Crown

• Monarch – George VI^[1]

Federal government

• Governor General – John Buchan^[2]
• Prime Minister – William Lyon Mackenzie King^{[citation needed]}
• Chief Justice – Lyman Poore Duff (British Columbia)^{[citation needed]}
• Parliament – 18th^{[citation needed]}

Provincial governments

Premiers

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• Premier of Alberta – William Aberhart
• Premier of British Columbia – Thomas Dufferin Pattullo
• Premier of Manitoba – John Bracken
• Premier of New Brunswick – Allison Dysart
• Premier of Nova Scotia – Angus Lewis Macdonald
• Premier of Ontario – Mitchell Hepburn
• Premier of Prince Edward Island – Thane Campbell
• Premier of Quebec – Maurice Duplessis
• Premier of Saskatchewan – William John Patterson

Territorial governments

January to June

• January 5 – Richard Cashin, lawyer, politician and trade union leader^[8]
• January 21 – Jim Unger, cartoonist (d. 2012)^[9]
• January 24 – Suzanne Tremblay, politician^[10]
• January 26 – Maureen Hemphill, politician^[11]
• January 29 – Frank Iacobucci, jurist and Puisne Justice on the Supreme Court of Canada^[12]
• January 31 – Andrée Boucher, politician and 39th Mayor of Quebec City (d. 2007)^[13]
• February 5 – Larry Hillman, ice hockey player and coach (d. 2022)^[14]
• February 10 – Roy Megarry, publisher^[15]
• February 26 – Hagood Hardy, composer, pianist and vibraphonist (d. 1997)^[16]
• March 2 – Joseph B. MacInnis, diver^[17]
• March 9
  • Bernard Landry, lawyer, teacher, politician and 28th Premier of Quebec^[18]
  • Harry Neale, ice hockey coach and broadcaster
• March 10 – Tommy Hunter, country music singer^[19]
• March 16 – Brian Browne, jazz pianist and composer (d. 2018)
• March 26 – James Lee, politician and 28th Premier of Prince Edward Island^[20]
• March 30 – Maria Rika Maniates, musicologist (d. 2011)^{[citation needed]}
• April 13 – Stan Stasiak, pro wrestler^{[citation needed]}
• April 29 – Jean Gauthier, ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, Philadelphia Flyers, Boston Bruins) (d. 2013)^[21]
• May 9 – Jim Walding, politician (d. 2007)^[22]
• May 13 – Roch Carrier, novelist^[23]
• June 15 – Toby Tarnow, actress^[24]

July to December

• July 12 – Michel Louvain, singer (d. 2021)^{[citation needed]}
• July 30 – John de Chastelain, general, diplomat and Chairman of the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning (in Northern Ireland)^[25]
• August 2 – Garth Hudson, musician^[26]
• August 16 – David Anderson, politician and Minister^[27]
• August 16 – Ian Deans, politician (d. 2016)^[28]
• August 25 – John G. Bryden, lawyer, public servant, businessman and Senator^[29]
• September 2 – Len Carlson, voice actor (d. 2006)
• September 3 – Gerry Brisson, ice hockey player (d. 2013)^[30]
• September 5 – John Dahmer, politician (d. 1988)^[31]
• September 8 – Barbara Frum, radio and television journalist (d. 1992)^[32]
• September 9 – Jean Augustine, politician^[33]
• September 12 – George Chuvalo, boxer^[34]
• September 19 – Neil Gaudry, politician (d. 1999)^[35]
• September 23 – Jacques Poulin, novelist^[36]
• September 27 – Guido Basso, jazz musician (d. 2023)^[37]
• October 19 – Marilyn Bell, long-distance swimmer, first person to swim across Lake Ontario^[38]
• October 19 – Stanley Faulder, murderer and first Canadian citizen to be executed in the United States since 1952 (d. 1999)^[39]
• November 4 – Michael Wilson, politician and diplomat (d. 2019)^{[citation needed]}
• November 6 – Gerry St. Germain, politician^[40]
• November 11 – Stephen Lewis, politician, broadcaster and diplomat^[41]
• November 12
  • Barbara McDougall, politician and Minister^[42]
  • Glen Shortliffe, Clerk of the Privy Council (d. 2010)^[43]
• December 4 – Donnelly Rhodes, actor (d. 2018)^{[citation needed]}
• December 19 – Wayne Maunder, Canadian-born American actor (d. 2018)^{[citation needed]}

Date unknown

• Élise Paré-Tousignant, music administrator and pedagogue (d. 2018)^[44]

January to June

• January 21 – Marie Prevost, actress (b. 1896)^[45]
• January 29 – Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté, painter and sculptor (b. 1869)^[46]
• February 16 – Rodmond Roblin, businessman, politician and 9th Premier of Manitoba (b. 1853)^[47]
• March 8 – Howie Morenz, ice hockey player (b. 1902)^[48]
• June 10 – Robert Borden, lawyer, politician and 8th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1854)^[49]

July to December

• July 25 – Charles E. Saunders, agronomist (b. 1867)^[50]
• October 13 – Simon Fraser Tolmie, politician and 21st Premier of British Columbia (b. 1867)^[51]
• November 21 – Matthew Robert Blake, politician (b. 1876)^[52]
• December 27 – John Douglas Hazen, politician and 12th Premier of New Brunswick (b. 1860)^[53]