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Incumbents

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Events

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March 1 –Harlan Brewster,premier of British Columbia, dies in office
March 6 –John Oliver becomes premier of British Columbia
March 28 – April 1 – In theEaster Riots in Quebec City, the Militia suppress anti-conscription protesters. Four civilians are killed.
March 30 – C Squadron ofLord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) conducts a cavalry charge against the Germans atMoreuil Wood. The squadron suffers atrocious casualties, but the action is one of the keys of halting the German advance inOperation Michael. LieutenantGordon Flowerdew will be awarded theVictoria Cross posthumously.
April 21 – Canadian CaptainRoy Brown (209 Squadron, RAF) supposedly shoots down the famedRed Baron. More accepted theories credit either SergeantCedric Popkin (Australian 24th Machine Gun Company), GunnerSnowy Evans or Gunner Robert Buie (both of 53rd Battery, 14th Field Artillery Brigade,RAA) with the kill.
May 24 – Canadian women (except status Indians) obtain the right to vote in federal elections (even if they did not yet have the right to vote in provincial elections); some limited women's suffrage had been granted the year earlier. Status Indians gained federal suffrage in 1960.^[2]
August 2 – TheVancouver general strike, the firstgeneral strike in Canada, triggered by the killing ofGinger Goodwin by police.
August 8 – World War I: At theBattle of Amiens superior Canadian gunners assist a great allied breakthrough (also calledCanada's 100 Days)
August 26 – September 3 –Battle of Arras, 1918
September – Canadian forcesarrive in northern Russia to assist theWhite movement against theBolsheviks in the Russian Civil War
September 2–3 –Battle of Drocourt-Quéant Line
September 9–12 –Battle of the Hindenburg Line
September 27 – October 2 –Battle of Canal du Nord
October 8–9 –Battle of Cambrai (1918)
October 10 – Two squadrons of theCanadian Light Horse charge the enemy atIwuy, northeast of Cambrai. This was the last combat charge in the history of Canadian cavalry.
October 26 – TheCanadian Siberian Expeditionary Force arrives inVladivostok to aid the White movement in the Russian Civil War
November 1–2 –Battle of Valenciennes
November 11 – TheArmistice goes into effect, ending combat on theWestern Front. Over 600 000 Canadians fought in Europe: 70 000 were killed and 173 000 were wounded.
December 4 – The lead elements of the Canadian Corps enter Germany.^[3]
December 13 – The Canadian Corps parades across bridges over the Rhine, the 1st Division atSouth Bridge (Cologne) and the 2nd Division atBonn.^[4] The Canadians participate in theOccupation of the Rhineland until gradually withdrawn starting in January 1919.

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TheStatistics Act is passed, creating theDominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada demands and receives – over the initial opposition of Britain, France and the USA – the right to participate in theVersailles Peace Conference and in theLeague of Nations.

Arts and literature

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Main articles:1918 in art and1918 in literature

Sport

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March 30 – TheToronto Hockey Club win their first and onlyStanley Cup by defeating theVancouver Millionaires 3 game to 2. All games were played atToronto'sArena Gardens

Births

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January to June

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January 12 –Mike Laffin, politician and dentist (d.2019)
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)
March 15 –William McIntyre, CanadianPuisne Justice (d.2009)
April 2 –Marion Bryden, politician (d.2013)
April 16 –Murray Westgate, actor (d.2018)
April 23 –Margaret Avison, poet (d.2007)
May 1 –Raymond Mailloux, politician (d.1995)
May 15 –Saul Laskin, politician and 1st Mayor ofThunder 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)
June 23 –Madeleine Parent, labour activist, feminist, aboriginal rights activist (d.2012)

July to December

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July 15 –Bertram Brockhouse, physicist, shared theNobel 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 theNational Ballet School of Canada (d.2004)
October 19 –Toddy Kehoe, politician and disability rights activist (d.2024)
October 25 –Bobby Gimby, orchestra leader, trumpeter and singer-songwriter (d.1998)
October 27 –Gérard Tremblay, CanadianRoman Catholic bishop (d.2019)
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 andLieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (d.2007)
December 20 –Jean Marchand, trade unionist and politician (d.1988)
December 30 –Al Purdy, poet (d.2000)

Deaths

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

January 28 –John McCrae, poet, physician, author, artist and soldier (b.1872)
March 1 –Harlan Carey Brewster, politician and Premier ofBritish 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)
September 21 —Emily Julian McManus poet, author, and educator (b.1865)
October 11 –Wallace Lloyd Algie, Victoria Cross recipient (b.1891)
October 18 –Pierre-Évariste Leblanc, politician and Lieutenant Governor ofQuebec (b.1853)
November 11 –George Lawrence Price, lastCommonwealth casualty of World War I (b.1898)

References

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^"King George V | The Canadian Encyclopedia".www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved4 December 2022.
^Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women.http://criaw-icref.ca/millenium Archived 2014-01-02 at theWayback Machine
^Nicholson, G. W. L. (1962).Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914–1919. Ottawa: Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery. p. 526.
^Nicholson, G. W. L. (1962).Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914–1919. Ottawa: Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery. p. 527.

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