1920 in Canada

none April 2026 September 2023 1920 Events from the year 1920 in Canada. Incumbents Crown Monarch – George VKing George V The Canadian Encyclopedia https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/king-george-v www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca 4 December 2022 Federal government Governor General – Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire Prime Minister – Robert Borden (until July 10) then Arthur Meighen Chief Justice – Louis Henry Davies (Prince Edward Island) Parliament – 13th Provincial governments Lieutenant governors Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Robert Brett Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Edward Gawler Prior (until December 12) then Walter Cameron Nichol (from December 24) Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – James Albert Manning Aikins Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – William Pugsley Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – MacCallum Grant Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Lionel Herbert Clarke Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Murdock MacKinnon Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Charles Fitzpatrick Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Richard Stuart Lake Premiers Premier of Alberta – Charles Stewart Premier of British Columbia – John Oliver Premier of Manitoba – Tobias Norris Premier of New Brunswick – Walter Foster Premier of Nova Scotia – George Henry Murray Premier of Ontario – Ernest Drury Premier of Prince Edward Island – John Howatt Bell Premier of Quebec – Lomer Gouin (until July 9) then Louis-Alexandre Taschereau Premier of Saskatchewan – William Melville Martin Territorial governments Commissioners Gold Commissioner of Yukon – George P. MacKenzie Commissioner of Northwest Territories – William Wallace Cory Events right|thumb|250px|The Capitol Cinema in Ottawa opens on November 8 January 10 – Canada is a founding member of the League of Nations, effectively ending the declaration of war. February 1 – The Royal North-West Mounted Police and the Dominion Police are amalgamated and renamed the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/hist/hh-ps/date-eng.htm Historically Relevant Dates to the RCMP 2018-02-12 Royal Canadian Mounted Police 2014-06-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20140614042010/http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/hist/hh-ps/date-eng.htm dead February 14 – Université de Montréal founded. February 26 – The Indian Act is amended to give Canadian aboriginal peoples the right to vote in band elections.Indian Act March 12 – The first Lions Club outside the United States is founded in Windsor, Ontario. May 14 – Canadian Forum magazine founded. June – The Catholic Women's League is formed in Montreal. June 24 – Dollard des Ormeaux Monument unveiled. July 1 – Under the Dominion Elections Act, uniform franchise is established and the right for women to be elected to parliament is made permanent.Dominion Elections Act Statues of Canada C 46 S 38. July 9 – Louis-Alexandre Taschereau becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Sir Lomer Gouin. July 10 – Arthur Meighen becomes prime minister, replacing Sir Robert Borden. July 11 – Charles Stephens, a barber and daredevil from Bristol, England, dies attempting to go over Niagara Falls. October 17 – The first airplane to fly across Canada arrives in Richmond from Halifax.http://www.vancouverhistory.ca/chronology1920.htm The History of Metropolitan Vancouver - 1920 Chronology December 25 – Walter Cameron Nichol becomes the 12th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia. Date unknown Esther Marjorie Hill (1895–1985) becomes the first female architect in Canada when she graduates from the University of Toronto. Arts and literature May 7 – The first exhibit of art by the Group of Seven opens in Toronto. November 8 – The Capitol Cinema opens in Ottawa, the capital's only true movie palace. Undated – A group of artists, educators, and art patrons formed the British Columbia Art League to lobby the provincial and city governments for a school. Sport January 10 – The Montreal Canadiens and Toronto St. Patricks combine for 21 goals to set an NHL record for most goals in a single game.1920 March 23–25 – The Ontario Hockey Association's Toronto Canoe Club win their first Memorial Cup by defeating Saskatchewan Amateur Hockey Association's Selkirk Fishermen 15 to 5 in a 2-game aggregate played at Arena Gardens in Toronto April 1 – The NHL's Ottawa Senators win their ninth Stanley Cup by defeating the Pacific Coast Hockey Association's Seattle Metropolitans 3 games to 2. The deciding game was played at Toronto's Arena Gardens December 4 – The University of Toronto Varsity Blues win their fourth and final Grey Cup by defeating the Toronto Argonauts 16 to 3 in the 8th Grey Cup played at Toronto's Varsity Stadium 1920 Olympics April 26 – The Winnipeg Falcons representing Canada beat Sweden 12–1 to win the gold medal for ice hockey at the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp. August 18 – Earl Thomson wins a gold medal in Men's 110 m Hurdles at the Athletics August 23 – Bert Schneider wins a gold medal for Canada in the Boxing Welterweight at the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp.http://www.sportshall.ca/accessible/hm_profile.php?i=318February 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Births January to March September 2023 thumb|right|150px|James Doohan, 1997 January 4 – James William Baskin, politician and businessman (d. 1999) January 6 – Henry Corden, Canadian-born American actor, voice actor and singer (d.2005) January 7 – Margaret W. Thompson, geneticist (d. 2014) January 12 – Bill Reid, artist (d. 1998) February 22 – Ralph Raymond Loffmark, politician. (d. 2012) February 23 – Paul Gérin-Lajoie, lawyer, philanthropist, politician and Minister (d. 2018) February 25 Merrill Edwin Barrington, politician, accountant and insurance broker (d. 1965) Gérard Bessette, author and educator (d. 2005) March 3 – James Doohan, actor (d. 2005) March 9 – Erwin Schild, rabbi and author (d. 2024) March 19 Cyril Lloyd Francis, politician and Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada (d. 2007) Laurent Noël, Roman Catholic bishop (d. 2022) March 24 – Bill Irwin, Olympic skier (d. 2013) April to June April 2 – Gerald Bouey, 4th Governor of the Bank of Canada (d. 2004) May 1 – Louis Siminovitch, molecular biologist (d. 2021)https://siminovitchprize.com/dr-lou-siminovitch-1920-2021/ Dr Lou Siminovitch Prix Siminovitch August 8, 2021 May 2 – William Hutt, actor (d. 2007) May 5 – Bill Hunter, ice hockey player, general manager and coach (d. 2002) May 8 Barbara Howard, sprinter (d. 2017) Harry Rankin, lawyer and politician (d. 2002) May 9 – Helen Nicol, baseball player (d. 2021) May 25 – Maria Gomori, Hungarian-born psychologist (d. 2021) May 27 – Peter Dmytruk, World War II military hero (d. 1943) June 4 – Lynda Adams, diver (d. 1997) June 6 – Jan Rubeš, opera singer and actor (d. 2009) June 11 – Qapik Attagutsiak, Inuit elderhttps://www.canada.ca/en/parks-canada/news/2020/01/hometown-hero---qapik-attagutsiak-arctic-bay-nunavut.html Hometown Hero - Qapik Attagutsiak, Arctic Bay, Nunavut Parks Canada 27 January 2020 29 January 2020 29 January 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200129065230/https://www.canada.ca/en/parks-canada/news/2020/01/hometown-hero---qapik-attagutsiak-arctic-bay-nunavut.html dead (d. 2023) June 14 – Stanley Waters, Senator (d. 1991) June 15 – Sam Sniderman, founder of the Sam the Record Man chain (d. 2012) June 24 – Joe Greene, politician (d. 1978) June 26 – Jean-Pierre Roy, Major League Baseball pitcher (d. 2014) July to December September 2023 July 12 Pierre Berton, author, television personality and journalist (d. 2004) Bob Fillion, ice hockey player (d. 2015) August 2 – Marcel Adams, businessman (d. 2020) August 3 – Lucien Lamoureux, politician and Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada (d. 1998) August 12 – Aidan Maloney, politician and executive (d. 2018) August 19 – Agnes Benidickson, first female chancellor of Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario (d.2007) August 24 – Alex Colville, painter (d. 2013) September 4 – Catherine Bennett, baseball player September 6 – Helen Hunley, politician (d. 2010) September 9 – Joan Neiman, senator (d. 2022) September 11 – Dalton Camp, journalist, politician, political strategist and commentator (d. 2002) September 26 – Edmund Tobin Asselin, politician (d. 1999) October 1 – Charles Daudelin, sculptor and painter (d. 2001) October 13 – Evelyn Dick, murderer October 29 – Bill Juzda, ice hockey player (d. 2008) November 11 – John Ferguson Browne, politician (d. 2014) November 17 – George Dunning, Canadian-born cartoon director, animator (d. 1979) November 18 – George Johnson, politician and Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba (d. 1995) Deaths September 2023 January to June February 12 – Aurore Gagnon, murder victim (b. 1909) February 16 – Augustus F. Goodridge, politician and Premier of Newfoundland (b. 1839) April 25 – Alexander Grant MacKay, teacher, lawyer and politician (b. 1860) June 6 – James Dunsmuir, industrialist, politician and Premier of British Columbia (b. 1851) June 18 – John Macoun, naturalist (b. 1831) June 27 – Adolphe-Basile Routhier, judge, author and lyricist (b. 1839) July to December September 5 – Agnes Macdonald, 1st Baroness Macdonald of Earnscliffe, second wife of John A. Macdonald, first Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1836) September 7 – Simon-Napoléon Parent, politician and Premier of Quebec (b. 1855) September 18 – Robert Beaven, businessman, politician and 6th Premier of British Columbia (b. 1836) September 30 – William Wilfred Sullivan, journalist, jurist, politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island (b. 1843) November 19 – Byron Moffatt Britton, politician, lawyer and lecturer (b. 1833) December 12 – Edward Gawler Prior, mining engineer, politician and Premier of British Columbia (b. 1854) See also List of Canadian films References 2 1920 in Category:Years of the 20th century in Canada Canada Category:1920 in North America