1913 in Canada

Events from the year 1913 in Canada.

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March 27 - Le Droit first published french
April 17 - Alberta general election, 1913: Arthur Sifton's Liberals win a third consecutive majority
November 7 - November 8 - A storm on the Great Lakes sinks some thirty-four ships
November 17 - The National Transcontinental Railway is completed

January 13 - Philip Gaglardi, politician (d.1995)
March 11 - John Weinzweig, composer (d.2006)
March 24 - Émile Benoît, musician (d.1992)
April 4 - Jules Léger, diplomat and 21st Governor General of Canada (d.1980)
April 24 - Violet Archer, composer, teacher, pianist, organist and percussionist (d.2000)
April 30 - Edith Fowke, folk song collector, author and radio presenter (d.1996)
May 27 - James Page Mackey, chief of Toronto Police Service (d.2009)
June 12 - Jean Victor Allard, general and first French-Canadian to become Chief of the Defence Staff (d.1996)
June 14 - Joe Morris, trade unionist and president of the Canadian Labour Congress (d.1996)
June 18 - Wilfred Gordon Bigelow, heart surgeon (d.2005)

July 6 - J. Carson Mark, mathematician who worked on development of nuclear weapons (d.1997)

July 16 - Woodrow Stanley Lloyd, politician and 8th Premier of Saskatchewan (d.1972)
August 28 - Robertson Davies, novelist, playwright, critic, journalist and professor (d.1995)
September 20 - Robert Christie, actor and director (d.1996)
October 5 - Horace Gwynne, boxer and Olympic gold medalist (d.2001)
November 7 - Elizabeth Bradford Holbrook, portrait sculptor (d.2009)
November 8 - June Havoc, actress, dancer, writer, and theater director (d.2010)
November 16 - Dora de Pedery-Hunt, sculptor and coin and medal designer (d.2008)
November 21 - Stewart McLean, politician (d.1996)
December 7 - Donald C. MacDonald, politician (d.2008)
December 12 - Clint Smith, ice hockey player and coach (d.2009)
December 16 - George Ignatieff, diplomat (d.1989)
December 27 - Elizabeth Smart, poet and novelist (d.1986)