1937_in_canada

See also: 1936 in Canada, other events of 1937, 1938 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.

Events

• First ascent of Mount Lucania (5,226 m), third highest mountain in Canada.
• April 10: Trans-Canada Airlines, the predecessor of Air Canada, was created as a subsidiary of Canadian National Railway
• August 15: The Rowell-Sirois Commission is formed
• September 1: Regular flights of Trans-Canada Air Lines begin
• October 6: Ontario election: Mitchell Hepburn\'s Liberals win a second consecutive majority
• November 24: The first Governor General\'s Awards are given.

Arts and literature

Births

• January 5: Richard Cashin, labour leader
• January 21: James Unger, cartoonist
• January 24: Suzanne Tremblay, politician
• January 26: Maureen Hemphill, Manitoba politician
• January 29: Frank Iacobucci, jurist
• February 10: Archibald Megarry, publisher
• February 26: Hagood Hardy, musician
• March 2: Joseph MacInnis, diver
• March 9: Bernard Landry, jurist
• March 10: Thomas Hunter, singer
• March 26: James M. Lee, Premier of PEI
• May 9: Jim Walding, Manitoba politician
• May 13: Roch Carrier, author
• June 15: Toby Tarnow, actress
• August 16: David Anderson, Canadian politician
• August 16: Ian Deans, politician
• September 3: Gerry Brisson, hockey player
• September 8: Barbara Frum, journalist
• September 9: Jean Augustine, politician
• September 12: George Chuvalo, boxer
• September 19: Neil Gaudry, Manitoba politician
• September 23: Jacques Poulin, writer
• October 19: Marilyn Bell, swimmer
• November 6: Gerry St. Germain, politician
• November 11: Stephen Lewis, politician and humanitarian

Deaths

• January 29 Marc Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté, painter and sculptor

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