See also: 1927 in Canada, other events of 1928, 1929 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.

Events

• April 2 - Camillien Houde elected mayor of Montreal
• May 31 - the Legislative Council of Nova Scotia is abolished
• August 20 - John Duncan MacLean resigns as premier of British Columbia
• August 21 - Simon Fraser Tolmie becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing John Duncan MacLean
• The Supreme Court of Canada rules that women are not persons who can hold office according to the British North America Act—reversed a year later by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in Britain

Births

• January 2 - Avie Bennett, publisher
• February 13 - Gerald A. Regan, Nova Scotia premier
• March 8 - Gerald Bull, artillery designer
• March 10 - Robert C. Coates, politician
• March 17 - William John McKeag, Manitoba politician
• March 31 - Gordie Howe, hockey player
• April 10 - Fraser MacPherson , musician
• April 17 - Fabien Roy, politician
• April 28 - Zbigniew Basinski , physicist
• April 30 - Hugh Hood, author
• May 4 - Maynard Ferguson, jazz trumpet player
• May 9 - Barbara Ann Scott, figure skater
• May 23 - Pauline Julien, singer
• May 23 - Sidney Spivak, Manitoba politician
• July 26 - Peter Lougheed, Alberta politician
• August 19 - Qaqaq Ashoona , sculptor
• September 10 - Jean Vanier, founder of L'Arche
• October 1 - Jimmy Pattison, businessman
• October 27 - Gilles Vigneault, poet and musician
• December 15 - Ida Haendel, violinist
• December 16 - Roy Bailey, politician
• December 29 - Norman Cafik, politician
• Bruno Gerussi, actor

Deaths