1931 In Canada

Events

• May 19 - Charles Richards becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing John Baxter
• August 29 - James D. Stewart becomes premier of Prince Edward Island for the second time, replacing Walter Lea
• November 12 - Maple Leaf Gardens opens in Toronto
• December 11 - the Statute of Westminster goes into effect: Canada is granted full legislative independence in national and international affairs, with the Crown represented by the Governor General.
• The Beauharnois Scandal breaks out

Births

• January 6 - Dickie Moore, hockey player
• January 27 - Mordecai Richler, author
• January 30 - John Crosbie, politician
• February 14 - Bernie Geoffrion, hockey player
• February 17 - Mark MacGuigan, politician
• February 26 - C. William Doody, Newfoundland politician
• March 10 - Georges Dor, author
• March 22 - William Shatner, actor and writer
• March 22 - Monte Kwinter, Ontario politician
• March 25 - Jack Chambers, artist and filmmaker
• March 28 - Jane Rule, author
• April 1 - Cliff Lumsdon, swimmer
• April 2 - Howard Engel, author
• April 9 - Richard Hatfield, New Brunswick Premier
• April 22 - John Buchanan, premier of Nova Scotia
• May 25 - Herb Gray, politician
• June 11 - John Bright, football player
• June 27 - Charles Bronfman, businessman
• June 30 - Joyce Wieland, artist
• July 10 - Alice Munro, author
• July 15 - Jacques-Yvan Morin, Quebec politician
• August 29 - Lise Payette, broadcaster
• August 31 - Jean Bliveau, hockey player
• September 23 - Gerald Stairs Merrithew, politician
• October 4 - Werner Israel, physicist
• October 8 - Isadore Sharp, businessman
• November 5 - Charles Taylor, philosopher
• November 28 - Ramsay Cook, historian
• November 30 - Harry Enns, Manitoba politician

Deaths

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