Science Fair Project Encyclopedia
1937 in Canada
See also: 1936 in Canada, other events of 1937, 1938 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.
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Events
- First ascent of Mount Lucania (5,226m), third highest mountain in Canada.
- August 15 - The Rowell-Sirois Commission is formed
- September 1 - Regular flights of Trans-Canada Air Lines begin
- October 6 - Ontario election: Mitchell Hepburn's Liberals win a second consecutive majority
- November 24 - The first Governor General's Awards are given.
Arts and literature
Births
- January 5 - Richard Cashin, labour leader
- January 21 - James Unger , cartoonist
- January 24 - Suzanne Tremblay, politician
- January 26 - Maureen Hemphill, Manitoba politician
- January 29 - Frank Iacobucci, jurist
- February 10 - Archibald Megarry , publisher
- February 26 - Hagood Hardy , musician
- March 2 - Joseph MacInnis , diver
- March 9 - Bernard Landry, jurist
- March 10 - Thomas Hunter , singer
- March 26 - James M. Lee, Premier of PEI
- May 9 - Jim Walding, Manitoba politician
- May 13 - Roch Carrier, author
- August 16 - David Anderson, politician
- August 16 - Ian Deans, politician
- September 8 - Barbara Frum, journalist
- September 9 - Jean Augustine, politician
- September 12 - George Chuvalo, boxer
- September 19 - Neil Gaudry, Manitoba politician
- September 23 - Jacques Poulin, writer
- October 19 - Marilyn Bell, swimmer
- November 6 - Gerry St. Germain, politician
- November 11 - Stephen Lewis, politician and humanitarian
Deaths
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