1913 in Canada

See also: 1912 in Canada, other events of 1913, 1914 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.

Events

• April 17 – 1913 Alberta election: Arthur Sifton's Liberals win a third consecutive majority
• November 7-November 8 – A storm on the Great Lakes sinks some thirty-four ships
• November 17 – The National Transcontinental Railway is completed

Arts and literature

New Books

Births

• January 13 – Philip Gaglardi, BC politician
• March 11 – John Weinzweig, composer
• April 4 – Jules Léger, Governor General
• April 24 – Violet Archer, composer
• April 30 – Edith Fowke, folklorist
• May 13 – Gil Evans, musician
• June 12 – Jean Allard, Chief of the Defence Staff
• June 18 – Wilfred Bigelow, heart surgeon
• July 16 – Woodrow Lloyd, Premier of Saskatchewan
• August 28 – Robertson Davies, author
• November 16 – Dora de Pédery-Hunt, sculptor
• November 21 – Stewart McLean, Manitoba politician
• December 7 – Elizabeth Smart, author
• December 16 – George Ignatieff, diplomat

Deaths

• August 6 – John M. Bryant, first aviator killed in a crash in Canada