1924 in Canada

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See also: 1923 in Canada, other events of 1924, 1925 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.

Events

• January 3 - First session of the British Columbia Older Boys' Parliament (now the British Columbia Youth Parliament) held in Victoria, British Columbia.
• January 26 - an Order-in-Council mandates the use of the Canadian Red Ensign on Canadian government buildings outside Canada. It the first officially allowed use of the flag on land, although it has been used unofficially for many years.
• April 1 - the Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.
• July 3 - the Chateau Lake Louise burns down
• October 24 - Former provincial treasurer Peter Smith and financier Aemilius Jarvis are found guilty in connection with the Ontario Bond Scandal.
• October 29 - An explosion kills Doukhobor leader Peter Verigin and eight other passengers on a CPR train from Brilliant to Grand Forks, British Columbia. Ten others are injured. Although never proven, it is alleged that Verigin was assassinated using a time bomb.

Arts and literature

Births

• January 10 - Ludmilla Chiriaeff, choreographer
• January 29 - Marcelle Ferron, artist
• January 29 - Lois Marshall, soprano
• February 3 - Martial Asselin, politician
• February 24 - Erik Nielsen, politician
• February 24 - Douglas Jung, politician
• March 11 - Eva Von Gencsy, dancer
• April 29 - Robert Falls, NATO leader
• June 2 - June Callwood, author and activist
• June 3 - Colleen Dewhurst, actor
• June 14 - Arthur Erickson, architect
• June 22 - John Kerwin, physicist
• July 21 - Lynn Williams, labour leader
• July 30 - Roland Penner, Manitoba politician
• September 19 - Donald Harron, actor
• October 18 - Buddy MacMaster, artist
• November 1 - Jean-Luc Pépin, politician
• December 6 - Donald Jack, author
• December 15 - Robert B. Salter, surgeon
• December 19 - Doug Harvey, hockey player
• December 20 - Judy LaMarsh, politician
• Eugene Whelan, politician

Deaths

• October 28 - Peter Verigin