1912 in Canada - Definition and Overview

See also: 1911 in Canada, other events of 1912, 1913 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.

Events

• The Amherst automobile is first manufactured.
• April 26 - The Chateau Laurier opens in Ottawa
• May 14 - Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec expand to the north
• June 30 - Regina devastated by a tornado, 28 are killed.
• August 14 - 1912 Saskatchewan election: Walter Scott's Liberals win a third consecutive majority
• August 17 - Circular No. 17 bans the teaching of the French language in Ontario schools.
• September 2 - The first Calgary Stampede is held

Arts and literature

New Books

Births

• January 2 - Barbara Pentland, composer
• January 3 - Louise Lapointe, Senator
• February 4 - Louis-Albert Vachon, educator and theologian
• March 12 - Irving Layton, poet
• March 22 - Agnes Martin, painter
• March 30 - Francis Alvin George Hamilton, politician
• April 2 - John Marlyn, actor
• April 26 - A. E. van Vogt, author
• May 5 - Louis-René Beaudoin, politician
• May 8 - George Woodcock, author
• June 10 - W. A. Kardash, Manitoba communist
• June 10 - Jean Lesage, Premier of Quebec
• June 26 - Jay Silverheels, actor
• July 14 - Northrop Frye, literary critic
• October 5 - Bora Laskin, jurist
• October 25 - Jean Wallbridge, architect
• October 31 - Graham Rowley, archeologist
• November 16 - Richard Spink Bowles, Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba
• December 27 - Steve Peters, Manitoba politician

Deaths