1931 in Canada

See also: 1930 in Canada, other events of 1931, 1932 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.

Events

• May 19 – Charles Richards becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing John Baxter
• August 29 – James D. Stewart becomes premier of Prince Edward Island for the second time, replacing Walter Lea
• November 12 – Maple Leaf Gardens opens in Toronto
• December 11 – the Statute of Westminster goes into effect: Canada is granted full legislative independence in national and international affairs, with the Crown represented by the Governor General.
• The Beauharnois Scandal breaks out

Births

• January 6 – Dickie Moore, hockey player
• January 27 – Mordecai Richler, author
• January 30 – John Crosbie, politician
• February 14 – Bernie Geoffrion, hockey player
• February 17 – Mark MacGuigan, politician
• February 26 – C. William Doody, Newfoundland politician
• March 10 – Georges Dor, author
• March 22 – William Shatner, actor and writer
• March 22 – Monte Kwinter, Ontario politician
• March 25 – Jack Chambers, artist and filmmaker
• March 28 – Jane Rule, author
• April 1 – Cliff Lumsdon, swimmer
• April 2 – Howard Engel, author
• April 9 – Richard Hatfield, New Brunswick Premier
• April 22 – John Buchanan, premier of Nova Scotia
• May 25 – Herb Gray, politician
• June 11 – John Bright, football player
• June 27 – Charles Bronfman, businessman
• June 30 – Joyce Wieland, artist
• July 10 – Alice Munro, author
• July 15 – Jacques-Yvan Morin, Quebec politician
• August 29 – Lise Payette, broadcaster
• August 31 – Jean Béliveau, hockey player
• September 23 – Gerald Stairs Merrithew, politician
• October 4 – Werner Israel, physicist
• October 8 – Isadore Sharp, businessman
• November 5 – Charles Taylor, philosopher
• November 28 – Ramsay Cook, historian
• November 30 – Harry Enns, Manitoba politician

Deaths