1917 in Canada

Events

A temporary income tax is introduced to cover wartime expenses.
Women related to servicemen allowed to vote for the first time due to the passing of the The Military Voters Act. Non-military women still denied vote.
Conscription Crisis of 1917
February 1 - James Murray becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing George Clarke
April 4 - Walter Foster becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing James Murray
April 9 to April 12 - Battle of Vimy Ridge.
June 7 - Alberta election: Arthur Sifton's Liberals win a fourth consecutive majority
June 21 - Aubin Arsenault becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing John Mathieson
June 26 - Saskatchewan election: William Martin's Liberals win a fourth consecutive majority
July 31 to November 6 - Battle of Passchendaele.
October 30 - Charles Stewart (1868-1946) becomes premier of Alberta, replacing Arthur Sifton
December 6 - Halifax explosion kills 2000 people and injures 9000. The largest ever man-made explosion pre-Hiroshima atomic bomb.
December 17 - Federal election: Robert Borden's Conservatives win a second consecutive majority