1921 in Canada
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See also: 1920 in Canada, other events of 1921, 1922 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.
Events
- March 26 - The Bluenose is launched
- June 9 - Saskatchewan general election, 1921: William M. Martin's Liberals win a fifth consecutive majority
- July 18 - Alberta general election, 1921: Herbert Greenfield's United Farmers of Alberta win a majority, defeating Premier Charles Stewart's Liberals
- July 27 - Frederick Banting and Charles Best discover insulin
- August 13 - Herbert Greenfield becomes premier of Alberta, replacing Charles Stewart
- November 21 - Canada is granted a coat of arms by Royal Proclamation. Canada's official colours declared to be red and white
- December 6 - Federal election: William Lyon Mackenzie King's Liberals win a minority, defeating Arthur Meighen's Conservatives. Agnes Macphail becomes the first woman elected to parliament
- December 29 - Mackenzie King becomes prime minister, replacing Arthur Meighen
- The School Board in Victoria, B.C. creates a segregated school for the Chinese population. After a boycott of the new school, the plan is scrapped.
- A study of Saskatchewan school student's discovers that over 56% of them are infected with tuberculosis
Births
- January 6 - Hazen Argue, politician
- January 20 - Jacques Ferron, founder of the Parti Rhinocéros
- February 8 - Barney Danson, politician
- February 17 - George Manuel, Native leader
- February 25 - Pierre Laporte, Quebec politician
- March 10 - Cec Linder, actor
- March 27 - Calvin Gotlieb, computer scientist
- April 30 - Donald Campbell Jamieson, politician
- May 12 - Farley Mowat, novelist
- May 31 - Peter Fox, Manitoba politician
- June 8 - Alexis Smith, actor
- July 6 - Allan MacEachen, politician
- August 4 - Maurice Richard, ice hockey player
- August 8 - John Herbert Chapman, scientist
- August 25 - Monty Hall, game show host
- September 16 - Ursula Franklin, scientist and activist
- September 29 - James Cross, kidnapping victim
- November 25 - Fraser Elliott, lawyer
- December 4 - Deanna Durbin, singer and actor
- December 6 - George Beurling, fighter ace
- December 10 - Howard Fredeen, scientist
Deaths
- January 21 - Arthur L. Sifton, premier of Alberta (1910-17)