1919 in Canada

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January 19 - Canadian troops take part in the Battle of Shenkursk, part of the Russian Civil War.
April 17 - New Brunswick women are permitted to vote.
May 3 - Yukon women are permitted to vote.
May 15-June 25 - Winnipeg General Strike of 1919.
May 22 - The House of Commons passes the Nickle Resolution.
June - Rodeo's first reverse-opening side-delivery bronc chute is designed and made by rodeo cowboy Earl Bascom at the Bascom Ranch in Lethbridge, Alberta
June 6 - The government owned Canadian National Railway is formed out of a number of failed private rail corporations.
September 1 - His Royal Highness Edward, Prince of Wales opens the third session of the 13th Canadian Parliament
September 9 - J.H. Bell becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Aubin Arsenault.
October 20 - Ontario election: Ernest C. Drury's United Farmers of Ontario win a majority, defeating Sir William Hearst's Conservatives.
November 14 - Ernest Drury becomes premier of Ontario, replacing Sir William Hearst.
Influenza epidemic in Alberta.
Canada signs the Treaty of Versailles formally ending World War I in its own right.