Events from the year 1938 in Canada.
Births
January to June
John Hamm
- January 9 - Claudette Boyer, politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Ottawa—Vanier (1999–2003) (d.2013)
- January 10 - Frank Mahovlich, ice hockey player and Senator
- January 13 - William B. Davis, actor
- February 9 - Jovette Marchessault, writer and artist
- February 17 - Martha Henry, actress
- February 22 - Pierre Vallières, journalist and writer (d. 1998)
- April 8 - John Hamm, physician, politician and 32nd Premier of Nova Scotia
- May 13 - Lucille Starr, singer, songwriter and yodeler
- May 16 - Jim Coutts, political advisor (d.2013)
- May 24 - Tommy Chong, comedian, actor and musician
- June 4 - John Harvard, journalist, politician and 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba
- June 13 - John Newlove, poet (d.2013)
- June 19
July to September
Paul Martin
October to December
- October 14 - Ron Lancaster, Canadian football player and coach (d.2008)
- October 27 - Tim Ralfe, journalist (d.2000)
- October 28 - Gary Cowan, golfer
- November 3 - Yvon Cormier, wrestler (d.2009)
- November 12 - Denis DeJordy, ice hockey player and coach
- November 13 - Gérald Godin, poet and politician (d.1994)
- November 17 - Gordon Lightfoot, singer and songwriter
- November 26 - Rich Little, impressionist and voice actor
- December 16 - John Allan Cameron, folk singer (d.2006)
- December 22 - Lucien Bouchard, lawyer, diplomat, politician and Minister
Undated
- Roland Doré, educator, President of the Canadian Space Agency
Deaths
- January 4 - George Halsey Perley, politician and diplomat (b.1857)
- January 8 - Aimé Bénard, politician (b.1873)
- January 28 - Hugh Graham, 1st Baron Atholstan, newspaper publisher (b.1848)
- February 20 - William Alves Boys, politician and barrister (b.1868)
- March 23 - Thomas Walter Scott, politician and first Premier of Saskatchewan (b.1867)
- April 13 - Grey Owl, writer and conservationist (b.1888)
- April 24 - John Wycliffe Lowes Forster, artist (b.1850)
- May 6 - Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire, politician and 11th Governor General of Canada (b.1868)
- May 7 - Frederick Cronyn Betts, politician (b.1896)
- July 25 - Francis Haszard, jurist, politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island (b.1849)
- December 26 - Pierre-Ernest Boivin, politician and businessman (b.1872)
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Sovereign states |
- Antigua and Barbuda
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- Barbados
- Belize
- Canada
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- El Salvador
- Grenada
- Guatemala
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- Nicaragua
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- Saint Lucia
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- Trinidad and Tobago
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- Anguilla
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- Bermuda
- Bonaire
- British Virgin Islands
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- Curaçao
- Greenland
- Guadeloupe
- Martinique
- Montserrat
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- Saint Barthélemy
- Saint Martin
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Saba
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- Turks and Caicos Islands
- United States Virgin Islands
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