1937 in Canada

Events from the year 1937 in Canada.

Incumbents

April – A Crucifix was hung in the Montreal city council at the initiative of Joseph-Émile Dubreuil. The crucifix would hung there until 2019.
April 10 – Trans-Canada Airlines, the predecessor of Air Canada, was created as a subsidiary of Canadian National Railway
July 5 – Midale and Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan, record the highest temperature ever in Canada, with a record high of.
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.
First ascent of Mount Lucania, third highest mountain in Canada.

January 28 – Howie Morenz of the Montreal Canadiens suffers a career-ending leg injury in a game against the Chicago Black Hawks
March 8 – While hospitalized for his leg injury, Morenz dies of a coronary embolism.
March 11 – Morenz's funeral at the Montreal Forum. 50,000 mourners queue to pay respect.
April 17 – The Manitoba Junior Hockey League's Winnipeg Monarchs win their second Memorial Cup by defeating the Northern Ontario Hockey Association's Copper Cliff Redmen 3 games to 1. The deciding Game 4 was played at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto
December 11 – Toronto Argonauts win their fourth Grey Cup by defeating the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 4 to 3 in the 25th Grey Cup played at Varsity Stadium in Toronto

January 5 – Richard Cashin, lawyer, politician and trade union leader
January 21 – Jim Unger, cartoonist
January 24 – Suzanne Tremblay, politician
January 26 – Maureen Hemphill, politician
January 29 – Frank Iacobucci, jurist and Puisne Justice on the Supreme Court of Canada
January 31 – Andrée Boucher, politician and 39th Mayor of Quebec City
February 5 – Larry Hillman, ice hockey player and coach
February 10 – Roy Megarry, publisher
February 26 – Hagood Hardy, composer, pianist and vibraphonist
March 2 – Joseph B. MacInnis, diver
March 9
*Bernard Landry, lawyer, teacher, politician and 28th Premier of Quebec
* Harry Neale, ice hockey coach and broadcaster
March 10 – Tommy Hunter, country music singer
March 16 – Brian Browne, jazz pianist and composer
March 26 – James Lee, politician and 28th Premier of Prince Edward Island
March 30 – Maria Rika Maniates, musicologist
April 13 – Stan Stasiak, pro wrestler
April 29 – Jean Gauthier, ice hockey player
May 9 – Jim Walding, politician
May 13 – Roch Carrier, novelist
June 15 – Toby Tarnow, actress

July 12 – Michel Louvain, singer
July 30 – John de Chastelain, general, diplomat and Chairman of the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning
August 2 – Garth Hudson, musician
August 16 – David Anderson, politician and Minister
August 16 – Ian Deans, politician
August 25 – John G. Bryden, lawyer, public servant, businessman and Senator
September 2 – Len Carlson, voice actor
September 3 – Gerry Brisson, ice hockey player
September 5 – John Dahmer, politician
September 8 – Barbara Frum, radio and television journalist
September 9 – Jean Augustine, politician
September 12 – George Chuvalo, boxer
September 19 – Neil Gaudry, politician
September 23 – Jacques Poulin, novelist
September 27 – Guido Basso, jazz musician
October 19 – Marilyn Bell, long-distance swimmer, first person to swim across Lake Ontario
October 19 – Stanley Faulder, murderer and first Canadian citizen to be executed in the United States since 1952
November 4 – Michael Wilson, politician and diplomat
November 6 – Gerry St. Germain, politician
November 11 – Stephen Lewis, politician, broadcaster and diplomat
November 12
*Barbara McDougall, politician and Minister
*Glen Shortliffe, Clerk of the Privy Council
December 4 – Donnelly Rhodes, actor
December 13 – Ron Taylor, baseball player
December 19 – Wayne Maunder, Canadian-born American actor

January 21 – Marie Prevost, actress
January 29 – Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté, painter and sculptor
February 16 – Rodmond Roblin, businessman, politician and 9th Premier of Manitoba
March 8 – Howie Morenz, ice hockey player
June 10 – Robert Borden, lawyer, politician and 8th Prime Minister of Canada

July 25 – Charles E. Saunders, agronomist
October 13 – Simon Fraser Tolmie, politician and 21st Premier of British Columbia
November 21 – Matthew Robert Blake, politician
December 27 – John Douglas Hazen, politician and 12th Premier of New Brunswick