1928 in Canada

See also: 1927 in Canada, other events of 1928, 1929 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.

Events

• April 2 – Camillien Houde elected mayor of Montreal
• May 31 – the Legislative Council of Nova Scotia is abolished
• August 20 – John Duncan MacLean resigns as premier of British Columbia
• August 21 – Simon Fraser Tolmie becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing John Duncan MacLean
• The Supreme Court of Canada rules that women are not persons who can hold office according to the British North America Act—reversed a year later by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in Britain

Births

• January 2 – Avie Bennett, publisher
• February 13 – Gerald A. Regan, Nova Scotia premier
• March 8 – Gerald Bull, artillery designer
• March 10 – Robert C. Coates, politician
• March 17 – William John McKeag, Manitoba politician
• March 31 – Gordie Howe, hockey player
• April 10 – Fraser MacPherson, musician
• April 17 – Fabien Roy, politician
• April 28 – Zbigniew Basinski, physicist
• April 30 – Hugh Hood, author
• May 4  – Maynard Ferguson, jazz trumpet player
• May 9 – Barbara Ann Scott, figure skater
• May 23 – Pauline Julien, singer
• May 23 – Sidney Spivak, Manitoba politician
• July 26 – Peter Lougheed, Alberta politician
• August 19 – Qaqaq Ashoona, sculptor
• September 10 – Jean Vanier, founder of L'Arche
• October 1 – Jimmy Pattison, businessman
• October 27 – Gilles Vigneault, poet and musician
• December 15 – Ida Haendel, violinist
• December 16 – Roy Bailey, politician
• December 29 – Norman Cafik, politician
• Bruno Gerussi, actor

Deaths