1925 in Canada

Crown

Head of state (monarch) – King George V (consort – Mary of Teck)

Federal government

Governor general – Julian Byng (viceregal consort – Evelyn Byng)

Prime minister – William Lyon Mackenzie King

Lieutenant governors

Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Robert Brett (until October 29) then William Egbert

Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Walter Cameron Nichol

Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – James Albert Manning Aikins

Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – William Frederick Todd

Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – MacCallum Grant (until January 12) then James Robson Douglas (January 12 to September 14) then James Cranswick Tory

Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Henry Cockshutt

Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Frank Richard Heartz

Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Narcisse Pérodeau

Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Henry William Newlands

Premiers

Premier of Alberta – Herbert Greenfield (until November 23) then John Edward Brownlee

Premier of British Columbia – John Oliver

Premier of Manitoba – John Bracken

Premier of New Brunswick – Peter Veniot (until September 14) then John Baxter

Premier of Nova Scotia – Ernest Howard Armstrong (until July 16) then Edgar Nelson Rhodes

Premier of Ontario – George Howard Ferguson

Premier of Prince Edward Island – James D. Stewart

Premier of Quebec – Louis-Alexandre Taschereau

Premier of Saskatchewan – Charles Avery Dunning

Commissioners

Gold Commissioner of Yukon – George P. MacKenzie (until April 1) then Percy Reid

Commissioner of Northwest Territories – William Wallace Cory

Events

February 5 - Post Office workers are brought under civil service regulations.

February 24 - The Lake of the Woods Treaty works out joint Canadian-American control of the Lake of the Woods.

April 13 - Women win the right to vote in Newfoundland.

May 28 - Roddick Gates unveiled in Montreal.

June 2 - Saskatchewan general election, 1925: Charles Dunning's Liberals win a sixth consecutive majority

June 10 - The United Church of Canada opens for services.

June 11 - Coal miner William Davis was killed by police in the culmination of a long Cape Breton Island strike.

June 23 - First ascent of Mount Logan, the highest mountain in Canada.

June 26 - A strike of miners in Drumheller, Alberta ends in violent confrontations.

July 16 - Edgar Rhodes becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing Ernest Armstrong.

September 14 - John Baxter becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Peter Veniot

October 29 - Federal election: Arthur Meighen's Conservatives win a plurality (116 seats), defeating Mackenzie King's Liberals (99 seats). However, King does not resign as prime minister; he will try to govern with a minority government with the support of smaller parties and independent MPs (30 seats)

November 23 - John Brownlee becomes premier of Alberta, replacing Charles Stewart

The Canadian Legion of the British Empire Service League, later the Royal Canadian Legion, is formed by the amalgamation of several veterans' organizations, such as the Great War Veterans Association.

The federal divorce law was changed to allow a woman to divorce her husband on the same grounds that a man could divorce his wife - simple adultery. Before this, a woman had to prove adultery in conjunction with other acts such as "sodomy" or bestiality in order to initiate a divorce.

Arts and literature

October 1 - The Vancouver School of Applied and Decorative Arts opened its doors.

Sport

March 30 - The Victoria Cougars are the last non-NHL team to win the Stanley Cup.

January to June

January 26 - Claude Ryan, politician (d.2004)

February 1 - Hugh Horner, politician, physician and surgeon (d.1997)

February 13 - Gerald Tailfeathers, artist

March 2 - Bernard Jean, lawyer and politician, member (1960–1970) and Speaker (1963–1966) of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick (d.2012)

March 23 - Wilson Duff, anthropologist (d.1976)

March 25 - Daniel Yanofsky, chess player, Canada's first chess grandmaster (d.2000)

March 26 - Ben Mondor, baseball executive (Pawtucket Red Sox) (d. 2010)

April 1 - Tobie Steinhouse, artist

April 4 - Claude Wagner, judge and politician (d.1979)

April 11 - Pierre Péladeau, businessman (d.1997)

May 18 - Robin Blaser, author and poet (d.2009)

July to September

July 25 - Charmion King, actress (d.2007)

July 29 - Ted Lindsay, ice hockey player

August 2 - William Andres, politician (d.2010)

August 11 - Floyd Curry, ice hockey player (d.2006)

August 15 - Oscar Peterson, jazz pianist and composer (d.2007)

September 4 - Calvin Ruck, anti-racism activist and Senator (d.2004)

September 11 - Harry Somers, composer (d.1999)

September 24 - Dan Heap, politician

October to December

October 2 - Wren Blair, hockey coach and manager (Minnesota North Stars, Pittsburgh Penguins) (d.2013)

October 6 - Bud Olson, politician, Minister and Senator (d.2002)

October 12 – Denis Lazure, politician (d.2008)

October 21 - Peter Dickinson, architect (d.1961)

October 21 - Louis Robichaud, lawyer, politician and 25th Premier of New Brunswick (d.2005)

November 8 - Allan Lawrence, politician and Minister (d.2008)

November 10 - Doris Anderson, author, journalist and women's rights activist (d.2007)

November 12 - Agnes Nanogak, illustrator

December 5 - Dave Broadfoot, comedian

December 25 - Robert Layton, politician (d.2002)

January to June

January 25 - Charles-Eusèbe Dionne, naturalist and taxidermist (b.1845)

March 3 - William Pugsley, lawyer, politician and 10th Premier of New Brunswick (b.1850)

March 16 - Richard Butler, editor, publisher, journalist and U.S. vice-consul (b.1834)

May 4 - James Cunningham, merchant and politician (b.1834)

May 25 - Margaret Mick, prison guard, first female Canadian peace officer to be killed in the line of duty (b.1860)

June 18 - William Brymner, art teacher and painter (b.1855)

July to December

August 15 - Adam Beck, politician and hydro-electricity advocate (b.1857)

September 6 - George Henry Bradbury, politician (b.1859)

November 2 - James Alexander Lougheed, businessman and politician (b.1854)