Events from the year 1926 in Canada. [edit] Events [edit] Arts and literature [edit] Births [edit] January to June - January 4 - Betty Kennedy, broadcaster, journalist, author, Senator and gameshow panelist
- February 6 - Ray Perrault, politician (d.2008)
- February 11 - Leslie Nielsen, comedian and actor
- February 20 - Jean Boucher, politician
- April 17 - Gerry McNeil, ice hockey player (d.2004)
- April 28 - Alex Oakley, race walker
- May 19 - Francis Sparshott, scholar
- May 20 – Allan McEachern, lawyer, judge and university chancellor (d.2008)
- May 26 - Phyllis Gotlieb, science fiction novelist and poet
- June 3 - Flora MacDonald, politician
[edit] July to December - July 18 - Margaret Laurence, novelist and short story writer (d.1987)
- July 21 - Norman Jewison, film director, producer, actor and founder of the Canadian Film Centre
- July 22 - Paul Collins, long-distance runner (d.1995)
- September 1 - James Reaney, poet, playwright and literary critic (d.2008)
- September 27 - Jack Duffy, actor and comedian (d.2008)
- October 1 - Ben Wicks, cartoonist, illustrator, journalist and author (d.2000)
- October 26 - George Crum, conductor, pianist, vocal coach and musical arranger (d.2007)
- November 9 - Mary Morrison, soprano
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