Events from the year 1931 in Canada. [edit] Events [edit] Arts and Literature [edit] Births [edit] January to March - January 6 - Dickie Moore, ice hockey player, businessman and philanthropist
- January 27 - Mordecai Richler, author, screenwriter and essayist (d.2001)
- January 30 - John Crosbie, politician and Minister
- February 16 - Bernie Geoffrion, ice hockey player (d.2006)
- February 17 - Mark MacGuigan, academic and politician (d.1998)
- February 26 - C. William Doody, politician and Senator (d.2005)
- March 10 - Georges Dor, author, composer, playwright, singer, poet, translator and theatrical producer and director (d.2001)
- March 22 - William Shatner, actor and novelist
- March 22 - Monte Kwinter, politician
- March 25 - Jack Chambers, artist and filmmaker (d.1978)
- March 28 - Jane Rule, novelist and non-fiction writer (d.2007)
- March 30 - Gérard Bruchési, politician
[edit] April to June - April 2 - Howard Engel, writer and television producer
- April 9 - Richard Hatfield, politician and 26th Premier of New Brunswick (d.1991)
- April 13 - Cliff Lumsdon, world champion marathon swimmer (d.1991)
- April 15 - Helen Maksagak, politician, first woman and first Inuk Northwest Territories Commissioner (d.2009)
- April 19 - Walter Stewart, writer, editor and journalism educator (d.2004)
- April 22 - John Buchanan, lawyer, politician and 27th Premier of Nova Scotia
- May 25 - Herb Gray, politician, Canada's first Jewish federal cabinet minister
- June 11 - John Bright, football player
- June 27 - Charles Bronfman, businessman and philanthropist
- June 30 - Joyce Wieland, experimental filmmaker and mixed media artist (d.1998)
[edit] July to September [edit] October to December [edit] Deaths [edit] Full date unknown
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