1913 in Canada
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| Years in Canada: | 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 |
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s |
| Years: | 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 |
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Events from the year 1913 in Canada.
Contents
Incumbents
Crown
- Head of state (monarch) – George V (consort – Mary of Teck)
Federal government
- Governor general – Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (viceregal consort – Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia)
- Prime minister – Robert Borden
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
- Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – George H. V. Bulyea
- Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Thomas Wilson Paterson
- Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Douglas Cameron
- Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Josiah Wood
- 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 – 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 – James Kidd Flemming
- Premier of Nova Scotia – George Henry Murray
- Premier of Ontario – James Whitney
- Premier of Prince Edward Island – John Alexander Mathieson
- Premier of Quebec – Lomer Gouin
- Premier of Saskatchewan – Thomas Walter Scott
Territorial governments
Commissioners
- Commissioner of Yukon - George Black
- Gold Commissioner of Yukon – George P. MacKenzie
- Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Frederick D. White
Events
- March 27 - Le Droit first published in French
- April 17 - Alberta general election, 1913: Arthur Sifton's Liberals win a third consecutive majority
- November 7 - November 8 - A storm on the Great Lakes sinks some thirty-four ships
- November 17 - The National Transcontinental Railway is completed
Unknown date
- June - Start of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913–1916 a scientific expedition in the Arctic Circle organized and led by Vilhjalmur Stefansson.
- Laura Secord Chocolates opens
Arts and literature
New Books
Births
January to June
- January 13 - Philip Gaglardi, politician (d. 1995)
- March 11 - John Weinzweig, composer (d. 2006)
- March 24 - Émile Benoît, musician (d. 1992)
- April 4 - Jules Léger, diplomat and 21st Governor General of Canada (d. 1980)
- April 24 - Violet Archer, composer, teacher, pianist, organist and percussionist (d. 2000)
- April 30 - Edith Fowke, folk song collector, author and radio presenter (d. 1996)
- May 27 - James Page Mackey, chief of Toronto Police Service (d. 2009)
- June 3 - Lloyd Percival, Canadian tennis player, boxer, cricketer, and coach (d. 1974)
- June 12 - Jean Victor Allard, general and first French-Canadian to become Chief of the Defence Staff (d. 1996)
- June 14 - Joe Morris, trade unionist and president of the Canadian Labour Congress (d. 1996)
- June 18 - Wilfred Gordon Bigelow, heart surgeon (d. 2005)
July to December
- July 6 - J. Carson Mark, mathematician who worked on development of nuclear weapons (d. 1997)
- July 16 - Woodrow Stanley Lloyd, politician and 8th Premier of Saskatchewan (d. 1972)
- August 28 - Robertson Davies, novelist, playwright, critic, journalist and professor (d. 1995)
- September 20 - Robert Christie, actor and director (d. 1996)
- October 5 - Horace Gwynne, boxer and Olympic gold medalist (d. 2001)
- November 7 - Elizabeth Bradford Holbrook, portrait sculptor (d. 2009)
- November 8 - June Havoc, actress, dancer, writer, and theater director (d. 2010)
- November 16 - Dora de Pedery-Hunt, sculptor and coin and medal designer (d. 2008)
- November 21 - Stewart McLean, politician (d. 1996)
- December 7 - Donald C. MacDonald, politician (d. 2008)
- December 12 - Clint Smith, ice hockey player and coach (d. 2009)
- December 16 - George Ignatieff, diplomat (d. 1989)
- December 27 - Elizabeth Smart, poet and novelist (d. 1986)
Deaths
- March 7 - Pauline Johnson, poet, writer and performer (b. 1861)
- April 12 - Alexander Francis Macdonald, politician (b. 1818)
- April 23 - Richard William Scott, politician and Minister (b. 1826)
- July 15 - Hugh Richardson, jurist (b. 1826)
- August 6 - John M. Bryant, first aviator killed in a crash in Canada
