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Events from the year 1909 in Canada.

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January 11 - The Boundary Waters Treaty signed
February 23 - The first powered flight in Canada is made by John McCurdy aboard the Silver Dart
March 22 - 1909 Alberta election: Alexander Rutherford's Liberals win a second consecutive majority
April 6 - Robert Peary claims to have reached the North Pole
August - the CPR's Spiral Tunnels are opened in B.C.'s Kicking Horse Pass
September 6 - Field Day Sports athletic competition Toronto
December 4 - The University of Toronto wins the first Grey Cup
University of Toronto Schools opens as an all boys school

February 4 - Jack Shadbolt, painter (d.1998)
February 14 - A. M. Klein, poet, journalist, novelist, short story writer and lawyer (d.1972)
March 2 - Art Alexandre, ice hockey player (d.1976)
March 19 - John Fauquier, war hero
March 20 - Jack Bush, painter (d.1977)
March 22 - Gabrielle Roy, author (d.1983)
April 6 - George Isaac Smith, lawyer, politician and Premier of Nova Scotia (d.1982)
May 8 - Samuel Boulanger, politician (d.1989)
May 29 - Red Horner, ice hockey player (d.2005)
June 23 - David Lewis, lawyer and politician (d.1981)

May 5 - Daniel Lionel Hanington, politician and 5th Premier of New Brunswick (b.1835)
May 12 - Michel Auger, politician (b.1830)
October 7 - William Thomas Pipes, politician and Premier of Nova Scotia (b.1850)
October 27 - James William Bain, politician (b.1838)
November 14 - Joshua Slocum, seaman, adventurer, writer, and first man to sail single-handedly around the world (b.1844)
December 17 - George Cox, mayor of Ottawa (b.1834)