil, politician
- January 11 - Jean Chrétien, politician and 20th Prime Minister of Canada
- January 16 - Judy Erola, broadcaster and politician
- January 19 - Lloyd Robertson, television news anchor and senior editor
- January 23 - Pierre Bourgault, politician and essayist
- February 5 - Don Cherry, ice hockey player, coach and commentator
- February 8 - Philip Seeman, schizophrenia researcher and neuropharmacologist
- March 7 - Douglas Cardinal, architect
- March 9 - Marlene Streit, golfer
- March 16 - Ray Hnatyshyn, politician and 24th Governor General of Canada
- March 24 - Alice Whitty, high jumper
April to June
- May 17 - George Karpati, neurologist and neuroscientist
- May 28 - Dionne quintuplets, first quintuplets known to survive their infancy
- June 7 - David Strangway, Canadian geophysicist and academic
- June 16 - Roger Neilson, ice hockey coach
- June 22
- *Willie Adams, politician and Senator
- *Nathan Nurgitz, lawyer, judge, and former Senator
- June 25 - Théodore Jean Arcand, diplomat
- June 27 - Norman Atkins, businessman and Senator
- June 30 - Aron Tager, Canadian actor
July to September
- July 12 - Mira Spivak, politician
- July 13 - Peter Gzowski, broadcaster, writer and reporter
- July 16 - Albert Aguayo, neurologist
- July 19 - Larry Zolf, journalist
- July 27 - Jim Elder, horse rider and Olympic gold medalist
- August 11 - Abrams twins, Lillian and Dorothy
- August 31 - Herb Epp, politician, MPP of the Ontario Legislature for Waterloo North
- September 21 - Leonard Cohen, singer-songwriter, musician, poet, novelist, and artist
October to December
- October 1 - Margaret McCain, philanthropist and first female Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
- October 4 - Rudy Wiebe, author and professor
- October 5 - Ken Taylor, diplomat involved in the Iran hostage crisis
- November 6 - Barton Myers, American/Canadian architect
- November 11 - Suzanne Lloyd, film and television actress
- November 21 - Howard Pawley, politician, professor and 18th Premier of Manitoba
- November 26 - Conrad Santos, politician
- November 30 - Marcel Prud'homme, politician and Senator
Deaths
- March 7 - John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, Governor General of Canada
- March 15 - Davidson Black, paleoanthropologist
- April 17 - Frank S. Cahill, politician
- July 28 - Marie Dressler, actress
- September 1 – William Anderson Black, politician
- October 4 - Henry Sproatt, architect
- November 10 - Sir Donald Mann, railway contractor and entrepreneur
Historical Documents
Conservatives note 25,000 fewer families on relief by end of 1933, but C.C.F. leader finds no improvement in situation
Bill introduced to create Bank of Canada with initial capital of $5 million and "appropriate limitations" on loans
Newfoundland goes under rule by commission "until the credit of the country has been restored"
P.E.I. premier says Island's farming and fishing are "at low ebb," with fishermen "in dire straits"
Bennett government's resources marketing bill will end cutthroat competition in fisheries
P.E.I. merchant finds 1932 Commonwealth trade agreements have produced much export shipping in Halifax
Canadian Jewish Congress will raise $950,000 for German Jewish refugees and ruined businesses in Germany and Poland
MP Samuel William Jacobs indicts German consul-general in Montreal for anti-Semitic pamphlet "Germany's Fight for Western Civilization"
Prairie provinces and federal government assuming dictatorial powers over wheat in emergency control laws
"Officials and supporters of the Wheat Pools of Western Canada" give advice to farmers by radio broadcast
Toronto chain store, needle trade and other employers pay far below minimum wage while city expends $6.6 million in relief