See also: 1926 in Canada, other events of 1927, 1928 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.

Events

• January 9: 76 are killed when a fire breaks out at the Laurier Palace Theatre in Montreal
• March 1: The location of the boundary between Labrador and Quebec is settled by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, accepting the Dominion of Newfoundland's claim rather than Canada's.
• May 28: The Canada Pension Act is introduced
• July 1: Confederation celebration marked by the first cross country radio broadcast.
• August 12: Albert Saunders becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing James D. Stewart
• August 17: John Oliver, Premier of British Columbia, dies in office
• August 20: John Duncan MacLean becomes premier of British Columbia
• October 10: R.B. Bennett, becomes leader of the Conservative Party of Canada

Births

• January 1: Jean-Paul Mousseau, artist
• January 4: Paul Desmarais, businessman
• January 10: Gisele MacKenzie, singer
• January 17: Stan Roberts, politician
• January 24: Phyllis Lambert, architect
• January 25: Gildas Molgat, politician
• January 29: Lewis Urry, engineer and inventor
• January 30: Sterling Lyon, Premier of Manitoba
• February 11: Sinclair Stevens, politician
• March 3: William Kurelek, painter
• March 9: John Beckwith, composer
• March 25: Bill Barilko, hockey player
• April 7: Dorothy Knowles, artist
• April 8: Lois Miriam Wilson, Church leader and Senator
• April 25: Frances Hyland, actor
• May 5: Sylvia Fedoruk, Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan
• May 14: Frank Miller, Premier of Ontario
• June 17: Jean Robert Beaulé, politician
• June 26: Robert Kroetsch, author
• July 20: Jack Horner, politician
• September 7: Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, jurist
• October 3: Ashevak Kenojuak, artist
• October 14: Elmer Iseler, choir conductor
• November 3: Harrison McCain, businessman
• November 8: Peter Munk, businessman
• November 18: Knowlton Nash, news anchor
• November 26: Ernie Coombs, Mr. Dressup
• December 7: Grant Strate, dancer
• December 13: Christopher Plummer, actor
• December 18: Roméo LeBlanc, Governor General
• George Hislop, gay activist

Deaths