1936 in Canada
Events from the year 1936 in Canada.
Incumbents
Crown
- Monarch – George V then Edward VIII then George VI
Federal government
- Governor general – John Buchan
- Prime minister – William Lyon Mackenzie King
- Chief Justice – Lyman Poore Duff
- Parliament – 18th
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
- Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – William Legh Walsh then Philip Primrose
- Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – John W.F. Johnson then Eric Hamber
- Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – William Johnston Tupper
- Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Murray MacLaren
- 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 – Esioff-Léon Patenaude
- Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Hugh Edwin Munroe then Archibald Peter McNab
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 – Walter Lea then Thane Campbell
- Premier of Quebec – Louis-Alexandre Taschereau then Adélard Godbout then Maurice Duplessis
- Premier of Saskatchewan – William John Patterson
Territorial governments
Commissioners
- Controller of Yukon – George A. Jeckell
- Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Vacant then Charles Camsell
Events
- January 6 - Barbara Hanley is elected mayor of Webbwood, Ontario, becoming the first woman ever to serve as a mayor in Canada
- January 14 - Thane Campbell becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Walter Lea
- April 12 - The Moose River Gold Mines collapse
- June 11 - Adélard Godbout becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Louis-Alexandre Taschereau
- August 26 - Maurice Duplessis becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Adélard Godbout
- September - Earl Bascom of Raymond, Alberta, designs and directs the construction of the first rodeo arena and grandstands in the state of Mississippi
- November 2 - The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation replaces the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission
- November 18 - The Toronto Globe and the Mail and Empire merge to form The Globe and Mail
- December 11 - The British Parliament passes His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936 which legislates the abdication of King Edward VIII.
- The Spanish Civil War begins. Eventually, 1135 Canadians will serve in the International Brigades of the Republican forces
Sport
- April 13 - Ontario Hockey Association's West Toronto Nationals won their only Memorial Cup by defeating North Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League's Saskatoon Wesleys 2 to games 0
- August 8 - Frank Amyot won a Gold Medal in Canoeing, Men's C-1 1000m at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin
- December 5 - Sarnia Imperials won their Second and Final Grey Cup by defeating the Ottawa Rough Riders 26 to 20 in the 24th Grey Cup played at Varsity Stadium
Births
January to March
- January 18 - Albert Driedger, politician
- February 6 - Kent Douglas, ice hockey player and coach
- February 9 - Stompin' Tom Connors, folk singer
- February 18 - Ab McDonald, Canadian ice hockey player
- February 29 - Henri Richard, ice hockey player
- March 1 - Monique Bégin, academic, politician and Minister
- March 21 - Ed Broadbent, politician and political scientist
- March 24 - David Suzuki, science broadcaster and environmental activist
April to June
- April 17 - Peter Adams, politician
- April 19 - Sharon Pollock, playwright, actor and director
- May 14 - Aline Chrétien, wife of Jean Chrétien
- May 14 - Richard John Neuhaus, churchman and author
- May 15 - Milan Kymlicka, arranger, composer and conductor
- June 21 - Joseph Gosnell, Nisga'a statesman
- June 26
- *Herbert Obst, fencer
- * Jean-Claude Turcotte, cardinal
- June 30 - Alan Hamel, entertainer, producer and television host
July to December
- July 3 - Larry Condon, politician
- July 9 - André Pronovost, ice hockey player
- July 13 - Sandor Stern, writer, director and film producer
- July 25 - August Schellenberg, actor
- July 28 - Russ Jackson, football player
- August 20 - David MacDonald, politician and author
- September 26 - Lowell Murray, Senator
- October 9 – Don Wittman, sportscaster
- October 27 - Suzanne Paradis, writer
- November 7 - Audrey McLaughlin, politician
- December 16 - Karleen Bradford, children's author
Full date unknown
- Greg Curnoe, painter
- Sheldon Turcott, journalist
Deaths
- January 8 - John Augustus Barron, politician and lawyer
- January 10 - Walter Lea, politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island
- January 22 - Noah Timmins, mining developer and executive
- February 26 - Frederick C. Alderdice, businessman, politician and last Prime Minister of Newfoundland
- May 7 - Isidore-Noël Belleau, politician and lawyer
- May 30 - Homer Watson, artist
- July 6 - Peter Veniot, businessman, newspaper owner, politician and 17th Premier of New Brunswick
- October 3 - William Parks, geologist and paleontologist
- October 29 - Tobias Norris, politician and 10th Premier of Manitoba
Historical Documents
With end of war between Bolivia and Paraguay, President Roosevelt suggests inter-American peace conference
Threatening embargo on Canadian liquor, U.S.A. demands back taxes and customs duties for liquor smuggled during Prohibition
"Taxes are urgently needed" - Alberta's Two Rivers School District board cajoles ratepayers in arrears
Seventy-year-old woman talks to enough of Yukon's 1,805 voters to be elected to House of Commons
"Sterilization is proposedas logical humane procedure to limit the reproduction of the mentally defective."
Governor General Lord Tweedsmuir expresses his deep regret to King Edward VIII on his abdication
"We in Canada are sound asleep in flying matters," says Air Vice-Marshall Billy Bishop
Canadian Tuberculosis Association urges more clinics for Indigenous people, who suffer 30% of TB deaths in western Canada
Youth organizations ranging from church groups to Young Communist League unite for reform at 1936 Youth Congress
Stephen Leacock's views of travel writing and Port Arthur, Ont.
Ralph J. Gleason praises Canadian hockey while covering college tournament for Columbia University student newspaper
Setting new record for one-mile event, Canadian race walker wins in New York City