1918 in Canada

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths

Events

• March 1 - Harlan Brewster, Premier of British Columbia, dies in office
• March 6 - John Oliver becomes premier of British Columbia
• March 30 - C Squadron of Lord Strathcona's Horse conducts a cavalry charge against the Germans at Moreuil Wood. The squadron suffers atrocious casualties, but the action is one of the keys of halting the German advance in Operation Michael. Lieutenant Gordon Flowerdew will be awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously.
• Canadians force through German trenches at Amiens

Deaths

• January 28 - John McCrae, poet
• August 18 - Henry Norwest, WWI soldier