1909 in Canada
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Events from the year 1909 in Canada.
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[edit] Events
- January 11 - The Boundary Waters Treaty signed.
- February 23 - The first powered flight in Canada is made by John McCurdy aboard the Silver Dart.
- March 22 - 1909 Alberta election: Alexander Rutherford's Liberals win a second consecutive majority.
- April 6 - Robert Peary claims to have reached the North Pole.
- July 13 – Gold is discovered near Cochrane, Ontario.
- August - the CPR's Spiral Tunnels are opened in B.C.'s Kicking Horse Pass.
- September 2 - Jeanne Mance Monument unveiled .
- September 6 - Field Day Sports athletic competition Toronto.
- December 4 - The University of Toronto wins the first Grey Cup.
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- University of Toronto Schools opens as an all boys school.
- Leon's furniture store opens.
[edit] Arts and literature
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[edit] Births
[edit] January to June
- February 4 - Jack Shadbolt, painter (d.1998)
- February 14 - A. M. Klein, poet, journalist, novelist, short story writer and lawyer (d.1972)
- March 2 - Art Alexandre, ice hockey player (d.1976)
- March 19 - John Fauquier, war hero
- March 20 - Jack Bush, painter (d.1977)
- March 22 - Gabrielle Roy, author (d.1983)
- April 6 - George Isaac Smith, lawyer, politician and Premier of Nova Scotia (d.1982)
- May 8 - Samuel Boulanger, politician (d.1989)
- May 29 - Red Horner, ice hockey player (d.2005)
- May 31 - Aurore Gagnon, murder victim (d.1920)
- June 23 - David Lewis, lawyer and politician (d.1981)
[edit] July to December
- August 12 - Albert Bruce Matthews, commander of the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division during the Second World War (d.1991)
- August 15 - Maurice Breton, politician and lawyer (d.2001)
- August 18 - Gérard Filion, businessman and journalist (d.2005)
- September 12 - Donald MacDonald, labour leader
- October 12 - Dorothy Livesay, poet (d.1996)
- October 19 - Robert Beatty, actor (d.1992)
- October 24 - Sheila Watson, novelist, critic and teacher (d.1998)
- November 3 - Russell Paulley, politician (d.1984)
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- Ronald Martland, Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (d.1997)
[edit] Deaths
- May 5 - Daniel Lionel Hanington, politician and 5th Premier of New Brunswick (b.1835)
- May 12 - Michel Auger, politician (b.1830)
- October 7 - William Thomas Pipes, politician and Premier of Nova Scotia (b.1850)
- October 27 - James William Bain, politician (b.1838)
- November 14 - Joshua Slocum, seaman, adventurer, writer, and first man to sail single-handedly around the world (b.1844)
- December 17 - George Cox, mayor of Ottawa (b.1834)
