1912 in Canada
See also: 1911 in Canada, other events of 1912, 1913 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.
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Events
- The Amherst automobile is first manufactured.
- April 26 - The Chateau Laurier opens in Ottawa
- May 14 - Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec expand to the north
- June 30 - Regina devastated by a tornado, 28 are killed.
- August 14 - 1912 Saskatchewan election: Walter Scott's Liberals win a third consecutive majority
- August 17 - Circular No. 17 bans the teaching of the French language in Ontario schools.
- September 2 - The first Calgary Stampede is held
Arts and literature
- New Books
Births
- January 2 - Barbara Pentland, composer
- January 3 - Louise Lapointe, Senator
- February 4 - Louis-Albert Vachon, educator and theologian
- March 12 - Irving Layton, poet
- March 22 - Agnes Martin, painter
- March 30 - Francis Alvin George Hamilton, politician
- April 2 - John Marlyn, actor
- April 26 - A. E. van Vogt, author
- May 5 - Louis-René Beaudoin, politician
- May 8 - George Woodcock, author
- June 10 - W. A. Kardash, Manitoba communist
- June 10 - Jean Lesage, Premier of Quebec
- June 26 - Jay Silverheels, actor
- July 14 - Northrop Frye, literary critic
- October 5 - Bora Laskin, jurist
- October 25 - Jean Wallbridge, architect
- October 31 - Graham Rowley, archeologist
- November 16 - Richard Spink Bowles, Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba
- December 27 - Steve Peters, Manitoba politician