1918 in Canada

Events from the year 1918 in Canada.

Events

• March 1 - Harlan Brewster, premier of British Columbia, dies in office
• March 6 - John Oliver becomes premier of British Columbia
• March 30 - C Squadron of Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) conducts a cavalry charge against the Germans at Moreuil Wood. The squadron suffers atrocious casualties, but the action is one of the keys of halting the German advance in Operation Michael. Lieutenant Gordon Flowerdew will be awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously.
• April 21 - Canadian Roy Brown supposedly shoots down the famed Red Baron. His claim is countered by those in the 53rd Australian Infantry. Namely, Sgts. Cedric Popkin, Evans and Buie.
• May 24 - All female citizens aged 21 and over became eligible to vote in federal elections, regardless of whether they had yet attained the provincial franchise.
• August 2 - The first General Strike in Canada on in Vancouver, British Columbia triggered by the murder of Ginger Goodwin.
• August 8 - World War I: At the Battle of Amiens superior Canadian gunners assist a great allied breakthrough (also called Canada's 100 Days)
• September - Canadian forces arrive in northern Russia to assist the White Russians in their battle against the Bolsheviks
• October - A second group of Canadian forces is sent to Siberia
• October 24 - Beniah Bowman bad luck the first deputy working to take back by-election of Manitoulin in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
• November 11 - The First World War ends. Over 600 000 Canadians fought in Europe: 70 000 were killed and 173 000 were wounded

Full date unknown

• The Statistics Act is passed, creating the Dominion Bureau of Statistics
• Canada demands and receives - over the initial opposition of Britain, France and the USA - the right to participate in the Versailles Peace Conference and in the League of Nations.

Births

January to June

• February 6 - Louis Dudek, poet, literary critic and publisher (d.2001)
• February 13 - Ross Whicher, politician and businessman (d.2002)
• February 22 - Sid Abel, ice hockey player and coach (d.2000)
• February 27 - Marcel Bourbonnais, politician (d.1996)
• April 23 - Margaret Avison, poet (d.2007)
• May 15 - Saul Laskin, politician and 1st Mayor of Thunder Bay (d.2008)
• May 15 - Joseph Wiseman, actor (d. 2009)
• May 28 - Johnny Wayne, comedian and comedy writer (d.1990)
• June 10 – Barry Morse, actor (d.2008)

July to December

• July 15 - Bertram Brockhouse, physicist, shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1994 (d.2003)
• July 18 - Nelson Mandela, one of only two honorary Canadian citizens
• August 5 - Betty Oliphant, ballet mistress, co-founder of the National Ballet School of Canada (d.2004)
• October 25 - Bobby Gimby, orchestra leader, trumpeter and singer-songwriter (d.1998)
• November 13 - George Grant, philosopher, teacher and political commentator (d.1988)
• November 17 - Prosper Boulanger, politician and businessman (d.2002)
• November 19 - Lloyd Crouse, businessman, politician and Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (d.2007)
• December 20 - Jean Marchand, trade unionist and politician (d.1988)
• December 30 - Al Purdy, poet (d.2000)

Deaths

• January 1 - Anson Dodge, lumber dealer and politician (b.1834)

John McCrae in uniform, circa 1914

• January 28 - John McCrae, poet, physician, author, artist and soldier (b.1872)
• March 1 - Harlan Carey Brewster, politician and Premier of British Columbia (b.1870)
• March 21 - Henry Joseph Walker, politician and merchant (b.1849)
• April 9 - Charles Fleetford Sise, businessman (b.1834)
• August 18 - Henry Norwest, sniper in World War I (b.1884)
• October 11 - Wallace Lloyd Algie, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1891)
• October 18 - Pierre-Évariste Leblanc, politician and Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b.1853)
• November 11 - George Lawrence Price, last Commonwealth casualty of World War I (b.1898)