Events from the year 1911 in Canada.
Incumbents
Crown Monarch – George V
Federal government Governor General – Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey (until October 13) then Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn Prime Minister – Wilfrid Laurier (until October 6) then Robert Borden (from October 10) Chief Justice – Charles Fitzpatrick (Quebec) Parliament – 11th (until 29 July) then 12th (from 15 November)
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – George Hedley Vicars Bulyea Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Thomas Wilson Paterson Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Daniel Hunter McMillan (until August 1) then Douglas Colin Cameron Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Lemuel John Tweedie Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – James Drummond McGregor Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – John Morison Gibson Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Benjamin Rogers Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier (until May 5) then François Langelier Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – George William Brown
Premiers Premier of Alberta – Arthur Sifton Premier of British Columbia – Richard McBride Premier of Manitoba – Rodmond Roblin Premier of New Brunswick – John Douglas Hazen (until October 16) then James Kidd Flemming Premier of Nova Scotia – George Henry Murray Premier of Ontario – James Whitney Premier of Prince Edward Island – Francis Haszard (until May 16) then Herbert James Palmer (May 16 to December 2) then John Mathieson Premier of Quebec – Lomer Gouin Premier of Saskatchewan – Thomas Walter Scott
Territorial governments
Commissioners Commissioner of Yukon – Alexander Henderson (until June 1) then Arthur Wilson (acting) Gold Commissioner of Yukon – F.X. Gosselin Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Frederick D. White
Events January 11 – Fort Vermilion records the coldest temperature in North America at , holding the record until 1947. May 16 – James Palmer becomes Premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing F. L. Haszard June 14 – Nova Scotia election: George Henry Murray's Liberals win a second consecutive majority September 21 – Federal election: Robert Borden's Conservatives win a majority, defeating Sir Wilfrid Laurier's Liberals October 4 – John Young Monument unveiled October 10 – Robert Borden becomes prime minister, replacing Sir Wilfrid Laurier October 16 – James Flemming becomes Premier of New Brunswick, replacing Sir John Hazen December 2 – John Mathieson becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing James Palmer December 11 – Ontario election: Sir James Whitney's Conservatives win a third consecutive majority
Sport
November 25 – University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeated the Toronto Argonauts 14 to 7 in the 3rd Grey Cup played at Toronto's Varsity Stadium
Full date unknown Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada is founded. Dominion Parks Branch is established, the world's first national park service, now called Parks Canada.
Arts and literature Popular artworks
Autumn In France by Emily Carr.
Births
Unknown date Stuart Trueman, journalist and writer
January to June January 3 – Jean Bourcier, ice hockey player January 27 – Blanche Meagher, diplomat February 3 – Robert Charboneau, writer March 12 – Stanley Bréhaut Ryerson, historian, educator and political activist (d.1998) April 22 – Alexander Bell Patterson, politician (d.1993) April 29 – Andrew Hill Clark, geographer May 11 William Cecil Ross, politician (d.1998) Mitchell Sharp, politician and Minister (d.2004) May 12 – Dorothy Rungeling, aviator (d.2018) June 24 – Portia White, singer (d.1968) June 28 – Czeslaw Brzozowicz, engineer (d.1997)
July to December July 18 – Hume Cronyn, actor (d.2003) July 21 – Marshall McLuhan, educator, philosopher, and scholar (d.1980) August 5 – Albert Sanschagrin, Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec (d.2009) August 28 – Nérée Arsenault, politician (d.1982) September 18 – Helen Doan, supercentenarian (d. 2024) October 4 – Mary Two-Axe Earley, indigenous women's rights activist (d. 1996) October 5 – Pierre Dansereau, ecologist (d.2011)
Deaths March 11 – Théotime Blanchard, farmer, merchant and politician (b.1844) April 14 – Henri Elzéar Taschereau, jurist and 4th Chief Justice of Canada (b.1836) April 29 – Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier, lawyer, militia officer, politician, publisher, judge, and the 9th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b.1837) November 6 – John Carling, businessman and politician (b.1828) December 12 – Daniel J. Greene, politician and Prime Minister of Newfoundland (b.1850)
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