1932 In Canada

Events

• February 17 - The "Mad Trapper" is killed by the RCMP in the Yukon
• May 26 - predecessor of the CBC established
• June 1 - Leonard Tilley becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Charles Richards
• July 20 - The Ottawa Imperial Conference is held, it creates a zone of preferential trade within the Commonwealth
• September 5 - Angus Macdonald becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing Gordon Harrington
• August 1 - The CCF is formed in Regina, Saskatchewan
• August 3 - Henri Bourassa leaves Le Devoir
• October 14 - W. J. P. MacMillan becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing James D. Stewart
• October 29 - The Dominion Drama Festival is founded
• November 15 - Thomas Pattullo becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing Simon Fraser Tolmie
• The Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup.
• A seven-month miners strike occurs in Crowsnest Pass
• At the 1932 Winter Olympics Canada wins Gold at hockey
• At the 1932 Summer Olympics Canada wins two gold medals.

Arts and literature

New Books

• A Broken Journey - Morley Callaghan

Births

• January 24 - Henri Nouwen, author
• March 1 - Donald Stovel Macdonald, politician
• March 2 - Jack Austin, politician
• March 14 - Norval Morrisseau, artist
• April 6 - Eugne Bellemare, politician
• April 26 - Michael Smith, chemist
• May 28 - John Savage, Premier of Nova Scotia
• June 10 - Henry N. R. Jackman, businessman and Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
• June 24 - Mel Hurtig, nationalist and encyclopedia editor
• June 24 - David McTaggart, environmentalist
• July 13 - Hubert Reeves, astrophysicist
• July 16 - Hdi Bouraoui, author
• July 27 - George Ryga, writer
• August 11 - Izzy Asper, media mogul
• August 18 - William R. Bennett, Premier of British Columbia
• August 28 - Andy Bathgate, hockey player
• August 31 - Allan Fotheringham, political columnist
• September 6 - Frank Stronach, politician
• September 14 - Harry Sinden, hockey player
• September 25 - Glenn Gould, pianist
• September 27 - Gabriel Loubier, politician
• October 18 - Iona Campagnolo, politician
• October 24 - Robert Mundell, economist
• November 10 - Martin Hattersley, politician
• November 13 - Marilyn Brooks, fashion designer
• November 29 - Ed Bickert, jazz guitarist
• J. Robert Janes, author

Deaths

• July 22 - Reginald Fessenden, radio pioneer
• J. E. H. Macdonald, Group of Seven painter

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