|
Year |
Month |
Start Date |
Event |
|
1814 |
December |
22 |
December 22 - Treaty of Commerce, between the U.S. and Great
Britain, signed at Ghent. |
|
1848 |
December |
22 |
Close of navigation to Montreal |
|
1861 |
December |
22 |
Born
- December 22 - Sara Jeannette Duncan, author and journalist
(died 1922) |
|
1861 |
December |
22 |
Close of navigation from Montreal. |
|
1865 |
December |
22 |
December 22 - Colonial Office Circular notifying revised
Admiralty requirements for flags for colonial warships and for
other colonial government vessels and requesting correct
drawings of seals or badges to be adopted as distinguishing
marks. |
|
1874 |
December |
22 |
Died
- December 22 - Étienne Parent, journalist (b.1802) |
|
1916 |
December |
22 |
Bordeaux-Cartierville annexed on December 22. |
|
1922 |
December |
22 |
Born
- December 22 - Percy Smith, barrister, lawyer and politician
(d.2009) |
|
1924 |
December |
22 |
Born
- December 22 - A. Edison Stairs, businessman and politician,
New Brunswick MLA (1960–1978) and Minister of Finance
(1974–1976), natural causes (d. 2010) |
|
1938 |
December |
22 |
Born
- December 22 - Lucien Bouchard, lawyer, diplomat, politician
and Minister |
|
1939 |
December |
22 |
Died
- December 22 - Herbert James Palmer, politician and Premier of
Prince Edward Island (b.1851) |
|
1941 |
December |
22 |
Born
- December 22 - James Laxer, political economist, professor and
author |
|
1951 |
December |
22 |
Born
- December 22 – Charles de Lint, fantasy author and Celtic folk
musician |
|
1962 |
December |
22 |
Died
- December 22 – Solon Earl Low, politician (born 1900) |
|
1969 |
December |
22 |
Born
- December 22 - Myriam Bédard, biathlete and double Olympic gold
medalist |
|
1973 |
December |
22 |
Born
- December 22 - Annie Pelletier, diver and Olympic bronze
medalist |
|
1975 |
December |
22 |
December 22 - William R. Bennett sworn in as Premier of British
Columbia, replacing David Barrett. |
|
1976 |
December |
22 |
Died
- December 22 - Olive Diefenbaker, wife of John Diefenbaker,
13th Prime Minister of Canada (b.1902) |
|
1980 |
December |
22 |
Died
- December 22 - Ethel Wilson, novelist and short story writer
(b.1888) |
|
2004 |
December |
22 |
Died
- December 22 - Alice Strike, Canada's last surviving female
World War I veteran (born 1896 |
|
2011 |
December |
22 |
Died
- December 22 - Michael von Grünau, 67, psychologist and
neurophysiologist (born 1944) |
|
2011 |
December |
22 |
Died
- December 22 - David Gold, 31, musician (Woods of Ypres), car
accident (born 1980) |