See also: 1930 in Canada, other events of 1931, 1932 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.

Events

• May 19: Charles Richards becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing John Baxter
• August 29: James D. Stewart becomes premier of Prince Edward Island for the second time, replacing Walter Lea
• November 12: Maple Leaf Gardens opens in Toronto
• December 11: the Statute of Westminster goes into effect: Canada is granted full legislative independence in national and international affairs, with the Crown represented by the Governor General.
• The Beauharnois Scandal breaks out

Births

• January 6: Dickie Moore, hockey player
• January 27: Mordecai Richler, author
• January 30: John Crosbie, politician
• February 14: Bernie Geoffrion, hockey player
• February 17: Mark MacGuigan, politician
• February 26: C. William Doody, Newfoundland politician
• March 10: Georges Dor, author
• March 22: William Shatner, actor and writer
• March 22: Monte Kwinter, Ontario politician
• March 25: Jack Chambers, artist and filmmaker
• March 28: Jane Rule, author
• March 30: Gérard Bruchési, politician
• April 2: Howard Engel, author
• April 9: Richard Hatfield, New Brunswick Premier
• April 13: Cliff Lumsdon, swimmer
• April 19: Walter Stewart, journalist
• April 22: John Buchanan, premier of Nova Scotia
• May 25: Herb Gray, politician
• June 11: John Bright, football player
• June 27: Charles Bronfman, businessman
• June 30: Joyce Wieland, artist
• July 7: Charles Alexander Best, politician
• July 10: Alice Munro, author
• July 15: Jacques-Yvan Morin, Quebec politician
• August 29: Lise Payette, broadcaster
• August 31: Jean Béliveau, hockey player
• September 23: Gerald Stairs Merrithew, politician
• October 4: Werner Israel, physicist
• October 8: Isadore Sharp, businessman
• November 5: Charles Taylor, philosopher
• November 28: Ramsay Cook, historian
• November 30: Harry Enns, Manitoba politician

Deaths

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