1911 in Canada

Events from the year 1911 in Canada.

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See also:	History of Canada Timeline of Canadian history List of years in Canada

Incumbents

Crown

• Monarch – George V^[1]

Federal government

• Governor General – Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey (until October 13) then Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
• Prime Minister – Wilfrid Laurier (until October 6) then Robert Borden (from October 10)
• Chief Justice – Charles Fitzpatrick (Quebec)
• Parliament – 11th (until 29 July) then 12th (from 15 November)

Provincial governments

Lieutenant governors

• Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – George Hedley Vicars Bulyea
• Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Thomas Wilson Paterson
• Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Daniel Hunter McMillan (until August 1) then Douglas Colin Cameron
• Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Lemuel John Tweedie
• Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – James Drummond McGregor
• Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – John Morison Gibson
• Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Benjamin Rogers
• Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier (until May 5) then François Langelier
• Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – George William Brown

Premiers

• Premier of Alberta – Arthur Sifton
• Premier of British Columbia – Richard McBride
• Premier of Manitoba – Rodmond Roblin
• Premier of New Brunswick – John Douglas Hazen (until October 16) then James Kidd Flemming
• Premier of Nova Scotia – George Henry Murray
• Premier of Ontario – James Whitney
• Premier of Prince Edward Island – Francis Haszard (until May 16) then Herbert James Palmer (May 16 to December 2) then John Mathieson
• Premier of Quebec – Lomer Gouin
• Premier of Saskatchewan – Thomas Walter Scott

Territorial governments

Commissioners

• Commissioner of Yukon – Alexander Henderson (until June 1) then Arthur Wilson (acting)
• Gold Commissioner of Yukon – F.X. Gosselin
• Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Frederick D. White

Events

• January 11 – Fort Vermilion records the coldest temperature in North America at −61.2 °C (−78.2 °F), holding the record until 1947.
• May 16 – James Palmer becomes Premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing F. L. Haszard
• June 14 – Nova Scotia election: George Henry Murray's Liberals win a second consecutive majority
• September 21 – Federal election: Robert Borden's Conservatives win a majority, defeating Sir Wilfrid Laurier's Liberals
• October 4 – John Young Monument unveiled
• October 10 – Robert Borden becomes prime minister, replacing Sir Wilfrid Laurier
• October 16 – James Flemming becomes Premier of New Brunswick, replacing Sir John Hazen
• December 2 – John Mathieson becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing James Palmer
• December 11 – Ontario election: Sir James Whitney's Conservatives win a third consecutive majority

Sport

• November 25 – University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeated the Toronto Argonauts 14 to 7 in the 3rd Grey Cup played at Toronto's Varsity Stadium

Full date unknown

• Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada is founded.
• Dominion Parks Branch is established, the world's first national park service, now called Parks Canada.

Arts and literature

Popular artworks

• Autumn In France by Emily Carr.^[2]

Births

Unknown date

• Stuart Trueman, journalist and writer

January to June

• January 3 – Jean Bourcier, ice hockey player
• January 27 – Blanche Meagher, diplomat
• February 3 – Robert Charboneau, writer
• March 12 – Stanley Bréhaut Ryerson, historian, educator and political activist (d.1998)
• April 22 – Alexander Bell Patterson, politician (d.1993)
• April 29 – Andrew Hill Clark, geographer
• May 11 – William Cecil Ross, politician (d.1998)
• May 11 – Mitchell Sharp, politician and Minister (d.2004)
• June 24 – Portia White, singer (d.1968)
• June 28 – Czeslaw Brzozowicz, engineer (d.1997)

July to December

• July 18 – Hume Cronyn, actor (d.2003)
• July 21 – Marshall McLuhan, educator, philosopher, and scholar (d.1980)
• August 5 – Albert Sanschagrin, Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec (d.2009)
• August 28 – Nérée Arsenault, politician
• September 18 – Helen Doan, supercentenarian (d. 2024)

Deaths

• March 11 – Théotime Blanchard, farmer, merchant and politician (b.1844)
• April 14 – Henri Elzéar Taschereau, jurist and 4th Chief Justice of Canada (b.1836)
• April 29 – Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier, lawyer, militia officer, politician, publisher, judge, and the 9th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b.1837)
• November 6 – John Carling, businessman and politician (b.1828)
• December 12 – Daniel J. Greene, politician and Prime Minister of Newfoundland (b.1850)

Historical documents

With "unenviable record for deaths," residential school principal blames drafty building and its "sanitary and heating appliances"^[3]

Henri Bourassa denounces prejudiced attacks on French Canadian nationalism^[4]

Order in Council cancels previous order prohibiting entry for one year of "any immigrant belonging to the Negro race"^[5]

Cartoon: anti-reciprocity depiction of Johnny Canuck and Uncle Sam cutting up watermelon (Note: racial stereotypes and blackface)^[6]

Saskatchewan premier and farmers disappointed federal election has ruled out reciprocity with U.S.A.^[7]

Nellie McClung speaks on importance of social life in rural areas^[8]

Fruit co-operative manager says co-ops would do better if farmers valued business methods more and self-reliance less^[9]

British woman fired from first au pair job on her undercover investigation of domestic work in Manitoba^[10]

U.S. reporter explains how church-going, law-abiding Canadians had no Wild West^[11]

U.S. reporter calls Quebec City economic backwater with fine sightseeing^[12]

Ancient farms and conservative rural ways on St. Lawrence River near Quebec City^[13]

Terrible fire does not discourage exploitation of immense mineral wealth in Timmins area of northern Ontario^[14]

Great healing powers (and products) found in Manitou Lake, near Watrous, Saskatchewan^[15]

Mackenzie King falls for his ideal woman^[16]