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Canada-related events during the year of 1927
Events from the year 1927 in Canada.
Incumbents
Crown
Federal government
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
Premiers
Territorial governments
Commissioners
Events
Arts and literature
Science and technology
Sport
Births
January to March
- January 1
- January 4 –
Paul Desmarais, financier
- January 6 –
John W. Grace, first
Privacy Commissioner of Canada (d.
2009)
- January 10 –
Gisele MacKenzie, singer (d.
2003)
- January 17 –
Stan Roberts, politician (d.
1990)
- January 24 –
Phyllis Lambert, architect and philanthropist
- January 25 –
Gildas Molgat, politician (d.
2001)
- January 28 –
Sheila Finestone, politician and Senator (d.
2009)
- January 29 –
Lewis Urry, chemical engineer and inventor (d.
2004)
- January 30 –
Sterling Lyon, politician and 17th
Premier of Manitoba (d.
2010)
- February 11 –
Sinclair Stevens, politician
- March 3 –
William Kurelek, artist and writer (d.
1977)
- March 9 –
John Beckwith, composer, writer, pianist, teacher and administrator
- March 25 –
Bill Barilko, ice hockey player (d.
1951)
- March 27 –
Eugène Philippe LaRocque, Roman Catholic priest (d.
2018)
- March 28 –
Fernande Saint-Martin, art critic, museologist, semiologist, visual arts theorist and writer (d.
2019)
April to June
- April 6
- April 8
- April 13 –
Ronald Stewart, businessman and politician (d.
2022)
- April 25 –
Frances Hyland, actress (d.
2004)
- May 2 –
Budge Wilson, writer (d.
2021)
- May 5 –
Sylvia Fedoruk, scientist, curler and
Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan (d.
2012)
- May 14 –
Frank Miller, politician and 19th
Premier of Ontario (d.
2000)
- June 3 –
George Hislop, gay activist (d.
2005)
- June 17 –
Jean Robert Beaulé, politician (d.
2005)
- June 24 –
Fernand Dumont, sociologist, philosopher, theologian and poet (d.
1997)
- June 25 –
Nora McDermott basketball player, volleyball player, coach and physical education teacher (d.
2013)
- June 26 –
Robert Kroetsch, novelist, poet and non-fiction writer (d.
2011)
- June 29
July to December
- July 2 –
Fern Villeneuve, aviator (d.
2019)
- July 18 –
Keith MacDonald, Canadian politician (d.
2021)
- July 20 –
Jack Horner, politician and Minister (d.
2004)
- July 21 –
Hal Hatfield, football player
- August 17 –
John Alan Beesley, diplomat and civil servant (d.
2009)
- September 1 –
Chuck Dalton, basketball player, member of Olympic team (
1952) (d.
2013)
- September 7 –
Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, justice of the
Supreme Court of Canada
- October 3 –
Kenojuak Ashevak, artist (d.
2013)
- October 14 –
Elmer Iseler, choir conductor and choral editor (d.
1998)
- October 15 –
Peter Pollen, politician (d.
2017)
- November 3 –
Harrison McCain, businessman (d.
2004)
- November 8 –
Peter Munk, businessman and philanthropist
- November 10
- November 17 –
Nicholas Taylor, geologist, businessman, politician and Senator (d.
2020)
- November 18 –
Knowlton Nash, journalist, author and television news anchor (d.
2014)
- November 26 –
Ernie Coombs, children's entertainer Mr. Dressup (d.
2001)
- November 30 –
Tod Sloan, ice hockey player (d.
2017)
- December 6 –
Marcel Pelletier, Canadian ice hockey player (d.
2017)
- December 7 –
Grant Strate, dancer, choreographer and academic
- December 18 –
Roméo LeBlanc, politician and 25th
Governor General of Canada (d.
2009)
- December 24 –
Geoffrey Pearson, diplomat (d.
2008)
Deaths
January to June
July to December
See also
Historical documents
Popular infant care author writes government guide to
raising babies, including growth, health, habits, and "character and disposition"
[2]
Speaker delivers strongly
anti-Catholic commentary at packed
Ku Klux Klan meeting in Regina
[3]
MP
Agnes Macphail calls for
government pension coverage for war veterans unable to work
[4]
British privy council renders decision on
long-disputed Labrador border between Newfoundland and Canada
[5]
U.S. border restrictions force Canadian residents working in U.S.A. to qualify for
immigration
[6]
Illustration:
A.Y. Jackson's painting of
Mount Robson is among
Group of Seven art in
Canadian National Railway guide to
Jasper National Park
[7]
Hunter regrets killing one of
Jack Miner's "noble"
Canada geese
[8]
Son of "dead" man who skippered
schooner lost in Lake Ontario gale learns he
started life anew in Oklahoma
[9]
References
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"King George V | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
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^ Helen MacMurchy,
The Canadian Mother's Book (1927). Accessed 6 December 2019
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"Ku Klux Klan Not Dead Yet, Meeting Told" Regina Morning Leader (October 5, 1927), pg. 8. Accessed 12 May 2020
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^ "Old Age Pensions" (March 3, 1927), House of Commons Debates, 16th Parliament, 1st Session: Vol. 1,
pg. 882 Accessed 7 March 2020
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"Labrador; A Source of Wealth; The Boundary Dispute; Privy Council Decision" The (Wellington, N.Z.) Evening Post, Vol. CXIII, No. 94 (April 22, 1927), pg. 9. Accessed 12 May 2020
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"The Canadian Minister (Massey) to Secretary of State" (No. 149, June 8, 1927), Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1927, Volume 1, pgs. 502-6. Accessed 12 May 2020
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Scenic Guide - Jasper National Park - Canadian National Railways (1927), Library and Archives Canada. Accessed 3 April 2022
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^ Letter in "The Canada Goose as Canada's Emblem," Jack Miner on Current Topics,
pgs. 48-50 Accessed 12 May 2020
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"Ten Year Old Mystery of Wreck Expected to Be Cleared Up Now" The (Belleville, Ont.) Intelligencer (March 7, 1927). Accessed 12 May 2020
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