- 1912 in Canada
"See also:"
1911 in Canada , other events of 1912,1913 in Canada and theTimeline of Canadian history .----
Events
* The Amherst automobile is first manufactured in Calgary.
*February 1 : Strathcona merges withEdmonton, Alberta
*April 1 : TheParliament of Canada passes Quebec Boundaries Extension Act that transferred to theProvince of Quebec the territory bounded by theEastmain River , theLabrador coast, and Hudson andUngava Bay s, extending the northern boundary to its present location.
*April 26 : TheChateau Laurier opens inOttawa
*May 14 :Manitoba ,Ontario , andQuebec expand to the north
*June 30 : A tornado (the "Regina Cyclone ") kills 28.
*August 14 :1912 Saskatchewan election : Walter Scott's Liberals win a third consecutive majority
*August 17 : Circular No. 17 bans the teaching of theFrench language in Ontario schools.
*September 2 : The firstCalgary Stampede is held
* ca. December: The first session of the Saskatchewan Older Boys' Parliament (now theSaskatchewan Youth Parliament ) is held. This was a precursor to the current movement.Arts and literature
:New books
Births
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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
*May 17 : George Brown, hockey player
*June 10 :W. A. Kardash , Manitoba communist
*June 10 :Jean Lesage , Premier of Quebec
*June 26 :Jay Silverheels , actor
*July 12 :René Bégin , politician
*July 12 :Gustave Blouin , politician
*July 14 :Northrop Frye , literary critic
*August 21 :Hugh Alexander Bryson , politician
*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 politicianDeaths
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April 15 :Charles Melville Hays , railway president
*November 10 :Louis Cyr , strongman.
*December 23 : Benjamin Allen, politician
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