1922 in Canada
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See also: 1921 in Canada, other events of 1922, 1923 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.
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Incumbents
- Sovereign - King George V
- Prime Minister - William Lyon Mackenzie King
- Governor General - Viscount Byng
- Premier of Alberta - Herbet Greenfield
- Premier of British Columbia - John Oliver
- Premier of Manitoba - Tobias Norris then John Bracken
- Premier of New Brunswick - Walter E. Foster
- Premier of Nova Scotia - George H. Murray
- Premier of Ontario - Ernest C. Drury
- Premier of Prince Edward Island - J. H. Bell
- Premier of Quebec - Alexandre Taschereau
- Premier of Saskatchewan - Willaim Martin then Charles Dunning
Events
- January 11 - The world's first insulin treatment is made at the Toronto General Hospital. The successful technique would later win a Nobel Prize for its creators Frederick Banting and Charles Best.
- April 5 - Charles Dunning becomes premier of Saskatchewan, replacing Willaim Martin
- May 3 - The women of Prince Edward Island win the right to vote
- August 8 - John Bracken becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing Tobias Norris
- September 15 - Prime Minister Mackenzie King refuses to support the British in the Chanak Affair, asserting foreign policy independence for the first time
- The land around Vimy Ridge is given to Canada by France in gratitude for the Canadian sacrifices during WWI
Arts and Literature
- Nanook of the North is released, it is the first film to be called a documentary
Births
- January 21 - Lincoln Alexander, politician
- February 25 - Molly Bobak, artist
- April 24 - Philip Gerald Givens, politician
- April 26 - Jeanne Sauvé, first female Governor General
- June 9 - Fernand Seguin, biochemist
- June 11 - Erving Goffman, sociolgist
- June 27 - Richard Vollenweider, environmentalist
- July 30 - Jack McClelland, publisher
- August 7 - Helmut Kallmann, historian
- August 11 - Mavis Gallant, writer
- August 24 - René Lévesque, separatist premier of Quebec
- September 1 - Yvonne De Carlo, actor
- September 3 - Salli Terri, singer/songwriter
- September 16 - Alex Barris, actor
- October 17 - Pierre Juneau, politician and broadcaster
- December 11 - Pauline Jewett, educator
Deaths
- August 2 - Alexander Graham Bell, father of the telephone