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- Incumbents Crown Federal government Provincial governments Lieutenant governors Premiers Territorial governments Commissioners
- Events
- Arts and literature
- Science and technology
- Sport
- Births January to March April to June July to September October to December Full date unknown
- Deaths January to March April to December
- See also
- References
{{Unreferenced|date=December 2009}}{{Year box}}{{History of Canada}}Events from the year 1929 in Canada. Incumbents Crown - Head of state (monarch) – George V
Federal government - Governor general – Freeman Freeman-Thomas
- Prime minister – William Lyon Mackenzie King
- Chief Justice – Francis Alexander Anglin (Ontario)
- Parliament – 16th
Provincial governments Lieutenant governors - Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – William Egbert
- Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Robert Randolph Bruce
- Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Theodore Arthur Burrows (until January 18) then James Duncan McGregor (from January 28)
- Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Hugh Havelock McLean
- Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – James Cranswick Tory
- Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – William Donald Ross
- Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Frank Richard Heartz
- Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Lomer Gouin (until March 28) then Henry George Carroll (from April 2)
- 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
- Premier of Ontario – George Howard Ferguson
- Premier of Prince Edward Island – Albert Charles Saunders
- Premier of Quebec – Louis-Alexandre Taschereau
- Premier of Saskatchewan – James Garfield Gardiner (until September 9) then James Thomas Milton Anderson
Territorial governments Commissioners - Gold Commissioner of Yukon – George Ian MacLean
- Commissioner of Northwest Territories – William Wallace Cory
Events- January 10 – Lomer Gouin becomes Quebec's 15th Lieutenant Governor, serving until his death on March 28, 1929.
- March 22 – The Canadian schooner and rum-runner I'm Alone was sunk by the US Coast Guard.
- April 4 – Henry George Carroll becomes Quebec's 16th Lieutenant Governor.
- June 6 – 1929 Saskatchewan election: James Garfield 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
- May 29 – A series of explosions rip through Ottawa's sewer system.
- September 9 – James Anderson becomes premier of Saskatchewan, replacing James Gardiner
- October 18 – The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council rules in the Persons Case that women are eligible to be senators.
- October 29 – 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
- November 13 – A second stock market crash hits Canada.
Arts and literature- January 6 – Regina's Darke Hall auditorium opened.
Science and technology- Wop May and Vic Horner brave poor visibility and −30 °C temperatures in an open cockpit to rush diphtheria anti-toxin to Fort Vermilion.
- Frozen fish fillets are introduced by the Biological Board of Canada developed by Archibald Huntsman.
Sport- March 30 – Ontario Hockey Association's Toronto Marlboros won their First Memorial Cup by defeating the Manitoba Junior Hockey League's Elmwood Millionaires 2 games to 0. The deciding Game 2 was played at Mutual Street Arena in Toronto
- September 12 – The first legal forward pass in Canadian football is completed.
- November 30 – Hamilton Tigers won their Fourth Grey Cup defeated the Regina Roughriders 14 to 3 in the 17th Grey Cup played at A.A.A. Grounds in Hamilton
BirthsJanuary to March- January 17 – Jacques Plante, ice hockey player (d.1986)
- January 20 – Pat Mahoney, businessman, politician, and judge, MP for Calgary South (1968–1972), General Manager of the Calgary Stampeders (1965) (d.2012)
- January 21 – Bill Norrie, politician and educator, Mayor of Winnipeg (1979–1992), Chancellor of the University of Manitoba (2001–2009), respiratory failure. (d.2012)
- January 23 – John Charles Polanyi, chemist and 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry joint laureate
- February 12 – Philip Kives, businessman
- February 28 – Frank Gehry, architect
- March 20 – William Andrew MacKay, academic, President of Dalhousie University (1980{{ndash}}1986) (d.2013)
April to June- May 8 – Claude Castonguay, Canadian banker and politician
- May 10
- Antonine Maillet, novelist, playwright and scholar
- Peter C. Newman, journalist
- May 12 – Dollard St. Laurent, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2015)
- May 13 – Al Adair, politician, radio broadcaster and author (d.1996)
- May 14 – Gump Worsley, ice hockey player (d.2007)
- May 16 – Claude Morin, politician
- May 18 – Walter Pitman, educator and politician
- June 7 –
- John Turner, lawyer, politician and 17th Prime Minister of Canada
- Walter Weir, politician and 15th Premier of Manitoba (d.1985)
- June 8 – Louise Maheux-Forcier, author
- June 9 – Jean Rougeau, professional wrestler and bodyguard of Quebec Premier René Lévesque (d.1983)
- June 10 – Pearl McGonigal, politician
- June 20 – Edgar Bronfman, Sr., businessman
July to September- July 3 – Béatrice Picard, actress
- July 10 – Moe Norman, golfer (d.2004)
- July 26 – Marc Lalonde, politician and Minister
- July 30 – Bill Davis, politician and 18th Premier of Ontario
- August 1 – Sidney Green, politician
- August 3 – Peter Salmon, swimmer
- August 19 – Leonard Evans, politician
- September 14 – Dimitri Dimakopoulos, architect
- September 22 – Paul-Marie Lapointe, author
- September 24 -Edward M. Lawson, trade unionist, politician and Senator
October to December- November 2 – Richard E. Taylor, physicist, 1990 Nobel Prize in Physics joint laureate
- November 21 – Laurier LaPierre, broadcaster, journalist, author and Senator
- November 24 – Harry Oliver Bradley, politician
- December 10 – Michael Snow, artist
- December 13 – Christopher Plummer, actor
- December 15 – Emery Barnes, Canadian football player and politician (d.1998)
- December 23 – Patrick Watson, broadcaster, author, commentator and television writer, producer and director
- December 28 – Terry Sawchuk, ice hockey player (d.1970)
Full date unknown- Ken Adachi, writer and literary critic (d.1989)
DeathsJanuary to March- January 6 – George Henry Murray, politician and Premier of Nova Scotia (b.1861)
- January 14 – Alexander Warburton, politician, jurist, author and Premier of Prince Edward Island (b.1852)
- January 18 – Theodore Arthur Burrows, politician and Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba (b.1857)
- January 19 – Edward Charles Bowers, politician (b.1845)
- January 29 – John Howatt Bell, lawyer, politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island (b.1846)
- February – Richard Gardiner Willis, politician (b.1865)
- February 17 – James Colebrooke Patterson, politician, Minister and Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba (b.1839)
- March 1 – James Albert Manning Aikins, politician and Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba (b.1851)
- March 28 – Lomer Gouin, politician and 13th Premier of Quebec (d.1861)
- March 29 – Hugh John Macdonald, politician, Minister and 8th Premier of Manitoba (b.1850)
April to December- April 17 – Clifford Sifton, politician and Minister (b.1861)
- May 6 – William Dillon Otter, soldier and first Canadian-born Chief of the General Staff (b.1843)
- June 3 – John Morison Gibson, politician and Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (b.1842)
- June 8 – Bliss Carman, poet (b.1861)
- June 23 – William Stevens Fielding, journalist, politician and Premier of Nova Scotia (b.1848)
- July 30 – Antonin Nantel, priest, teacher, school administrator, and author (b.1839)
- October 10 – Elijah McCoy, inventor and engineer (b.1843)
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