1927 In Canada

Events

• January 9 - 76 are killed when a fire breaks out at the Laurier Palace Theatre in Montreal
• March 1 - The location of the boundary between Labrador and Quebec is settled by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, accepting Newfoundland's claim rather than Canada's.
• May 28 - The Canada Pension Act is introduced
• July 1 - Confederation celebration marked by the first cross country radio broadcast.
• August 12 - Albert Saunders becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing James D. Stewart
• August 17 - John Oliver, Premier of British Columbia, dies in office
• August 20 - John Duncan MacLean becomes premier of British Columbia
• October 10 - R.B. Bennett, becomes leader of the Conservative Party of Canada

Births

• January 1 - Jean-Paul Mousseau, artist
• January 4 - Paul Desmarais, businessman
• January 10 - Gisele MacKenzie, singer
• January 17 - Stan Roberts, politician
• January 24 - Phyllis Lambert, architect
• January 25 - Gildas Molgat, politician
• January 30 - Sterling Lyon, Premir of Manitoba
• February 11 - Sinclair Stevens, politician
• March 3 - William Kurelek, painter
• March 9 - John Beckwith, composer
• March 25 - Bill Barilko, hockey player
• April 7 - Dorothy Knowles, artist
• April 8 - Lois Wilson, Church leader and Senator
• April 25 - Frances Hyland, actor
• May 5 - Sylvia Fedoruk, Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan
• May 14 - Frank Miller, Premier of Ontario
• June 26 - Robert Kroetsch, author
• July 20 - Jack Horner, politician
• September 7 - Claire L'Heureux-Dub, jurist
• October 3 - Ashevak Kenojuak, artist
• October 14 - Elmer Iseler, choir conductor
• November 3 - Harrison McCain, businessman
• November 8 - Peter Munk, businessman
• November 18 - Knowlton Nash, news anchor
• November 26 - Ernie Coombs, Mr. Dressup
• December 7 - Grant Strate, dancer
• December 13 - Christopher Plummer, actor
• December 18 - Romo LeBlanc, Governor General

Deaths

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