See also: 1916 in Canada, other events of 1917, 1918 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'. 1917 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /w/skins-1. ... This is a timeline of the history of Canada. ...

Events

• A temporary income tax is introduced to cover wartime expenses.
• February 1 - James A. Murray becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing George J. Clarke
• April 4 - Walter Foster becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing James A. Murray
• April 9 to April 12 - Battle of Vimy Ridge.
• June 7 - Alberta election: Arthur Sifton's Liberals win a fourth consecutive majority
• June 21 - Aubin Arsenault becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing John Mathieson
• June 26 - Saskatchewan election: William Martin's Liberals win a fourth consecutive majority
• July 31 to November 6 - Battle of Passchendaele.
• August - The government introduces conscription triggering the Conscription Crisis of 1917
• September 20 - The Wartime Elections Act gives female relatives of servicmen the vote.
• October 30 - Charles Stewart (1868-1946) becomes premier of Alberta, replacing Arthur Sifton
• December 6 - Halifax explosion kills 1900 people and injures 9000. The largest ever man-made explosion pre-Hiroshima atomic bomb.
• December 17 - Federal election: Robert Borden's Conservatives win a second consecutive majority

Income tax is a direct tax which is levied on the income of private individuals. ... February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... James Alexander Murray (November 9, 1864-February 16, 1960) was a Conservative politician and Premier of New Brunswick. ... April 4 is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (95th in leap years). ... Walter Edward Foster (April 9, 1873-November 14, 1947) was a New Brunswick politician and businessman. ... James Alexander Murray (November 9, 1864-February 16, 1960) was a Conservative politician and Premier of New Brunswick. ... April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). ... April 12 is the 102nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (103rd in leap years). ... The Battle of Vimy Ridge was one of the opening battles in a larger British campaign known as the Battle of Arras. ... June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (159th in leap years), with 207 days remaining. ... The Alberta general election of 1917 was the fourth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada, was held on June 7, 1917 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ... Arthur L. Sifton Arthur Lewis Sifton (October 26, 1858 _ January 21, 1921), Canadian politician, was Premier of Alberta between 1910 and 1917. ... June 21 is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 193 days remaining. ... Aubin-Edmond Arsenault (1870-1968) was a Prince Edward Island politician. ... John Mathieson is a Computer Science graduate who initially worked for Sinclair Research before going on to found Flare with fellow ex-Sinclair colleagues Martin Brennan and Ben Cheese. ... June 26 is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 188 days remaining. ... The Fourth Provincial General Election in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan was held on June 26, 1917. ... William Martin can refer to: William Martin (admiral), first Sea Lord of Britain in 1858-1859 William Martin (French sailor), a French sailor who won a silver medal at the 1900 Olympics. ... July 31 is the 212th day (213th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 153 days remaining, as the final day of July. ... November 6 is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 55 days remaining. ... Passchendaele village, before and after the Battle of Passchendaele The Battle of Passchendaele, otherwise known as the Third Battle of Ypres, was one of the major battles of World War I, fought by British, ANZAC, and Canadian soldiers against the German army near Ypres (Ieper in Flemish) in West Flanders... Note: as an adjective (stressed on the second syllable instead of the first), august means honorable. ... The Conscription Crisis of 1917 was a political and military crisis in Canada during World War I. Background At the outbreak of war in 1914, over 30 000 volunteers joined the army, far more than expected. ... September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... The Wartime Elections Act was a bill passed on September 20, 1917 by the Canadian Unionist government of Robert Borden. ... October 30 is the 303rd day of the year (304th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 62 days remaining. ... Charles Stewart (August 26, 1868 - December 6, 1946) was a Canadian politician who was Premier of Alberta from 1917 to 1921. ... Arthur L. Sifton Arthur Lewis Sifton (October 26, 1858 _ January 21, 1921), Canadian politician, was Premier of Alberta between 1910 and 1917. ... December 6 is the 340th day (341st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Halifax Explosion occurred on December 6, 1917, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, when a cargo ship loaded with munitions caught fire and exploded, killing 1,635 people and injuring thousands more. ... Main keep of Hiroshima Castle The city of Hiroshima (広島市; -shi) is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chugoku region of western Honshu, the largest of Japans islands. ... The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, 1945, rose some 18 km (11 mi) above the epicenter. ... December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... The 1917 Canadian federal election was held on December 17, 1917. ... Sir Robert Laird Borden (June 26, 1854–June 10, 1937) was the eighth Prime Minister of Canada from October 10, 1911 to July 10, 1920. ...

Births

• January 11 - John Robarts, Premier of Ontario
• May 21 - Raymond Burr, actor
• May 24 - W. Ross Thatcher, Premier of Saskatchewan
• June 17 - Dufferin Roblin, Premier of Manitoba
• September 12 - Pierre Sévigny, politician
• September 26 - Réal Caouette, politician
• November 28 - Jacob Froese, Manitoba politician