Events from the year 1936 in Canada.

Incumbents

• Monarch: George V, then Edward VIII, then George VI
• Governor General: John Baron Tweedsmuir
• Prime Minister: Mackenzie King
• Secretary of State for External Affairs: Mackenzie King
• Minister of National Defence: Ian Mackenzie
• Minister of Justice: Ernest Lapointe
• Director of Military Operations and Intelligence: Brigadier Henry Crerar
• Chief of the General Staff: Major-General Ernest Charles Ashton
• Chief of the Naval Staff: Commodore Percy W. Nelles
• Senior Air Officer: Air Vice-Marshall George Croil

Events

• January 6 - Barbara Hanley is elected mayor of Webbwood, Ontario, becoming the first woman ever to serve as a mayor in Canada
• January 14 - Thane Campbell becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Walter Lea
• April 12 - The Moose River Gold Mines collapse
• June 11 - Ad lard Godbout becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Louis-Alexandre Taschereau
• August 26 - Maurice Duplessis becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Ad lard Godbout
• September - Earl Bascom of Raymond, Alberta, designs and directs the construction of the first rodeo arena and grandstands in the state of Mississippi
• November 2 - The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation replaces the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission
• November 18 - The Toronto Globe and the Mail and Empire merge to form the Globe and Mail
• December 11 - The British Parliament passes His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936 which legislates the abdication of King Edward VIII.
• The Spanish Civil War begins. Eventually 1135 Canadians will serve in the International Brigades of the Republican forces

Arts and literature

Births

January to March

• January 18 - Albert Driedger, politician
• February 6 - Kent Douglas, ice hockey player and coach (d.2009)
• February 9 - Stompin' Tom Connors, folk singer
• February 29 - Henri Richard, ice hockey player
• March 1 - Monique B gin, academic, politician and Minister
• March 21 - Ed Broadbent, politician and political scientist
• March 24 - David Suzuki, science broadcaster and environmental activist

April to June

• April 17 - Peter Adams, politician
• April 19 - Sharon Pollock, playwright, actor and director
• May 14 - Aline Chr tien, wife of Jean Chr tien
• May 14 - Richard John Neuhaus, churchman and author (d.2009)
• May 15 - Milan Kymlicka, arranger, composer and conductor (d.2008)

July to December

• July 3 - Larry Condon, politician (d.1991)
• August 20 - David MacDonald, politician and author
• September 26 - Lowell Murray, Senator
• October 9 Don Wittman, sportscaster (d.2008)
• October 27 - Suzanne Paradis, writer
• November 7 - Audrey McLaughlin, politician
• December 16 - Karleen Bradford, children's author

Full date unknown

• Greg Curnoe, painter (d.1992)
• Sheldon Turcott, journalist (d. 2000)

Deaths

• January 8 - John Augustus Barron, politician and lawyer (b.1850)
• January 10 - Walter Lea, politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island (b.1874)
• January 22 - Noah Timmins, mining developer and executive (b.1867)
• February 26 - Frederick C. Alderdice, businessman, politician and last Prime Minister of Newfoundland (b.1872)
• May 7 - Isidore-No l Belleau, politician and lawyer (b.1848)
• May 30 - Homer Watson, artist (b. 1855)
• July 6 - Peter Veniot, businessman, newspaper owner, politician and 17th Premier of New Brunswick (b.1863)
• October 3 - William Parks, geologist and paleontologist (b.1868)
• October 29 - Tobias Norris, politician and 10th Premier of Manitoba (b.1861)

References

fr:1936 au Canada