1924 in Canada - Events

Events

  • January 3 - First session of the British Columbia Older Boys' Parliament (now the British Columbia Youth Parliament) held in Victoria, British Columbia.
  • January 10 - Narcisse Pérodeau becomes Quebec's 14th Lieutenant Governor.
  • January 26 - An Order in Council mandates the use of the Canadian Red Ensign on Canadian government buildings outside Canada. It the first officially allowed use of the flag on land, although it has been used unofficially for many years.
  • April 1 - The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.
  • May 24 - Prohibition ends in Alberta.
  • June - Rodeo's first one-hand bareback rigging is designed and made by rodeo cowboy and saddle maker Earl Bascom at the Bascom Ranch in Stirling, Alberta
  • July 3 - The Chateau Lake Louise burns down
  • October 24 - Former provincial treasurer Peter Smith and financier Aemilius Jarvis are found guilty in connection with the Ontario Bond Scandal.
  • October 29 - An explosion kills Doukhobor leader Peter Verigin and eight other passengers on a CPR train from Brilliant to Grand Forks, British Columbia. Ten others are injured. Although never proven, it is alleged that Verigin was assassinated using a time bomb.

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