1936 in Canada

Years in Canada:	1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
Years:	1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

Part of a series on the
History of Canada
Year list / Timeline
Pre-colonization 1534–1763 1764–1866 1867–1914 1914–1945 1945–1960 1960–1981 1982–1992 1992–present
Topics
Constitutional history Cultural history Economic history Former colonies Immigration history Military history Monarchical history National Historic Sites Persons of significance Population history Territorial evolution
Research
Bibliography Historiography
Portal

Events from the year 1936 in Canada.

Incumbents

Crown

• Head of state (monarch) – King George V (until January 20) then Edward VIII (January 20 to December 11) then George VI (consort – Mary of Teck then Vacant then Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon)

Federal government

• Governor general – John Buchan (viceregal consort – Susan Buchan, Baroness Tweedsmuir)
• Prime minister – William Lyon Mackenzie King

Provincial governments

Lieutenant governors

• Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – William Legh Walsh (until October 1) then Philip Primrose
• Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – John W.F. Johnson (until May 1) 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 (until September 10) 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 (until January 10) then Thane Campbell (from January 14)
• Premier of Quebec – Louis-Alexandre Taschereau (until June 11) then Adélard Godbout (June 11 to August 26) then Maurice Duplessis
• Premier of Saskatchewan – William John Patterson

Territorial governments

Commissioners

• Controller of Yukon – George A. Jeckell
• Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Vacant (Roy A. Gibson acting) (until December 3) 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

Births

January to March

• January 18 - Albert Driedger, politician
• February 6 - Kent Douglas, ice hockey player and coach (d.2009)
• February 9 - Stompin' Tom Connors, folk singer (d.2013)
• 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 (d.2009)
• May 15 - Milan Kymlicka, arranger, composer and conductor (d.2008)

July to December

• July 3 - Larry Condon, politician (d.1991)
• August 20 - David MacDonald, politician and author
• September 26 - Lowell Murray, Senator
• October 9 – Don Wittman, sportscaster (d.2008)
• October 27 - Suzanne Paradis, writer
• November 7 - Audrey McLaughlin, politician
• December 16 - Karleen Bradford, children's author

Full date unknown

• Greg Curnoe, painter (d.1992)
• Sheldon Turcott, journalist (d. 2000)

Deaths

• January 8 - John Augustus Barron, politician and lawyer (b.1850)
• January 10 - Walter Lea, politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island (b.1874)
• January 22 - Noah Timmins, mining developer and executive (b.1867)
• February 26 - Frederick C. Alderdice, businessman, politician and last Prime Minister of Newfoundland (b.1872)
• May 7 - Isidore-Noël Belleau, politician and lawyer (b.1848)
• May 30 - Homer Watson, artist (b. 1855)
• July 6 - Peter Veniot, businessman, newspaper owner, politician and 17th Premier of New Brunswick (b.1863)
• October 3 - William Parks, geologist and paleontologist (b.1868)
• October 29 - Tobias Norris, politician and 10th Premier of Manitoba (b.1861)