1926 in Canada

Events from the year 1926 in Canada.

Incumbents

February 24 – Robert Randolph Bruce becomes British Columbia's 13th lieutenant governor
February 26 – James Garfield Gardiner becomes premier of Saskatchewan, replacing Charles Dunning
June 24 – Monument aux Patriotes, Montreal unveiled
June 28 – The King-Byng Affair climaxes as William Lyon Mackenzie King resigns as prime minister. Arthur Meighen becomes prime minister for the second time, but an election is forced when Meighen fails to win the confidence of the House.
June 28 – 1926 Alberta general election: John Brownlee's United Farmers of Alberta win a second consecutive majority
July 1 – Canada moves back onto the gold standard
September 14 – Federal election: the coalition of Mackenzie King's Liberals and the Liberal-Progressives win a majority, defeating Arthur Meighen's Conservatives
September 25 – Mackenzie King becomes prime minister for the second time, replacing Arthur Meighen
November 18 – British Dominions given official autonomy in the Balfour Declaration of 1926
December 1 – 1926 Ontario general election: Howard Ferguson's Conservatives win a second consecutive majority

March 26 – The Calgary City Junior Hockey League's Calgary Canadians win their only Memorial Cup by defeating the Ontario Hockey Association's Queen's University 2 game to 1. All games were held at Shea's Amphitheatre in Winnipeg
April 6 – The National Hockey League's Montreal Maroons win their only Stanley Cup by defeating the Western Hockey League Victoria Cougars 3 games to 1. This was the last time a non-NHL team would contest for the Cup. The deciding game was played at the Montreal Forum
December 4 – The Ottawa Senators win their second Grey Cup by defeating the Toronto Varsity Blues 10 to 7 in the 14th Grey Cup played at Varsity Stadium

January 1 – Dean Bandiera, Canadian football player
January 2 – John Stroppa, football player
January 3 – Murray Dowey, ice hockey player and Olympic champion
January 4 – Betty Kennedy, broadcaster, journalist, author, Senator and gameshow panelist
January 20 – John Michael Sherlock, Roman Catholic bishop
January 26 – Georges-C. Lachance, politician and father of Claude-André Lachance
February 4 – Roger Blais, engineer and academic
February 6 – Ray Perrault, politician
February 11 – Leslie Nielsen, comedian and actor
February 20 – Jean Boucher, politician
April 1 – Gérard La Forest, lawyer and judge
April 17 – Gerry McNeil, ice hockey player
April 21 – Keith Davey, businessman and politician
April 28 – Alex Oakley, race walker
May 3 – Matt Baldwin, curler
May 13 – Joy Coghill, actress, director, and writer
May 20 – Allan McEachern, lawyer, judge and university chancellor
May 26 – Phyllis Gotlieb, science fiction novelist and poet
June 3 – Flora MacDonald, politician
June 7 – Jean-Noël Tremblay, lawyer and politician
June 15 – Douglas Bell, politician

July 7 – Armand Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player
July 14 – Wallace Diestelmeyer, figure skater
July 18 – Margaret Laurence, novelist and short story writer
July 21 – Norman Jewison, film director, producer, actor and founder of the Canadian Film Centre
July 22 – Paul Collins, long-distance runner
August 13 – Dalton McGuinty Sr., politician and father of premier of Ontario Dalton McGuinty and the politician David McGuinty
August 18 – Gordon Donaldson, author and journalist
September 1 – James Reaney, poet, playwright and literary critic
September 13 – Emile Francis, ice hockey player
September 27 – Jack Duffy, actor and comedian
October 1 – Ben Wicks, cartoonist, illustrator, journalist and author
October 8 – Vern Jones, professional ice hockey player
October 26 – George Crum, conductor, pianist, vocal coach and musical arranger
November 8 – Kay Hawtrey, actress
December 3 – Denise Morelle, actress and murder victim