1926 in Canada

Crown

• Monarch – George V^[1]

Federal government

• Governor General – Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy (until October 2) then Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon
• Prime Minister – William Lyon Mackenzie King (until June 28) then Arthur Meighen (June 29 to September 25) then William Lyon Mackenzie King
• Chief Justice – Francis Alexander Anglin (Ontario)
• Parliament – 15th (7 January – 2 July) then 16th (from 9 December)

Provincial governments

Territorial governments

Full date unknown

• The Royal Canadian Mounted Police establish a base on Ellesmere Island as a proof of Canadian sovereignty.
• The Saskatchewan Grain Growers Association amalgamates with the Farmers' Union of Canada to create the United Farmers of Canada.

January to June

• January 1 – Dean Bandiera, Canadian football player (d. 2020)
• January 2 – John Stroppa, football player (d. 2017)
• January 3 – Murray Dowey, ice hockey player and Olympic champion (d. 2021)
• January 4 – Betty Kennedy, broadcaster, journalist, author, Senator and gameshow panelist (d. 2017)
• January 20 – John Michael Sherlock, Roman Catholic bishop (d. 2019)
• January 26 – Georges-C. Lachance, politician and father of Claude-André Lachance (d. 2020)
• February 4 – Roger Blais, engineer and academic (d. 2009)
• February 6 – Ray Perrault, politician (d. 2008)
• February 11 – Leslie Nielsen, comedian and actor (d. 2010)
• February 20 – Jean Boucher, politician (d. 2011)
• April 1 – Gérard La Forest, lawyer and judge (d. 2025)
• April 17 – Gerry McNeil, ice hockey player (d. 2004)
• April 21 – Keith Davey, businessman and politician (d. 2011)
• April 28 – Alex Oakley, race walker (d. 2010)
• May 3 – Matt Baldwin, curler (d. 2023)
• May 13 – Joy Coghill, actress, director, and writer (d. 2017)
• May 20 – Allan McEachern, lawyer, judge and university chancellor (d. 2008)
• May 26 – Phyllis Gotlieb, science fiction novelist and poet (d. 2009)
• June 3 – Flora MacDonald, politician (d. 2015)
• June 7 – Jean-Noël Tremblay, lawyer and politician (d. 2020)
• June 15 – Douglas Bell, politician (d. 2021)

July to December

• July 7 – Armand Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2015)
• July 14 – Wallace Diestelmeyer, figure skater (d. 1999)
• July 18 – Margaret Laurence, novelist and short story writer (d. 1987)
• July 21 – Norman Jewison, film director, producer, actor and founder of the Canadian Film Centre (d. 2024)
• July 22 – Paul Collins, long-distance runner (d. 1995)
• August 13 – Dalton McGuinty Sr., politician and father of premier of Ontario Dalton McGuinty and the politician David McGuinty (d. 1990)
• August 18 – Gordon Donaldson, author and journalist (d. 2001)
• September 1 – James Reaney, poet, playwright and literary critic (d. 2008)
• September 13 – Emile Francis, ice hockey player (d. 2022)
• September 27 – Jack Duffy, actor and comedian (d. 2008)
• October 1 – Ben Wicks, cartoonist, illustrator, journalist and author (d. 2000)
• October 8 – Vern Jones, professional ice hockey player
• October 26 – George Crum, conductor, pianist, vocal coach and musical arranger (d. 2007)
• November 8 – Kay Hawtrey, actress (d. 2021)
• December 3 – Denise Morelle, actress and murder victim (d. 1984)

Full date unknown

• Daniel McCarthy, television producer (The Friendly Giant, Mr. Dressup, Sesame Park) (d. 2013)