1934 in Canada

Events from the year 1934 in Canada.

Decades:

Incumbents

March 9 - New Brunswick women win the right to hold office
June 19 - Ontario election: Mitchell Hepburn's Liberals win a majority, defeating George S. Henry's Conservatives
June 19 - Saskatchewan election: James Garfield Gardiner's Liberals win a majority, defeating James T.M. Anderson's Conservative-led coalition government
July 3 - The Bank of Canada is formed
July 10 - Mitchell Hepburn becomes premier of Ontario, replacing George Henry
July 10 - Richard G. Reid becomes premier of Alberta, replacing John Brownlee
July 19 - James Gardiner becomes premier of Saskatchewan for the second time, replacing James Anderson
August 14 - John Sackville Labatt kidnapped
October 26 - Reconstruction Party of Canada formed

February 14 â The Ace Bailey Benefit Game (forerunner of the annual National Hockey League All-Star Game) is played at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto.
April 5 â The Ontario Hockey Association's Toronto St. Michael's Majors win their first Memorial Cup by defeating the Edmonton Junior Hockey League's Edmonton Athletics 2 games to 0. All games were played at Shea's Amphitheatre in Winnipeg
November 24 â The Sarnia Imperials win their first Grey Cup by defeating the Regina Roughriders 20 to 12 in the 22nd Grey Cup played at Toronto's Varsity Stadium

January 3 - Yves Gaucher, artist (d. 2000)
January 7 - Jean Corbeil, politician (d. 2002)
January 11 - Jean ChrÃ©tien, 20th Prime Minister of Canada
January 16 - Judy Erola, broadcaster and politician
January 19 - Lloyd Robertson, television news anchor and senior editor
January 23 - Pierre Bourgault, politician and essayist (d. 2003)
February 5 - Don Cherry, ice hockey player, coach and commentator
February 8 - Philip Seeman, schizophrenia researcher and neuropharmacologist (d. 2021)
February 22 - Victor M. Power, politician (d. 2024)
February 24 - Murray Costello, ice hockey player and executive (d. 2024)
March 7 - Douglas Cardinal, architect
March 9 - Marlene Streit, golfer
March 16 - Ray Hnatyshyn, politician and 24th Governor General of Canada (d. 2002)
March 22 - George Stulac, basketball player and decathlete
March 24 - Alice Whitty, high jumper (d. 2017)

April 13 - John Muckler, ice hockey coach and executive (d. 2021)
May 17 - George Karpati, neurologist and neuroscientist (d. 2009)
May 28 - Dionne quintuplets, first quintuplets known to survive their infancy
June 7 - David Strangway, Canadian geophysicist and academic (d. 2016)
June 16 - Roger Neilson, ice hockey coach (d. 2003)
June 22
- Willie Adams, politician and senator
- Nathan Nurgitz, lawyer, judge, and senator (d. 2019)
June 24 - Jean-Pierre Ferland, singer/songwriter (d. 2024)
June 27 - Norman Atkins, businessman and senator (d. 2010)
June 30 - Aron Tager, Canadian actor (d. 2019)

August 16 - Douglas Kirkland, Canadian-born American photographer (d. 2022 in the United States)^[3]
August 22 - Ralph Mellanby, sportscaster and television producer (d. 2022)^[4]
August 27 - Reggie Parks, wrestler and engraver (d. 2021)^[5]
August 31 - Herb Epp, politician, MPP of the Ontario Legislature for Waterloo North (1977â1990) (d. 2013)
September 2 - Donald B. Redford, archaeologist
September 11 - Oliver Jones, jazz pianist, organist, composer and arranger
September 21 - Leonard Cohen, singer-songwriter, musician, poet, novelist, and artist (d. 2016)
September 25 - Ronald Lou-Poy, lawyer and community leader (d. 2022)

October 1 - Margaret McCain, philanthropist and first female Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
October 4 - Rudy Wiebe, author and professor
October 5 - Kenneth D. Taylor, diplomat involved in the Iran hostage crisis (d. 2015)
November 5 - Pierre Dufault, journalist and sports commentator (d. 2025)
November 6 - Barton Myers, American/Canadian architect
November 11 - Suzanne Lloyd, film and television actress
November 21 - Howard Pawley, politician, professor and 18th Premier of Manitoba (d. 2015)
November 26
- Elie Martel, politician (d. 2025)
- Conrad Santos, politician (d. 2016)
November 30 - Marcel Prud'homme, politician and senator (d. 2017)
December 11 - Mike Nykoluk, ice hockey player and coach (d. 2022)
December 18 - Martin Lavut, filmmaker (d. 2016)
December 25 - Peter Trueman, journalist and news presenter (d. 2021)

March 7 - John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, Governor General of Canada (b. 1847)
March 15 - Davidson Black, paleoanthropologist (b. 1884)
April 17 - Frank S. Cahill, politician (b. 1876)
July 28 - Marie Dressler, actress (b. 1868)
September 1 â William Anderson Black, politician (b. 1847)
October 4 - Henry Sproatt, architect (b. 1866)
November 10 - Sir Donald Mann, railway contractor and entrepreneur (b. 1853)