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Events from the year1937 in Canada.

• Monarch –George VI^[1]

• Governor General –John Buchan^[2]
• Prime Minister –William Lyon Mackenzie King^{[citation needed]}
• Chief Justice –Lyman Poore Duff (British Columbia)^{[citation needed]}
• Parliament –18th^{[citation needed]}

• Lieutenant Governor of Alberta –Philip Primrose (until March 17)^{[citation needed]} thenJohn C. Bowen (from March 23)^{[citation needed]}
• Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia –Eric Hamber^{[citation needed]}
• Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba –William Johnston Tupper^{[citation needed]}
• Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick –Murray MacLaren^{[citation needed]}
• Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia –Walter Harold Covert (until April 7)^{[citation needed]} thenRobert Irwin^{[citation needed]}
• Lieutenant Governor of Ontario –Herbert Alexander Bruce (until November 23)^{[citation needed]} thenAlbert Edward Matthews^{[citation needed]}
• Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island –George Des Brisay de Blois^{[citation needed]}
• Lieutenant Governor of Quebec –Esioff-Léon Patenaude^{[citation needed]}
• Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan –Archibald Peter McNab^{[citation needed]}

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• Premier of Alberta –William Aberhart
• Premier of British Columbia –Thomas Dufferin Pattullo
• Premier of Manitoba –John Bracken
• Premier of New Brunswick –Allison Dysart
• Premier of Nova Scotia –Angus Lewis Macdonald
• Premier of Ontario –Mitchell Hepburn
• Premier of Prince Edward Island –Thane Campbell
• Premier of Quebec –Maurice Duplessis
• Premier of Saskatchewan –William John Patterson

• Controller of Yukon –George A. Jeckell^{[citation needed]}
• Commissioner of Northwest Territories –Charles Camsell^{[citation needed]}

• April – ACrucifix was hung in theMontreal city council at the initiative ofJoseph-Émile Dubreuil. The crucifix would hung there until 2019.^[3][4][5]
• April 10 –Trans-Canada Airlines, the predecessor ofAir Canada, was created as a subsidiary ofCanadian National Railway^[6]
• July 5 –Midale andYellow Grass, Saskatchewan, record the highest temperature ever in Canada, with a record high of 45 °C (113 °F).^[7]
• August 15 – TheRowell-Sirois Commission is formed^[8]
• September 1 – Regular flights ofTrans-Canada Air Lines begin^[6]
• October 6 –Ontario election:Mitchell Hepburn's Liberals win a second consecutive majority^[9]
• November 24 – The firstGovernor General's Awards are given.^{[citation needed]}
• First ascent ofMount Lucania (5,226 m), third highest mountain in Canada.^[10]

• April 17 – TheManitoba Junior Hockey League'sWinnipeg Monarchs win their secondMemorial Cup by defeating theNorthern Ontario Hockey Association'sCopper Cliff Redmen 3 games to 1. The deciding Game 4 was played atMaple Leaf Gardens inToronto^{[citation needed]}
• December 11 –Toronto Argonauts win their fourthGrey Cup by defeating theWinnipeg Blue Bombers 4 to 3 in the25th Grey Cup played atVarsity Stadium in Toronto^{[citation needed]}

• January 5 –Richard Cashin, lawyer, politician and trade union leader^[11]
• January 21 –Jim Unger, cartoonist (d.2012)^[12]
• January 24 –Suzanne Tremblay, politician^[13]
• January 26 –Maureen Hemphill, politician^[14]
• January 29 –Frank Iacobucci, jurist andPuisne Justice on theSupreme Court of Canada^[15]
• January 31 –Andrée Boucher, politician and 39th Mayor ofQuebec City (d.2007)^[16]
• February 5 –Larry Hillman, ice hockey player and coach (d.2022)^[17]
• February 10 –Roy Megarry, publisher^[18]
• February 26 –Hagood Hardy, composer, pianist and vibraphonist (d.1997)^[19]
• March 2 –Joseph B. MacInnis, diver^[20]
• March 9
  • Bernard Landry, lawyer, teacher, politician and 28thPremier of Quebec^[21]
  • Harry Neale, ice hockey coach and broadcaster
• March 10 –Tommy Hunter, country music singer^[22]
• March 16 –Brian Browne, jazz pianist and composer (d.2018)
• March 26 –James Lee, politician and 28thPremier of Prince Edward Island^[23]
• March 30 –Maria Rika Maniates, musicologist (d.2011)^{[citation needed]}
• April 13 –Stan Stasiak, pro wrestler^{[citation needed]}
• April 29 –Jean Gauthier, ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens,Philadelphia Flyers,Boston Bruins) (d.2013)^[24]
• May 9 –Jim Walding, politician (d.2007)^[25]
• May 13 –Roch Carrier, novelist^[26]
• June 15 –Toby Tarnow, actress^[27]

• July 12 –Michel Louvain, singer (d. 2021)^{[citation needed]}
• July 30 –John de Chastelain, general, diplomat and Chairman of theIndependent International Commission on Decommissioning (inNorthern Ireland)^[28]
• August 2 –Garth Hudson, musician (d.2025)^[29]
• August 16 –David Anderson, politician and Minister^[30]
• August 16 –Ian Deans, politician (d.2016)^[31]
• August 25 –John G. Bryden, lawyer, public servant, businessman and Senator^[32]
• September 2 –Len Carlson, voice actor (d.2006)
• September 3 –Gerry Brisson, ice hockey player (d.2013)^[33]
• September 5 –John Dahmer, politician (d.1988)^[34]
• September 8 –Barbara Frum, radio and television journalist (d.1992)^[35]
• September 9 –Jean Augustine, politician^[36]
• September 12 –George Chuvalo, boxer^[37]
• September 19 –Neil Gaudry, politician (d.1999)^[38]
• September 23 –Jacques Poulin, novelist (d.2025)^[39]
• September 27 –Guido Basso, jazz musician (d.2023)^[40]
• October 19 –Marilyn Bell, long-distance swimmer, first person to swim acrossLake Ontario^[41]
• October 19 –Stanley Faulder, murderer and first Canadian citizen to be executed in theUnited States since 1952 (d.1999)^[42]
• November 4 –Michael Wilson, politician and diplomat (d.2019)^{[citation needed]}
• November 6 –Gerry St. Germain, politician^[43]
• November 11 –Stephen Lewis, politician, broadcaster and diplomat^[44]
• November 12
  • Barbara McDougall, politician and Minister^[45]
  • Glen Shortliffe, Clerk of the Privy Council (d.2010)^[46]
• December 4 –Donnelly Rhodes, actor (d.2018)^{[citation needed]}
• December 13 –Ron Taylor, baseball player (d.2025)^[47]
• December 19 –Wayne Maunder, Canadian-born American actor (d.2018)^{[citation needed]}

• Élise Paré-Tousignant, music administrator and pedagogue (d.2018)^[48]

• January 21 –Marie Prevost, actress (b.1896)^[49]
• January 29 –Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté, painter and sculptor (b.1869)^[50]
• February 16 –Rodmond Roblin, businessman, politician and 9thPremier of Manitoba (b.1853)^[51]
• March 8 –Howie Morenz, ice hockey player (b.1902)^[52]
• June 10 –Robert Borden, lawyer, politician and 8thPrime Minister of Canada (b.1854)^[53]

• July 25 –Charles E. Saunders, agronomist (b.1867)^[54]
• October 13 –Simon Fraser Tolmie, politician and 21stPremier of British Columbia (b.1867)^[55]
• November 21 –Matthew Robert Blake, politician (b.1876)^[56]
• December 27 –John Douglas Hazen, politician and 12thPremier of New Brunswick (b.1860)^[57]

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