1933 in Canada

Crown

• Monarch – George V^[1]

Federal government

• Governor General – Vere Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough
• Prime Minister – Richard Bedford Bennett
• Chief Justice – Francis Alexander Anglin (Ontario) (until 28 February) then Lyman Poore Duff (British Columbia)
• Parliament – 17th

Provincial governments

Territorial governments

January to March

• January 24 – Claude Préfontaine, actor (d. 2013)
• January 25
  • Anne Innis Dagg, zoologist and feminist (d. 2024)
  • Alden Nowlan, poet, novelist, playwright and journalist (d. 1983)
• January 31 – Camille Henry, ice hockey player (d. 1997)
• February 13 – Michael Cook, playwright (d. 1994)
• February 16 – Tom Hickey, Canadian politician (d. 2020)
• February 18 – Frank Moores, businessman, politician and 2nd Premier of Newfoundland (d. 2005)
• February 24 – Gustavo Da Roza, architect
• March 2 – Simonie Michael, Inuk politician (d. 2008)
• March 4 – James Jerome, jurist, politician and Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada (d. 2005)
• March 9 – Mel Lastman, businessman, politician and Mayor of Toronto (d. 2021)
• March 19
  • John Sopinka, lawyer and puisne justice on the Supreme Court of Canada (d. 1997)
  • Richard Williams, Canadian-British animator (d. 2019)
• March 23 – Thomas R. Berger, politician and jurist (d. 2021)
• March 29 – Jacques Brault, poet and translator (d. 2022)

April to June

• April 5 – Joe Comuzzi, politician (d. 2022)
• April 19
  • Peter Demeter, murderer
  • Garry Blaine, ice hockey player (d. 1998)
• April 24 – Alan Eagleson, disbarred lawyer, convicted felon, former politician, hockey agent and promoter
• May 24 – Marian Engel, novelist (d. 1985)
• May 29 – Marc Carbonneau, taxi driver and convicted kidnapper
• June 19 – Michael M. Ames, anthropologist and academic (d. 2006)
• June 24
  • Bob Cole, sports television announcer (d. 2024)
  • Bernard Grandmaître, politician
• June 26 – Gerry Weiner, politician
• June 28
  • Antonio Flamand, politician
  • Gisèle Lalonde, politician and community activist, mayor of Vanier, Ontario (1985–1992) (d. 2022)
• June 30
  • Don Head, ice hockey player
  • Orval Tessier, ice hockey centre and coach (d. 2022)

July to September

• July 2 – Kenny Wharram, ice hockey player (d. 2017)
• July 8 – Antonio Lamer, lawyer, jurist and 16th Chief Justice of Canada (d. 2007)
• July 13 – Scott Symons, writer (d. 2009)
• July 14 – Robert Bourassa, politician and 22nd Premier of Quebec (d. 1996)
• July 16 – Julian Klymkiw, ice hockey goaltender (d. 2022)
• July 17 – Mimi Hines, singer and comedian
• July 28
  • David Ahenakew, politician (d. 2010)
  • Charlie Hodge, ice hockey goaltender (d. 2016)
• August 13 – Ted Godwin, artist (d. 2013)
• August 24 – John Alan Lee, sociologist (d. 2013)
• August 30 – Don Getty, politician and 11th Premier of Alberta (d. 2016)
• September 8 – Maurice Foster, politician, MP for Algoma (1968–1993) (d. 2010)
• September 19 – Gilles Archambault, novelist

October to December

• October 12 – Guido Molinari, artist (d. 2004)
• October 22 – David Bromige, poet (d. 2009)
• November 16 – Leonard Marchand, politician (d. 2016)
• November 26 – Robert Goulet, singer and actor (d. 2007)
• November 27 – Jacques Godbout, novelist, essayist, children's writer, journalist, filmmaker and poet
• December 1 – Alex Campbell, politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island
• December 12 – Joe Borowski, politician and activist (d. 1996)
• December 25 – Fred Sasakamoose, ice hockey player (d. 2020)

Full date unknown

• Harry Flemming, journalist (d. 2008)
• Doreen Kimura, psychologist who was professor at Simon Fraser University (d. 2013)