1929 in Canada

See also: 1928 in Canada, other events of 1929, 1930 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.

Events

• June 6 – 1929 Saskatchewan election: James Gardiner's Liberals win a plurality, but the other parties, led by James T.M. Anderson's Conservatives, will form a coalition against Gardiner, forcing him to resign as premier
• September 9 – James Anderson becomes premier of Saskatchewan, replacing James Gardiner
• October 29 – the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council rules in the Persons Case that women are eligible to be senators.
• October 19 – The crash of the New York Stock Exchange marks the beginning of the Great Depression
• October 30 – Ontario election: Howard Ferguson's Conservatives win a third consecutive majority

Births

• January 2 – Allen Sapp, artist
• January 17 – Jacques Plante, hockey goalie
• January 23 – John Charles Polanyi, Nobel laureate
• February 12 – Philip Kives, businessman
• February 28 – Frank Gehry, architect
• May 10 – Antonine Maillet, author
• May 10 – Peter C. Newman, journalist
• May 16 – Claude Morin, scholar
• May 18 – Walter Pitman, politician
• June 7 – John Napier Turner, Prime Minister
• June 7 – Walter Weir, Premier of Manitoba
• June 8 – Louise Maheux-Forcier, author
• June 10 – Pearl McGonigal, Manitoba politician
• June 20 – Edgar Bronfman, Sr., businessman
• July 10 – Moe Norman, golfer
• July 26 – Marc Lalonde, politician
• July 30 – Bill Davis, Premier of Ontario
• August 1 – Sidney Green, Manitoba politician
• August 19 – Len Evans, Manitoba politician
• September 14 – Dimitri Dimakopoulos, architect
• September 22 – Paul-Marie Lapointe, author
• September 24 – Edward M. Lawson, Senator
• October 8 – Lois Smith, ballet dancer
• November 2 – Richard Taylor, physicist
• November 21 – Laurier L. LaPierre, journalist and Senator
• December 10 – Michael Snow, artist
• December 23 – Patrick Watson, broadcaster
• December 28 – Terry Sawchuk, hockey goalie

Deaths

• October 10 – Elijah McCoy, inventor