1908 in Canada

Crown

• Monarch – Edward VII^[1]

Federal government

• Governor General – Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey
• Prime Minister – Wilfrid Laurier
• Chief Justice – Charles Fitzpatrick (Quebec)
• Parliament – 10th (until 17 September)

Provincial governments

Territorial governments

Full date unknown

• Anne of Green Gables is first published, having a great effect on Prince Edward Island.
• The Opium and Narcotics Act is passed banning certain drugs in Canada.
• The Grain Growers Guide is first published.
• The Child Labour Act of Ontario is passed.^{[citation needed]}
• Vancouver Courier first published.

January to June

• January 1 – Clarence Dunlap, Chief of the Air Staff Royal Canadian Air Force (d. 2003)
• January 22 – Sinclair Ross, banker and author (d.1996)
• February 1 – Louis Rasminsky, third Governor of the Bank of Canada (d.1998)
• February 7 – Lela Brooks, speed skater (d.1990)
• February 10 – Jean Coulthard, composer and academic (d.2000)
• March 5 – Colin Emerson Bennett, politician and lawyer (d. 1993)
• March 24 – Carl Klinck, literary historian and academic (d. 1990)
• April 7 – Percy Faith, band-leader, orchestrator and composer (d. 1976)
• May 11 – Hide Hyodo Shimizu, Japanese-Canadian educator and activist (d. 1999)
• May 19 – Percy Williams, athlete (d. 1982)
• May 26 – James Sinclair, politician, businessman and father of Margaret Sinclair, one-time wife of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, and grandfather of Justin Trudeau (d.1984)
• May 28 – Léo Cadieux, politician (d.2005)
• June 5 – Maxwell Meighen, financier (d.1992)
• June 12 – Alphonse Ouimet, broadcaster (d. 1988)^[2]
• June 18 – Stanley Knowles, politician (d.1997)

July to December

• July 11
  • Gérard Légaré, politician (d. 1997)
  • Yves Prévost, politician and lawyer (d. 1997)
• September 20 – Ernest Manning, Premier of Alberta (d.1996)
• October 15 – John Kenneth Galbraith, economist and diplomat (d. 2006 in the United States)
• October 18 – Alfred Henry Bence, politician and barrister (d.1977)
• October 24 – John Tuzo Wilson, geophysicist and geologist (d. 1993)
• October 31 – Muriel Duckworth, pacifist and social activist (d. 2009)
• November 3 – Bronko Nagurski, American football player (d. 1990)
• November 10 – Charles Merritt, army officer and politician (d. 2000)
• December 6 – Nicholas Goldschmidt, conductor, administrator and artistic director (d.2004)
• December 13 – W. L. Morton, historian (d.1980)
• December 23 – Yousuf Karsh, photographer (d.2002)

January to June

• January 6 – George Dixon, first Canadian-born boxing champion (b.1870)
• January 13 – George Anthony Walkem, jurist and Premier of British Columbia (b.1834)
• January 29 – Arthur Peters, Premier of Prince Edward Island (b.1854)
• May 31 – Louis-Honoré Fréchette, politician and writer (b.1839)
• June 14 – Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, Governor General of Canada (b.1841)
• June 24 – William Whiteway, Premier of Newfoundland (b.1828)

July to December

• August 18 – Alfred Boyd, 1st Premier of Manitoba (b.1835)
• September 7 – Joseph-Guillaume Bossé, politician and lawyer (b.1843)
• October 30 – Thomas Greenway, 7th Premier of Manitoba (b.1838)
• November 16 – Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, 4th Premier of Quebec and Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia (b.1829)
• December 11 – Jean Blanchet, politician (b.1843)
• December 25 – William McGuigan, politician and 10th Mayor of Vancouver (b.1853)