1928 in Canada

"See also:"
1927 in Canada,
other events of 1928,
1929 in Canada and the
Timeline of Canadian history.

----

Events

* April 2 - Camillien Houde elected mayor of Montreal
* May 31 - the Legislative Council of Nova Scotia is abolished
* August 20 - John Duncan MacLean resigns as premier of British Columbia
* August 21 - Simon Fraser Tolmie becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing John Duncan MacLean
* The Supreme Court of Canada rules that women are not persons who can hold office according to the British North America Act—reversed a year later by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in Britain

Births

* January 2 - Avie Bennett, publisher
* February 13 - Gerald A. Regan, Nova Scotia premier
* February 16 - Les Costello, ice hockey player, Catholic priest and founder of the Flying Fathers
* March 8 - Gerald Bull, artillery designer
* March 10 - Robert C. Coates, politician
* March 17 - William John McKeag, Manitoba politician
* March 31 - Gordie Howe, hockey player
* April 10 - Fraser MacPherson, musician
* April 17 - Fabien Roy, politician
* April 28 - Zbigniew Basinski, physicist
* April 30 - Hugh Hood, author
* May 4 - Maynard Ferguson, jazz trumpet player
* May 9 - Barbara Ann Scott, figure skater
* May 23 - Pauline Julien, singer
* May 23 - Sidney Spivak, Manitoba politician
* July 26 - Peter Lougheed, Alberta politician
* August 19 - Qaqaq Ashoona, sculptor
* September 10 - Jean Vanier, founder of L'Arche
* October 1 - Jim Pattison, businessman
* October 27 - Gilles Vigneault, poet and musician
* December 15 - Ida Haendel, violinist
* December 16 - Roy Bailey, politician
* December 21 - Clayton Kenny, boxer
* December 29 - Robert Hylton Brisco, politician
* December 29 - Norman Cafik, politician
* Bruno Gerussi, actor

Deaths