1930 in Canada

Events from the year 1930 in Canada.

Incumbents

Crown

Monarch – George V

Federal government

Governor General – Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon
Prime Minister – William Lyon Mackenzie King (until August 7) then Richard B. Bennett
Chief Justice – Francis Alexander Anglin (Ontario)
Parliament – 16th (until 30 May) then 17th (from 8 September)

Provincial governments

Lieutenant governors

Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – William Egbert
Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Robert Randolph Bruce
Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – James Duncan McGregor
Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Hugh Havelock McLean
Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – James Cranswick Tory (until November 19) then Frank Stanfield
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – William Donald Ross
Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Frank Richard Heartz (until November 19) then Charles Dalton
Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Henry George Carroll
Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Henry William Newlands

Premiers

Premier of Alberta – John Edward Brownlee
Premier of British Columbia – Simon Fraser Tolmie
Premier of Manitoba – John Bracken
Premier of New Brunswick – John Baxter
Premier of Nova Scotia – Edgar Nelson Rhodes (until August 11) then Gordon Sidney Harrington
Premier of Ontario – George Howard Ferguson (until December 15) then George Stewart Henry
Premier of Prince Edward Island – Albert Charles Saunders (until May 20) then Walter Lea
Premier of Quebec – Louis-Alexandre Taschereau
Premier of Saskatchewan – James Thomas Milton Anderson

Territorial governments

Commissioners

Gold Commissioner of Yukon – George Ian MacLean
Commissioner of Northwest Territories – William Wallace Cory

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 general election: Premier John Brownlee's United Farmers of Alberta win a third consecutive majority
June 22 – Statue of Jean Vauquelin unveiled in Montreal's Vauquelin Square
June 29 – Eight Jesuit martyrs become the first Canadian saints
July 1 – The Seigniory Club, later to become the Château Montebello hotel, opens in Montebello, Quebec
June 26 – John B. King Explosion
July 28 – Federal 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
October 18 – Robert Burns Memorial (Montreal) unveiled
November 12 – Norway relinquishes its claim to the Sverdrup Islands.
December 15 – George Henry becomes Premier of Ontario, replacing Howard Ferguson

Arts and literature

January 6 – An early literary character licensing agreement is signed by A. A. Milne, granting Stephen Slesinger U.S. and Canadian merchandising rights to the Winnie-the-Pooh works.

Sport

March 29 – The South Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League's Regina Pats win their third Memorial Cup by defeating the Ontario Hockey Association's West Toronto Nationals 2 games to 0. All games were played at Shea's Amphitheatre in Winnipeg
April 3 – The Montreal Canadiens win their third Stanley Cup by defeating the Boston Bruins 2 games to 0. The deciding game was played at the Montreal Forum
May 14 – Winnipeg Rugby Club (Winnipeg Blue Bombers) are established
August 16–23 – The British Empire Games take place in Hamilton.
December 6 – The Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers win their second Grey Cup, defeating the Regina Roughriders 11 to 6 in the 18th Grey Cup, played at Varsity Stadium

Births

January to March

January 4 – Herbert O. Sparrow, politician (d. 2012)
January 7 – Clement Bowman, chemical engineer (d. 2021)
January 11 – Harold Greenberg, film producer (d. 1996)
January 12 – Tim Horton, ice hockey player and businessman (d. 1974)
January 14 – Kenny Wheeler, composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player
January 23 – Georges Massicotte, politician (d. 2020)
January 24 – Felix Cappella, race walker (d. 2011)
February 6 – Allan King, film director (d. 2009)
February 12 – Daniel Hyatt, actor (d. 2015)
March 11 – Claude Jutra, actor, film director and writer (d. 1986)
March 13 – Sue Johanson, Canadian sex educator and TV personality (d. 2023)

April to June

April 2 – Don Hall, ice hockey player (d. 2017)
April 24 – Étienne Gaboury, architect (d. 2022)
April 28 – Charles Caccia, politician (d. 2008)
April 29 – Ben Hanuschak, politician
April 30 – Jackie McLeod, ice hockey player and coach (d. 2022)
May 9 – Muriel Smith, politician
May 24 – Robert Bateman, naturalist and painter
May 26 – Lorne Ferguson, ice hockey player (d. 2008)
May 29 -
Roy Bonisteel, journalist and television host
Lawrence Heisey, businessman

thumb|right|150px|Jacques Parizeau

June 17 – Rosemary Brown, politician (d. 2003)
June 19 – John Lynch-Staunton, Senator

July to December

July 6 – George Armstrong, ice hockey player (d. 2021)
July 10 – Bruce Boa, actor (d. 2004)
July 12 – Gordon Pinsent, actor (d. 2023)
July 14 – Arthur Irving, businessman (d. 2024)
July 15 – Richard Garneau, sports journalist (d. 2013)

thumb|right|150px|Maureen Forrester photo taken by [[Carl Van Vechten]]

July 22 – Dinny Flanagan, ice hockey player (d. 2018)
July 25 – Maureen Forrester, opera singer (d. 2010)
August 9
Jacques Parizeau, economist, politician and 26th Premier of Quebec
Larry Regan, ice hockey player, coach and manager (d.2009)
September 18 – John Tolos, wrestler and wrestling manager (d.2009)
September 21 – John Morgan, comedian (d.2004)
October 2 – Dave Barrett, politician and 26th Premier of British Columbia
October 24 – Micheline Beauchemin, textile artist and weaver
October 29 – André Bernier, politician
October 30 – Timothy Findley, novelist and playwright (d.2002)
December 1 – Jim Anderson, ice hockey player (Springfield Indians) and coach (Washington Capitals) (d.2013)

Full date unknown

Ben Kerr, street performer, author, broadcaster, musician and perennial candidate (d.2005)

Deaths

thumb|right|150px|Emma Albani

February – Levi Addison Ault, businessman and naturalist (b. 1851)
February 28 – George Boyce, politician (b. 1848)
April 3 – Emma Albani, soprano (b. 1847)
June 19 – John Mackenzie Moore, Canadian architect (b. 1857)
July 19 – David Bonis, politician
August 3 – James Alexander Anderson, politician
November 16 – William James Topley, photographer (b. 1845)
December 9 – Laura Muntz Lyall, painter (b. 1860)
November 21 – Jean-Marie-Raphaël Le Jeune, Canadian writer, linguist and Catholic priest (b. 1855)