1922 in Canada

Crown • Monarch – George V Federal government • Governor General – Julian Byng • Prime Minister – William Lyon Mackenzie King • Chief Justice – Louis Henry Davies (Prince Edward Island) • Parliament – 14th (from 8 March) Provincial governments Lieutenant governors • Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Robert Brett • Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Walter Cameron Nichol • Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – James Albert Manning Aikins • Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – William Pugsley • Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – MacCallum Grant • Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Henry Cockshutt • Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Murdock MacKinnon • Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Charles Fitzpatrick • Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Henry William Newlands Premiers • Premier of Alberta – Herbert Greenfield • Premier of British Columbia – John Oliver • Premier of Manitoba – Tobias Norris (until August 8) then John Bracken • Premier of New Brunswick – Walter Foster • Premier of Nova Scotia – George Henry Murray • Premier of Ontario – Ernest Drury • Premier of Prince Edward Island – John Howatt Bell • Premier of Quebec – Louis-Alexandre Taschereau • Premier of Saskatchewan – William Melville Martin (until April 5) then Charles Avery Dunning Territorial governments Commissioners • Gold Commissioner of Yukon – George P. MacKenzie • Commissioner of Northwest Territories – William Wallace Cory ==Events==

• January 1 – British Columbia changes from driving on the left to the right • 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 William Martin • May 3 – The women of Prince Edward Island win the right to vote • July – Rodeo's first hornless bronc saddle is designed and made by rodeo cowboy and saddle maker Earl Bascom at the Bascom Ranch, Lethbridge, Alberta • 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 • October 9 – Prairie Bible College opens with eight students in Three Hills, Alberta • October 22 – Dante Monument unveiled in Montreal • December 1 – New Brunswick changes from driving on the left to the right • December 5 – The land around Vimy Ridge is given to Canada by France in gratitude for the Canadian sacrifices during World War I Full date unknown • Montreal Clock Tower completed • The first licences for private commercial radio stations are issued == Sport ==

• March 20–22 – The Ontario Hockey Association's Fort William War Veterans win their only Memorial Cup by defeating the South Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League's Regina Pats 8 to 7 in a two-game aggregate played at Shea's Amphitheatre in Winnipeg • March 28 – The NHL's Toronto St. Pats win their first Stanley Cup by defeating the Pacific Coast Hockey Association's Vancouver Millionaires 3 games to 2. The deciding game was played at Toronto's Arena Gardens • December 2 – Queen's University win their first Grey Cup by defeating the Edmonton Elks 13 to 1 in the 10th Grey Cup played at Kingston's Richardson Memorial Stadium ==Arts and literature==

• Nanook of the North is released, the first film to be called a documentary ==Births==

January to June • January 21 • Lincoln Alexander, politician and 24th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (d. 2012) • Rhoda Wurtele and Rhona Wurtele (d. 2020), skiers • February 13 – Fred E. Soucy, politician (d. 1993) • February 18 – J. Keith Fraser, physical geographer • February 25 • Molly Bobak, teacher, writer, printmaker and painter (d. 2015) • Molly Reilly, aviator (d. 1980) • April 3 – Maurice Riel, senator (d. 2007) • April 7 – Nancy Mackay, athlete (d. 2016) • April 24 – Philip Givens, politician, judge and Mayor of Toronto (d. 1995) • April 26 – Jeanne Sauvé, politician and first female Governor General of Canada (d. 1993) • April 28 – Daryl Seaman, businessman (d. 2009) • May 2 – Alastair Gillespie, businessman and politician (d. 2018) • May 2 – A. M. Rosenthal, columnist and newspaper editor (d. 2006) • May 3 – Jeanne Landry, composer, pianist and teacher (d. 2011) • May 26 – Lorraine Monk, photographer (d. 2020) • June 9 – Fernand Seguin, biochemist, professor and television host (d. 1988) • June 11 – Erving Goffman, sociologist and writer (d. 1982) • June 22 – Richard Vollenweider, limnologist (d. 2007) July to September • July 1 – Derek Riley, rower (d. 2018) • July 5 – Doris Margaret Anderson, nutritionist and politician (d. 2022) • July 13 – Ken Mosdell, ice hockey player (d. 2006) • July 14 • Bill Millin, piper (d. 2010) • Gerald Myrden, businessman (d. 2016) • July 16 – Augustin Brassard, politician (d. 1971) • July 18 – Harry Kermode, basketball player (d. 2009) • July 23 – Jenny Pike, WWII servicewoman and photographer (d. 2004) • July 30 – Jack McClelland, publisher (d. 2004) • August 7 – Helmut Kallmann, historian (d. 2012) • August 11 – Mavis Gallant, writer (d. 2014) • August 24 – René Lévesque, politician, Minister and 23rd Premier of Quebec (d. 1987) • September 1 – Yvonne De Carlo, actress, dancer and singer (d. 2007) • September 3 – Salli Terri, singer, arranger, recording artist and songwriter (d. 1996) • September 16 – Alex Barris, actor and writer (d. 2004) October to December • October 9 – Léon Dion, political scientist (d. 1997) • October 17 – Pierre Juneau, politician and film and broadcast executive (d. 2012) • November 12 – Charlotte MacLeod, writer (d. 2005) • December 3 – Muriel Millard, actress, dancer, painter, singer-songwriter (d. 2014) • December 11 – Pauline Jewett, politician and educator (d. 1992) • December 22 – Percy Smith, barrister, lawyer and politician (d. 2009) • December 25 – Steve Wochy, ice hockey player Full date unknown • Milt Harradence, lawyer, pilot, politician and judge (d. 2008) • Hilda Watson, leader of the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party (d. 1997) ==Deaths==

• January 26 – Robert Beith, politician (b. 1843) • February 4 – Joe Fortes, lifeguard (b. 1863) • April 12 – Robert Boston, politician (b. 1836) • May 23 – Robert Franklin Sutherland, politician and Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada (b. 1859) • July 22 – Sara Jeannette Duncan, author and journalist (b. 1861) • August 2 – Alexander Graham Bell, scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone (b. 1847) • December 3 – William Proudfoot, politician and barrister (b. 1859) ==See also==