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Bowen">John C. Bowen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_British_Columbia" title="Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia">Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia</a> – <a href="/wiki/Eric_Hamber" title="Eric Hamber">Eric Hamber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Manitoba" title="Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba">Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba</a> – <a href="/wiki/William_Johnston_Tupper" title="William Johnston Tupper">William Johnston Tupper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_New_Brunswick" title="Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick">Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick</a> – <a href="/wiki/Murray_MacLaren" title="Murray MacLaren">Murray MacLaren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Nova_Scotia" title="Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia">Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia</a> – <a href="/wiki/Robert_Irwin_(Canadian_politician)" title="Robert Irwin (Canadian politician)">Robert Irwin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Ontario" title="Lieutenant Governor of Ontario">Lieutenant Governor of Ontario</a> – <a href="/wiki/Albert_Edward_Matthews" title="Albert Edward Matthews">Albert Edward Matthews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Prince_Edward_Island" title="Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island">Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_Des_Brisay_de_Blois" title="George Des Brisay de Blois">George DesBrisay DeBlois</a> (until September 11) then <a href="/wiki/Bradford_William_LePage" title="Bradford William LePage">Bradford William LePage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Quebec" title="Lieutenant Governor of Quebec">Lieutenant Governor of Quebec</a> – <a href="/wiki/Esioff-L%C3%A9on_Patenaude" title="Esioff-Léon Patenaude">Esioff-Léon Patenaude</a> (until December 30) then <a href="/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Fiset" title="Eugène Fiset">Eugène Fiset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Saskatchewan" title="Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan">Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan</a> – <a href="/wiki/Archibald_Peter_McNab" title="Archibald Peter McNab">Archibald Peter McNab</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Premiers">Premiers</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1939_in_Canada&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Premiers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Premier_of_Alberta" title="Premier of Alberta">Premier of Alberta</a> – <a href="/wiki/William_Aberhart" title="William Aberhart">William Aberhart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_of_British_Columbia" title="Premier of British Columbia">Premier of British Columbia</a> – <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Dufferin_Pattullo" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Dufferin Pattullo">Thomas Dufferin Pattullo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_of_Manitoba" title="Premier of Manitoba">Premier of Manitoba</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_Bracken" title="John Bracken">John Bracken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_of_New_Brunswick" title="Premier of New Brunswick">Premier of New Brunswick</a> – <a href="/wiki/Allison_Dysart" title="Allison Dysart">Allison Dysart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_of_Nova_Scotia" title="Premier of Nova Scotia">Premier of Nova Scotia</a> – <a href="/wiki/Angus_Lewis_Macdonald" title="Angus Lewis Macdonald">Angus Lewis Macdonald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_of_Ontario" title="Premier of Ontario">Premier of Ontario</a> – <a href="/wiki/Mitchell_Hepburn" title="Mitchell Hepburn">Mitchell Hepburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_of_Prince_Edward_Island" title="Premier of Prince Edward Island">Premier of Prince Edward Island</a> – <a href="/wiki/Thane_Campbell" title="Thane Campbell">Thane Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_of_Quebec" title="Premier of Quebec">Premier of Quebec</a> – <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Duplessis" title="Maurice Duplessis">Maurice Duplessis</a> (until November 9) then <a href="/wiki/Ad%C3%A9lard_Godbout" title="Adélard Godbout">Adélard Godbout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_of_Saskatchewan" title="Premier of Saskatchewan">Premier of Saskatchewan</a> – <a href="/wiki/William_John_Patterson" title="William John Patterson">William John Patterson</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Territorial_governments">Territorial governments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1939_in_Canada&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Territorial governments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Commissioners">Commissioners</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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Jeckell">George A. Jeckell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commissioner_of_Northwest_Territories" class="mw-redirect" title="Commissioner of Northwest Territories">Commissioner of Northwest Territories</a> – <a href="/wiki/Charles_Camsell" title="Charles Camsell">Charles Camsell</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Events">Events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1939_in_Canada&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>May 17 – King <a href="/wiki/George_VI" title="George VI">George VI</a> and <a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_The_Queen_Mother" title="Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother">Queen Elizabeth</a> begin their <a href="/wiki/1939_royal_tour_of_Canada" title="1939 royal tour of Canada">royal tour of Canada</a>, eventually visiting every province and <a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_Newfoundland" title="Dominion of Newfoundland">Newfoundland</a>.</li> <li>September 3 – The <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Labour_(Canada)" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Labour (Canada)">Department of Labour</a> establishes the <a href="/wiki/Wartime_Prices_and_Trade_Board" title="Wartime Prices and Trade Board">Wartime Prices and Trade Board</a> to control <a href="/wiki/Inflation" title="Inflation">inflation</a>.</li> <li>September 7 – <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Canada" title="Prime Minister of Canada">Prime Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Mackenzie_King" class="mw-redirect" title="Mackenzie King">Mackenzie King</a> calls for a <a href="/wiki/18th_Canadian_Parliament" title="18th Canadian Parliament">special session</a> of <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Canada" title="Parliament of Canada">Parliament</a>, to discuss a <a href="/wiki/Declaration_of_war" title="Declaration of war">declaration of war</a> versus <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a>. The session lasts until September 13.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>September 10 – <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>: <a href="/wiki/Canadian_declaration_of_war_on_Germany" title="Canadian declaration of war on Germany">Canada declares war on Germany</a>, one week after the United Kingdom does so.</li> <li>September 11 – <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>: Canada establishes a <a href="/wiki/High_Commission_of_Canada_in_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="High Commission of Canada in Australia">High Commission of Canada in Australia</a>. <a href="/wiki/High_Commission_of_Australia_in_Ottawa" class="mw-redirect" title="High Commission of Australia in Ottawa">Australia reciprocates</a> the next day.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>September 16 – <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>: The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Navy" title="Royal Canadian Navy">Royal Canadian Navy</a> escorts the first of many transatlantic convoys.</li> <li>September 28 – <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>: Air training facilities are set up in Canada to train pilots from Britain and the rest of the Empire.</li> <li>October 25 – The <a href="/wiki/1939_Quebec_general_election" title="1939 Quebec general election">Quebec election</a> is won by the Liberals under <a href="/wiki/Joseph-Ad%C3%A9lard_Godbout" class="mw-redirect" title="Joseph-Adélard Godbout">Joseph-Adélard Godbout</a>.</li> <li>December 17 – <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>: The <a href="/wiki/1st_Canadian_Infantry_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Canadian Infantry Division">1st Canadian Infantry Division</a> lands in <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a> en route to <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>. The division is accompanied by a team of announcers and technicians, who set up <a href="/wiki/Radio_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio Canada">Radio Canada</a>'s overseas service.</li> <li>November 9 – <a href="/wiki/Ad%C3%A9lard_Godbout" title="Adélard Godbout">Adélard Godbout</a> becomes premier of Quebec for the second time, replacing <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Duplessis" title="Maurice Duplessis">Maurice Duplessis</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Year-long">Year-long</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1939_in_Canada&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Year-long"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Canada expands its <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Canada" title="Foreign relations of Canada">international presence</a> by establishing <a href="/wiki/High_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="High Commission">High Commissions</a> in <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sport">Sport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1939_in_Canada&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>February 12 – The <a href="/wiki/Trail_Smoke_Eaters" title="Trail Smoke Eaters">Trail Smoke Eaters</a> win the <a href="/wiki/1939_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1939 Ice Hockey World Championships">1939 Ice Hockey World Championships</a> for Canada.</li> <li>April 16 – The <a href="/wiki/Boston_Bruins" title="Boston Bruins">Boston Bruins</a> win their second <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Cup" title="Stanley Cup">Stanley Cup</a> (and last until 1970) by defeating the <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Maple_Leafs" title="Toronto Maple Leafs">Toronto Maple Leafs</a> 4 games to 1.</li> <li>April 17 – The <a href="/wiki/Ontario_Hockey_League" title="Ontario Hockey League">Ontario Hockey Association</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Oshawa_Generals" title="Oshawa Generals">Oshawa Generals</a> win their first <a href="/wiki/Memorial_Cup" title="Memorial Cup">Memorial Cup</a> by defeating the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Edmonton_Junior_Hockey_League&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Edmonton Junior Hockey League (page does not exist)">Edmonton Junior Hockey League</a>'s <a href="/w/index.php?title=Edmonton_Athletic_Club_Roamers&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Edmonton Athletic Club Roamers (page does not exist)">Edmonton Athletic Club Roamers</a> 3 games to 1. The deciding Game 4 was played at <a href="/wiki/Maple_Leaf_Gardens" title="Maple Leaf Gardens">Maple Leaf Gardens</a> in <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a>.</li> <li>December 9 – The <a href="/wiki/Winnipeg_Blue_Bombers" title="Winnipeg Blue Bombers">Winnipeg Blue Bombers</a> win their second <a href="/wiki/Grey_Cup" title="Grey Cup">Grey Cup</a> by defeating the <a href="/wiki/Ottawa_Rough_Riders" title="Ottawa Rough Riders">Ottawa Rough Riders</a> 8 to 7 in the <a href="/wiki/27th_Grey_Cup" title="27th Grey Cup">27th Grey Cup</a> played in <a href="/wiki/Lansdowne_Park" title="Lansdowne Park">Lansdowne Park</a> in <a href="/wiki/Ottawa" title="Ottawa">Ottawa</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Births">Births</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1939_in_Canada&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Births"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/1939_in_Canada" title="Special:EditPage/1939 in Canada">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">September 2023</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January_to_March">January to March</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1939_in_Canada&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: January to March"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>January 3 - <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Hull" title="Bobby Hull">Bobby Hull</a>, ice hockey player (d. <a href="/wiki/2023_in_Canada" title="2023 in Canada">2023</a>)</li> <li>January 11 - <a href="/wiki/Anne_Heggtveit" title="Anne Heggtveit">Anne Heggtveit</a>, alpine skier and Olympic gold medalist</li></ul> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Brian_Mulroney_2011.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Brian_Mulroney_2011.jpg/150px-Brian_Mulroney_2011.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="224" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/61/Brian_Mulroney_2011.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="219" data-file-height="327" /></a><figcaption>Brian Mulroney</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>January 14 - <a href="/wiki/Martha_Gibson" title="Martha Gibson">Martha Gibson</a>, actress</li> <li>January 19 - <a href="/wiki/Grant_Notley" title="Grant Notley">Grant Notley</a>, politician (d. <a href="/wiki/1984_in_Canada" title="1984 in Canada">1984</a>)</li> <li>February 3 - <a href="/wiki/Ovid_Jackson" title="Ovid Jackson">Ovid Jackson</a>, politician</li> <li>February 10 - <a href="/wiki/Adrienne_Clarkson" title="Adrienne Clarkson">Adrienne Clarkson</a>, journalist and 26th <a href="/wiki/Governor_General_of_Canada" title="Governor General of Canada">Governor General of Canada</a></li> <li>March 1 - <a href="/wiki/Marlene_Catterall" title="Marlene Catterall">Marlene Catterall</a>, politician</li> <li>March 5 - <a href="/wiki/Peter_Woodcock" title="Peter Woodcock">Peter Woodcock</a>, serial killer and child rapist (d. <a href="/wiki/2010_in_Canada" title="2010 in Canada">2010</a>)</li> <li>March 8 - <a href="/wiki/Lynn_Seymour" title="Lynn Seymour">Lynn Seymour</a>, ballerina (d. <a href="/wiki/2023_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2023 in the United Kingdom">2023</a>)</li> <li>March 17 - <a href="/wiki/Bill_Graham_(Canadian_politician)" title="Bill Graham (Canadian politician)">Bill Graham</a>, politician (d. <a href="/wiki/2022_in_Canada" title="2022 in Canada">2022</a>)</li> <li>March 20 - <a href="/wiki/Brian_Mulroney" title="Brian Mulroney">Brian Mulroney</a>, politician and 18th <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Canada" title="Prime Minister of Canada">Prime Minister of Canada</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/2024_in_Canada" title="2024 in Canada">2024</a>)</li> <li>March 26 - <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Lane_(poet)" title="Patrick Lane (poet)">Patrick Lane</a>, poet (d. <a href="/wiki/2019_in_Canada" title="2019 in Canada">2019</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April_to_June">April to June</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1939_in_Canada&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: April to June"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:JoeClark.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/JoeClark.jpg/150px-JoeClark.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="182" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/JoeClark.jpg/225px-JoeClark.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/JoeClark.jpg/300px-JoeClark.jpg 2x" data-file-width="910" data-file-height="1102" /></a><figcaption>Joe Clark</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>April 14 - <a href="/wiki/Ian_Binnie" title="Ian Binnie">Ian Binnie</a>, jurist and <a href="/wiki/Puisne_justice" class="mw-redirect" title="Puisne justice">puisne justice</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Canada" title="Supreme Court of Canada">Supreme Court of Canada</a></li> <li>April 20 - <a href="/wiki/Wayson_Choy" title="Wayson Choy">Wayson Choy</a>, writer (d. <a href="/wiki/2019_in_Canada" title="2019 in Canada">2019</a>)</li> <li>April 24 - <a href="/wiki/Dan_Hays" title="Dan Hays">Dan Hays</a>, politician</li> <li>April 24 - <a href="/wiki/Ernst_Z%C3%BCndel" title="Ernst Zündel">Ernst Zündel</a>, German-born neo-Nazi, Holocaust denier and pamphleteer (d. <a href="/wiki/2017_in_Germany" title="2017 in Germany">2017</a>)</li> <li>May 7 - <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Altman" title="Sidney Altman">Sidney Altman</a>, molecular biologist, joint 1989 <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry" title="Nobel Prize in Chemistry">Nobel Prize in Chemistry</a> laureate (d. <a href="/wiki/2022_in_Canada" title="2022 in Canada">2022</a>)</li> <li>May 11 - <a href="/wiki/Ken_Epp" title="Ken Epp">Ken Epp</a>, politician (d. <a href="/wiki/2022_in_Canada" title="2022 in Canada">2022</a>)</li> <li>May 16 - <a href="/wiki/Roger_Soloman" title="Roger Soloman">Roger Soloman</a>, politician (d. <a href="/wiki/2021_in_Canada" title="2021 in Canada">2021</a>)</li> <li>May 26 - <a href="/wiki/Gerry_McAlpine" title="Gerry McAlpine">Gerry McAlpine</a>, politician</li> <li>June 5 - <a href="/wiki/Joe_Clark" title="Joe Clark">Joe Clark</a>, journalist, politician, statesman, businessman, professor and 16th <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Canada" title="Prime Minister of Canada">Prime Minister of Canada</a></li> <li>June 23 - <a href="/wiki/Jack_MacIsaac" title="Jack MacIsaac">Jack MacIsaac</a>, politician</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July_to_September">July to September</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1939_in_Canada&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: July to September"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>July 12 - <a href="/wiki/David_Bazay" title="David Bazay">David Bazay</a>, television journalist (d. <a href="/wiki/2005_in_Canada" title="2005 in Canada">2005</a>)</li> <li>July 19 - <a href="/wiki/Ray_Turnbull_(curler)" title="Ray Turnbull (curler)">Ray Turnbull</a>, curler (d. <a href="/wiki/2017_in_Canada" title="2017 in Canada">2017</a>)</li> <li>July 25 - <a href="/wiki/Catherine_Callbeck" title="Catherine Callbeck">Catherine Callbeck</a>, politician and 30th <a href="/wiki/Premier_of_Prince_Edward_Island" title="Premier of Prince Edward Island">Premier of Prince Edward Island</a></li> <li>August 12 - <a href="/wiki/Roy_Romanow" title="Roy Romanow">Roy Romanow</a>, politician and 12th <a href="/wiki/Premier_of_Saskatchewan" title="Premier of Saskatchewan">Premier of Saskatchewan</a></li> <li>August 15 - <a href="/wiki/Hardial_Bains" title="Hardial Bains">Hardial Bains</a>, founder and leader of <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Canada_(Marxist-Leninist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist)">Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist)</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1997_in_Canada" title="1997 in Canada">1997</a>)</li> <li>August 21 - <a href="/wiki/JoAnn_Wilson" class="mw-redirect" title="JoAnn Wilson">JoAnn Wilson</a>, murder victim (d. <a href="/wiki/1983_in_Canada" title="1983 in Canada">1983</a>)</li> <li>August 23 - <a href="/wiki/Isabel_Bassett" title="Isabel Bassett">Isabel Bassett</a>, broadcaster and politician</li> <li>August 31 - <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Lee_(author)" title="Dennis Lee (author)">Dennis Lee</a>, poet and children's writer</li> <li>September 1 - <a href="/wiki/Jake_Epp" title="Jake Epp">Jake Epp</a>, politician</li> <li>September 2 - <a href="/wiki/Henry_Mintzberg" title="Henry Mintzberg">Henry Mintzberg</a>, academic and author on business and management</li> <li>September 4 - <a href="/wiki/Jim_Penner" title="Jim Penner">Jim Penner</a>, businessman and politician (d. <a href="/wiki/2004_in_Canada" title="2004 in Canada">2004</a>)</li> <li>September 10 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Pappin" title="Jim Pappin">Jim Pappin</a>, ice hockey player (d. <a href="/wiki/2022_in_Canada" title="2022 in Canada">2022</a>)</li> <li>September 11 – <a href="/wiki/Lyse_Richer" title="Lyse Richer">Lyse Richer</a>, administrator and music teacher</li> <li>September 30 - <a href="/wiki/Len_Cariou" title="Len Cariou">Len Cariou</a>, actor</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October_to_December">October to December</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1939_in_Canada&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: October to December"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>October 5 - <a href="/wiki/Marie-Claire_Blais" title="Marie-Claire Blais">Marie-Claire Blais</a>, novelist, poet and playwright (d. <a href="/wiki/2021_in_Canada" title="2021 in Canada">2021</a>)</li> <li>November 6 - <a href="/wiki/Joyce_Fairbairn" title="Joyce Fairbairn">Joyce Fairbairn</a>, Senator and first woman to serve as <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Government_in_the_Senate_(Canada)" class="mw-redirect" title="Leader of the Government in the Senate (Canada)">Leader of the Government in the Senate</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/2022_in_Canada" title="2022 in Canada">2022</a>)</li> <li>November 18 - <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Atwood" title="Margaret Atwood">Margaret Atwood</a>, author, poet, critic, feminist and social campaigner</li> <li>November 23 - <a href="/wiki/Bill_Bissett" title="Bill Bissett">Bill Bissett</a>, poet</li> <li>November 30 - <a href="/wiki/Louis_LeBel" title="Louis LeBel">Louis LeBel</a>, jurist and <a href="/wiki/Puisne_justice" class="mw-redirect" title="Puisne justice">puisne justice</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Canada" title="Supreme Court of Canada">Supreme Court of Canada</a></li> <li>December 2 - <a href="/wiki/Francis_Fox" title="Francis Fox">Francis Fox</a>, politician, minister and senator</li> <li>December 21 - <a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Axworthy" title="Lloyd Axworthy">Lloyd Axworthy</a>, politician and minister</li> <li>December 24 - <a href="/wiki/James_Bartleman" title="James Bartleman">James Bartleman</a>, diplomat, author and 27th <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Ontario" title="Lieutenant Governor of Ontario">Lieutenant Governor of Ontario</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Full_date_unknown">Full date unknown</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1939_in_Canada&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Full date unknown"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Estok" title="Michael Estok">Michael Estok</a>, poet (d. <a href="/wiki/1989_in_Canada" title="1989 in Canada">1989</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Overs" title="Michael Overs">Michael Overs</a>, businessman, founder and owner of <a href="/wiki/Pizza_Pizza_Limited" class="mw-redirect" title="Pizza Pizza Limited">Pizza Pizza Limited</a> (d. 2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Parsons_(presenter)" title="Tony Parsons (presenter)">Tony Parsons</a>, journalist and television news anchor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robin_Spry" title="Robin Spry">Robin Spry</a>, filmmaker and television producer (d. <a href="/wiki/2005_in_Canada" title="2005 in Canada">2005</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Deaths">Deaths</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1939_in_Canada&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Deaths"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/1939_in_Canada" title="Special:EditPage/1939 in Canada">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. 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Rogers, Sr.">Edward S. 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S. Woodsworth">J.S. Woodsworth</a> interrogates "cooperation," unspoken government policy, and whether Canada is already in war<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>"We cannot be at peace while the head of this Empire is at war" - Sen. <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Meighen" title="Arthur Meighen">Arthur Meighen</a> insists Canada enter European conflict<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Canada's <a href="/wiki/Canadian_declaration_of_war_on_Germany" title="Canadian declaration of war on Germany">declaration of war</a> against German Reich<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/The_Record_(Sherbrooke)" title="The Record (Sherbrooke)">Editorial</a> says PM King, in choosing home defence over expeditionary force, is not giving "definite leadership"<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Regimen for <a href="/wiki/Princess_Patricia%27s_Canadian_Light_Infantry#Second_World_War_(1939–1945)" title="Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry">Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry</a>'s transport ship includes lectures, training and organized games<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Enlisted man's 1939 surprises: Poland's fall weeks after <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Poland" title="Invasion of Poland">invasion</a>, and Christmas invitation given on his first day in England<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Editorial says "<a href="/wiki/Equality_of_sacrifice" title="Equality of sacrifice">equality of sacrifice</a>," essential to war effort, must include fairness in agricultural costs, prices and margins<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>British meals depend on Canada for <a href="/wiki/Breakfast_by_country#United_Kingdom_and_Ireland" title="Breakfast by country">breakfast</a> <a href="/wiki/Oatmeal" title="Oatmeal">porridge</a> and (with other <a href="/wiki/Wheat#British_Empire_and_successor_states" title="Wheat">wheat exporters</a>) bread, and cheese, tinned soup, and <a href="/wiki/Suet#Cuisine" title="Suet">suet</a> in <a href="/wiki/Pudding#Baked,_steamed,_and_boiled_puddings" title="Pudding">pudding</a> at <a href="/wiki/Tea_(meal)" title="Tea (meal)">tea</a><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>MP <a href="/wiki/A._A._Heaps" title="A. A. Heaps">A.A. Heaps</a> advocates joining <a href="/wiki/Jews_escaping_from_German-occupied_Europe#Countries_that_offered_refuge" class="mw-redirect" title="Jews escaping from German-occupied Europe">other countries in welcoming refugees from persecution</a><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mentioning <a href="/wiki/Uranium_mining_in_Canada" title="Uranium mining in Canada">uranium ore in Canada</a> and <a href="/wiki/German_occupation_of_Czechoslovakia" class="mw-redirect" title="German occupation of Czechoslovakia">German-occupied Czechoslovakia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Albert_Einstein#World_War_II_and_the_Manhattan_Project" title="Albert Einstein">Einstein</a> urges President Roosevelt to back atomic energy research<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>"Only a mile from home" - Eleven-year-old student Andrew Gordon from <a href="/wiki/Gordon_86" title="Gordon 86">Gordon's reserve</a> <a href="/wiki/Gordon%27s_Indian_Residential_School" title="Gordon's Indian Residential School">residential school</a> dies of <a href="/wiki/Hypothermia" title="Hypothermia">exposure</a> walking home<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Christie_v_York" title="Christie v York">Supreme Court finds</a> tavern, in absence of specific law, has "freedom of commerce" to not serve Black man<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/John_Peters_Humphrey" title="John Peters Humphrey">Law professor</a> comments on Quebec's <a href="/wiki/Padlock_Law" title="Padlock Law">Padlock Law</a> allowing police to seal premises and arrest occupants deemed "communistic"<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Private_intelligence_agency" title="Private intelligence agency">Private intelligence agency</a> offers to spy on corporation's workers to detect "plots, plans and unrest"<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Mao_Zedong#Writings_and_calligraphy" title="Mao Zedong">Mao's appreciation</a> of <a href="/wiki/Norman_Bethune#China" title="Norman Bethune">Norman Bethune</a> - "We must all learn the spirit of absolute selflessness from him"<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Poster: "Time Is Life" depicts Bethune riding a galloping horse<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>King <a href="/wiki/George_VI" title="George VI">George VI</a> - "It is my earnest hope that <a href="/wiki/1939_royal_tour_of_Canada" title="1939 royal tour of Canada">my present visit</a> may give <a href="/wiki/History_of_monarchy_in_Canada#Interwar_period" title="History of monarchy in Canada">my Canadian people</a> a deeper conception of their unity as a nation."<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Woman records her excitement over <a href="/wiki/1939_royal_tour_of_Canada#Westward_leg" title="1939 royal tour of Canada">1939 royal tour</a> of George VI and Elizabeth in her diary<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Film of royal tour's stops in Calgary, Banff, Vancouver and Victoria<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Brockington" title="Leonard Brockington">CBC chairman</a> tells House committee move into <a href="/wiki/Television#history" title="Television">television</a> will <a href="/wiki/1952_in_Canadian_television" title="1952 in Canadian television">not come soon</a> because of its current technical and financial limitations<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Course in <a href="/wiki/Interior_design#Interior_decorators_and_interior_designers" title="Interior design">interior decoration</a> includes hands-on stitching, glazing, block-printing, weaving, lettering, etc., etc.<sup 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title="1746 in Canada">1746</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1747_in_Canada" title="1747 in Canada">1747</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1748_in_Canada" title="1748 in Canada">1748</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1749_in_Canada" title="1749 in Canada">1749</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1750_in_Canada" title="1750 in Canada">1750</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1751_in_Canada" title="1751 in Canada">1751</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1752_in_Canada" title="1752 in Canada">1752</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1753_in_Canada" title="1753 in Canada">1753</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1754_in_Canada" title="1754 in Canada">1754</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1755_in_Canada" title="1755 in Canada">1755</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1756_in_Canada" title="1756 in Canada">1756</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1757_in_Canada" title="1757 in Canada">1757</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1758_in_Canada" title="1758 in Canada">1758</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1759_in_Canada" title="1759 in Canada">1759</a></li> <li><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/1829_in_Canada" title="1829 in Canada">1829</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1830_in_Canada" title="1830 in Canada">1830</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1831_in_Canada" title="1831 in Canada">1831</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1832_in_Canada" title="1832 in Canada">1832</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1833_in_Canada" title="1833 in Canada">1833</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1834_in_Canada" title="1834 in Canada">1834</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1835_in_Canada" title="1835 in Canada">1835</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1836_in_Canada" title="1836 in Canada">1836</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1837_in_Canada" title="1837 in Canada">1837</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1838_in_Canada" title="1838 in Canada">1838</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1839_in_Canada" title="1839 in Canada">1839</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1840_in_Canada" title="1840 in Canada">1840</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1841_in_Canada" title="1841 in Canada">1841</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1842_in_Canada" title="1842 in Canada">1842</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1843_in_Canada" title="1843 in Canada">1843</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1844_in_Canada" title="1844 in Canada">1844</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1845_in_Canada" title="1845 in Canada">1845</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1846_in_Canada" title="1846 in Canada">1846</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1847_in_Canada" title="1847 in Canada">1847</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1848_in_Canada" title="1848 in Canada">1848</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1849_in_Canada" title="1849 in Canada">1849</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1850_in_Canada" title="1850 in Canada">1850</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1851_in_Canada" title="1851 in Canada">1851</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1852_in_Canada" title="1852 in Canada">1852</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1853_in_Canada" title="1853 in Canada">1853</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1854_in_Canada" title="1854 in Canada">1854</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1855_in_Canada" title="1855 in Canada">1855</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1856_in_Canada" title="1856 in Canada">1856</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1857_in_Canada" title="1857 in Canada">1857</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1858_in_Canada" title="1858 in Canada">1858</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1859_in_Canada" title="1859 in Canada">1859</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1860_in_Canada" title="1860 in Canada">1860</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1861_in_Canada" title="1861 in Canada">1861</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1862_in_Canada" title="1862 in Canada">1862</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1863_in_Canada" title="1863 in Canada">1863</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1864_in_Canada" title="1864 in Canada">1864</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1865_in_Canada" title="1865 in Canada">1865</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1866_in_Canada" title="1866 in Canada">1866</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Post-Confederation<br />1867–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1867_in_Canada" title="1867 in Canada">1867</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1868_in_Canada" title="1868 in Canada">1868</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1869_in_Canada" title="1869 in Canada">1869</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1870_in_Canada" title="1870 in Canada">1870</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1871_in_Canada" title="1871 in Canada">1871</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872_in_Canada" title="1872 in Canada">1872</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1873_in_Canada" title="1873 in Canada">1873</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1874_in_Canada" title="1874 in Canada">1874</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1875_in_Canada" title="1875 in Canada">1875</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1876_in_Canada" title="1876 in Canada">1876</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1877_in_Canada" title="1877 in Canada">1877</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1878_in_Canada" title="1878 in Canada">1878</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1879_in_Canada" title="1879 in Canada">1879</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1880_in_Canada" title="1880 in Canada">1880</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1881_in_Canada" title="1881 in Canada">1881</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1882_in_Canada" title="1882 in Canada">1882</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1883_in_Canada" title="1883 in Canada">1883</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1884_in_Canada" title="1884 in Canada">1884</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1885_in_Canada" title="1885 in Canada">1885</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1886_in_Canada" title="1886 in Canada">1886</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1887_in_Canada" title="1887 in Canada">1887</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888_in_Canada" title="1888 in Canada">1888</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1889_in_Canada" title="1889 in Canada">1889</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1890_in_Canada" title="1890 in Canada">1890</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1891_in_Canada" title="1891 in Canada">1891</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892_in_Canada" title="1892 in Canada">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1893_in_Canada" title="1893 in Canada">1893</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1894_in_Canada" title="1894 in Canada">1894</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1895_in_Canada" title="1895 in Canada">1895</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896_in_Canada" title="1896 in Canada">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1897_in_Canada" title="1897 in Canada">1897</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1898_in_Canada" title="1898 in Canada">1898</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1899_in_Canada" title="1899 in Canada">1899</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_in_Canada" title="1900 in Canada">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1901_in_Canada" title="1901 in Canada">1901</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902_in_Canada" title="1902 in Canada">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1903_in_Canada" title="1903 in Canada">1903</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_in_Canada" title="1904 in Canada">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1905_in_Canada" title="1905 in Canada">1905</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906_in_Canada" title="1906 in Canada">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1907_in_Canada" title="1907 in Canada">1907</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_in_Canada" title="1908 in Canada">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909_in_Canada" title="1909 in Canada">1909</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1910_in_Canada" title="1910 in Canada">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_in_Canada" title="1911 in Canada">1911</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_in_Canada" title="1912 in Canada">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_in_Canada" title="1913 in Canada">1913</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_in_Canada" title="1914 in Canada">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_in_Canada" title="1915 in Canada">1915</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_in_Canada" title="1916 in Canada">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_in_Canada" title="1917 in Canada">1917</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_in_Canada" title="1918 in Canada">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1919_in_Canada" title="1919 in Canada">1919</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_in_Canada" title="1920 in Canada">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1921_in_Canada" title="1921 in Canada">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_in_Canada" title="1922 in Canada">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_in_Canada" title="1923 in Canada">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_in_Canada" title="1924 in Canada">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1925_in_Canada" title="1925 in Canada">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_in_Canada" title="1926 in Canada">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1927_in_Canada" title="1927 in Canada">1927</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_in_Canada" title="1928 in Canada">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_in_Canada" title="1929 in Canada">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_in_Canada" title="1930 in Canada">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_in_Canada" title="1931 in Canada">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_in_Canada" title="1932 in Canada">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_in_Canada" title="1933 in Canada">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_in_Canada" title="1934 in Canada">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_in_Canada" title="1935 in Canada">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_in_Canada" title="1936 in Canada">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_in_Canada" title="1937 in Canada">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_in_Canada" title="1938 in Canada">1938</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1939</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_in_Canada" title="1940 in Canada">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_in_Canada" title="1941 in Canada">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_in_Canada" title="1942 in Canada">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_in_Canada" title="1943 in Canada">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_in_Canada" title="1944 in Canada">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_in_Canada" title="1945 in Canada">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_in_Canada" title="1946 in Canada">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_in_Canada" title="1947 in Canada">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_in_Canada" title="1948 in Canada">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_in_Canada" title="1949 in Canada">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_in_Canada" title="1950 in Canada">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_in_Canada" title="1951 in Canada">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_in_Canada" title="1952 in Canada">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_in_Canada" title="1953 in Canada">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_in_Canada" title="1954 in Canada">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_in_Canada" title="1955 in Canada">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_in_Canada" title="1956 in Canada">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_in_Canada" title="1957 in Canada">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_in_Canada" title="1958 in Canada">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_in_Canada" title="1959 in Canada">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_in_Canada" title="1960 in Canada">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_in_Canada" title="1961 in Canada">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_in_Canada" title="1962 in Canada">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_in_Canada" title="1963 in Canada">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_in_Canada" title="1964 in Canada">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_in_Canada" title="1965 in Canada">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_in_Canada" title="1966 in Canada">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_in_Canada" title="1967 in Canada">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_in_Canada" title="1968 in Canada">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_in_Canada" title="1969 in Canada">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_in_Canada" title="1970 in Canada">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_in_Canada" title="1971 in Canada">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_in_Canada" title="1972 in Canada">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_in_Canada" title="1973 in Canada">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_in_Canada" title="1974 in Canada">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_in_Canada" title="1975 in Canada">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_in_Canada" title="1976 in Canada">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_in_Canada" title="1977 in Canada">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_in_Canada" title="1978 in Canada">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_in_Canada" title="1979 in Canada">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_in_Canada" title="1980 in Canada">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_in_Canada" title="1981 in Canada">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_in_Canada" title="1982 in Canada">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_in_Canada" title="1983 in Canada">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_in_Canada" title="1984 in Canada">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_in_Canada" title="1985 in Canada">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_in_Canada" title="1986 in Canada">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_in_Canada" title="1987 in Canada">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_in_Canada" title="1988 in Canada">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_in_Canada" title="1989 in Canada">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_in_Canada" title="1990 in Canada">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_in_Canada" title="1991 in Canada">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_in_Canada" title="1992 in Canada">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_in_Canada" title="1993 in Canada">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_in_Canada" title="1994 in Canada">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_in_Canada" title="1995 in Canada">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_in_Canada" title="1996 in Canada">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_in_Canada" title="1997 in Canada">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_in_Canada" title="1998 in Canada">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_in_Canada" title="1999 in Canada">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_in_Canada" title="2000 in Canada">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_in_Canada" title="2001 in Canada">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_in_Canada" title="2002 in Canada">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_in_Canada" title="2003 in Canada">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_in_Canada" title="2004 in Canada">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_in_Canada" title="2005 in Canada">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_in_Canada" title="2006 in Canada">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_in_Canada" title="2007 in Canada">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_in_Canada" title="2008 in Canada">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_in_Canada" title="2009 in Canada">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_in_Canada" title="2010 in Canada">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_in_Canada" title="2011 in Canada">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_in_Canada" title="2012 in Canada">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_in_Canada" title="2013 in Canada">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Canada" title="2014 in Canada">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_in_Canada" title="2015 in Canada">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_in_Canada" title="2016 in Canada">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_in_Canada" title="2017 in Canada">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_in_Canada" title="2018 in Canada">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_in_Canada" title="2019 in Canada">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_in_Canada" title="2020 in Canada">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_in_Canada" title="2021 in Canada">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_in_Canada" title="2022 in Canada">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_in_Canada" title="2023 in Canada">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_Canada" title="2024 in Canada">2024</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2025_in_Canada" title="2025 in Canada">2025</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Quebec</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1608_in_Quebec" title="1608 in Quebec">1608</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1609_in_Quebec" title="1609 in Quebec">1609</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1610_in_Quebec" title="1610 in Quebec">1610</a></li> <li><a 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