1920 in Canada
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See also: 1919 in Canada, other events of 1920, 1921 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.
[edit] Events
- January 10: Canada is a founding member of the League of Nations
- February 1: The Royal Northwest Mounted Police renamed the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- February 14: Université de Montréal founded
- February 26: First Nations people win the right to vote
- April 1: The Ottawa Senators win the Stanley Cup, defeating the Seattle Metropolitans
- May 7: The first exhibit of art by the Group of Seven opens in Toronto
- May 14: Canadian Forum magazine founded
- July 9: Louis-Alexandre Taschereau becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Sir Lomer Gouin
- July 10: Arthur Meighen becomes prime minister, replacing Sir Robert Borden
- November 8: The Capitol Cinema opens in Ottawa, the capital's only true movie palace
- Women become eligible to sit in the House of Commons
- The Japanese Labour Union is formed
- The Dominion Elections Act is passed creating the position of Chief Electoral Officer.
[edit] Births
- January 4: James William Baskin, politician
- January 4: Douglas Pimlott, biologist
- January 7: Margaret Thompson, scientist
- January 12: Bill Reid, artist
- February 23: Paul Gérin-Lajoie, Quebec politician
- February 25: Merrill Edwin Barrington, politician
- February 25: Gérard Bessette, author
- March 3: James Doohan, actor
- March 19: Cyril Lloyd Francis, politician
- April 2: Gerald Keith Bouey, Governor of the Bank of Canada
- May 2: William deWitt Hutt, actor
- May 5: Bill Hunter, hockey player
- May 8: Harry Rankin, politician
- May 27: Peter Dmytruk, Second World War military hero
- June 6: Jan Rubes, Opera singer and director
- June 14: Stanley Waters, senator
- June 24: Joe Greene, politician
- July 12: Pierre Berton, author
- August 3: Lucien Lamoureux, politician
- August 24: Alex Colville, artist
- September 11: Emile Bouchard, hockey player
- September 11: Dalton Camp, political operative
- September 26: Edmund Tobin Asselin, politician
- October 1: Charles Daudelin, sculptor
- October 13: Evelyn Dick, murderer
- November 18: George Johnson, Manitoba politician
