1914 in Canada

Events

January 14 - Swift Current, Saskatchewan incorporates as a city.
March 19 - The Royal Ontario Museum opens
May 14 - First major discovery of oil in western Canada at Turner Valley
May 29 - Ocean liner Empress of Ireland sinks in Gulf of St. Lawrence; 1,024 lives lost.
June 19 - A coal mine explosion in August 4 - WWI: United Kingdom declares war on Germany, meaning Canada is automatically involved.
Canada's War Measures Act is passed suspending all civil rights in Canada during a crisis.
September 9 - WWI: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army
October 2 - William Hearst becomes Premier of Ontario replacing the retiring James Whitney
October 3 - WWI: 33 000 Canadian troops depart for Europe, the largest force to ever cross the Atlantic Ocean at the time.
December 17 - George J. Clark becomes Premier of New Brunswick replacing the retiring James K. Flemming
All-time high levels of Immigration are ended by the war
Canada suspends the convertibility of the dollar into gold
Edmonton adopts a new numbered street and avenue pattern
Ontario passes a worker's compensation act that provides all workers with funding in case of disability


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