1930 in Canada

See also: 1929 in Canada, other events of 1930, 1931 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.

Events

• February 15 – Cairine Wilson becomes Canada's first female senator
• May 20 – Walter Lea becomes Premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Albert Saunders
• June 19 – 1930 Alberta election: Premier John Brownlee's United Farmers of Alberta win a third consecutive majority
• June 29 – Eight Jesuit martyrs become the first Canadian saints
• July 28 – 1930 Canadian election: R. B. Bennett's Conservatives win a majority, defeating Mackenzie King's Liberals
• August 7 – R. B. Bennett becomes Prime Minister, replacing Mackenzie King
• August 11 – Gordon Harrington becomes Premier of Nova Scotia, replacing Edgar Rhodes
• November 12 – Norway relinquishes its claim to the Sverdrup Islands.
• December 15 – George Henry becomes Premier of Ontario, replacing Howard Ferguson

Births

• January 4 – Herbert O. Sparrow, politician
• January 11 – Harold Greenberg, businessman
• January 12 – Tim Horton, hockey player
• January 14 – Kenny Wheeler, musician
• March 11 – Claude Jutra, filmmaker
• April 28 – Charles Caccia, politician
• April 29 – Ben Hanuschak, Manitoba politician
• May 9 – Muriel Smith, Manitoba politician
• May 24 – Robert Bateman, wildlife artist
• May 29 – Roy Bonisteel, television host
• June 17 – Rosemary Brown, politician
• June 19 – John Lynch-Staunton, Senator
• July 6 – George Armstrong, hockey player
• July 12 – Gordon Pinsent, actor
• August 9 – Jacques Parizeau, Quebec politician
• October 2 – Dave Barrett, Premier of British Columbia
• October 24 – Micheline Beauchemin, artist
• October 30 – Timothy Findley, writer

Deaths