1929 in Canada
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See also: 1928 in Canada, other events of 1929, 1930 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.
Events
- June 6 - 1929 Saskatchewan election: James Gardiner's Liberals win a plurality, but the other parties, led by James T.M. Anderson's Conservatives, will form a coalition against Gardiner, forcing him to resign as premier
- September 9 - James Anderson becomes premier of Saskatchewan, replacing James Gardiner
- October 29 - the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council rules in the Persons Case that women are eligible to be senators.
- October 19 - The crash of the New York Stock Exchange marks the beginning of the Great Depression
- October 30 - Ontario election: Howard Ferguson's Conservatives win a third consecutive majority
Births
- January 2 - Allen Sapp, artist
- January 17 - Jacques Plante, hockey goalie
- January 23 - John Charles Polanyi, Nobel laureate
- February 12 - Philip Kives, businessman
- February 28 - Frank Gehry, architect
- May 10 - Antonine Maillet, author
- May 10 - Peter C. Newman, journalist
- May 16 - Claude Morin, scholar
- May 18 - Walter Pitman, politician
- June 7 - John Napier Turner, Prime Minister
- June 7 - Walter Weir, Premier of Manitoba
- June 8 - Louise Maheux-Forcier, author
- June 10 - Pearl McGonigal, Manitoba politician
- June 20 - Edgar Bronfman, Sr., businessman
- July 10 - Moe Norman, golfer
- July 26 - Marc Lalonde, politician
- July 30 - Bill Davis, Premier of Ontario
- August 1 - Sidney Green, Manitoba politician
- August 19 - Len Evans, Manitoba politician
- September 14 - Dimitri Dimakopoulos, architect
- September 22 - Paul-Marie Lapointe, author
- September 24 - Edward M. Lawson, Senator
- October 8 - Lois Smith, ballet dancer
- November 2 - Richard Taylor, physicist
- November 21 - Laurier L. LaPierre, journalist and Senator
- December 10 - Michael Snow, artist
- December 23 - Patrick Watson, broadcaster
- December 28 - Terry Sawchuk, hockey goalie
Deaths
- October 10 - Elijah McCoy, inventor