1938 in Canada - Definition

See also: 1937 in Canada, other events of 1938, 1939 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.

Events

• June 8 - 1938 Saskatchewan election: William Patterson's Liberals win a second consecutive majority
• Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first president of the United States to visit Canada

Births

• January 10 - Frank Mahovlich, hockey player
• January 13 - William B. Davis, actor
• February 17 - Martha Henry, actor
• February 22 - Pierre Vallières, journalist and writer
• April 8 - John Hamm, Premier of Nova Scotia
• May 13 - Lucille Starr, singer
• May 24 - Tommy Chong, actor
• June 4 - John Harvard, politician and Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba
• June 13 - John Newlove, poet
• July 14 - Moshe Safdie, architect
• July 29 - Peter Jennings, journalist
• July 30 - John de Chastelain, general
• August 8 - Jacques Hétu, composer
• August 9 - Micheline Saint-Marcoux, composer
• August 25 - Colin Thatcher, politician and murderer
• August 28 - Paul Martin, politician
• October 28 - Gary Cowan, golfer
• November 17 - Gordon Lightfoot, folk singer
• November 13 - Gérald Godin, poet and politician
• November 26 - Rich Little, comedian
• December 22 - Lucien Bouchard, politician

Deaths