Winnipeg General Strike Ends
The Royal North-West Mounted Police and special constables disperse striking workers on 'Bloody Saturday' in Winnipeg, leading to the collapse of the General Strike two days later.
Everything that happened in Canada in 1919.
The Royal North-West Mounted Police and special constables disperse striking workers on 'Bloody Saturday' in Winnipeg, leading to the collapse of the General Strike two days later.
The Winnipeg General Strike officially comes to an end after six weeks, with workers returning to their jobs following government intervention and the arrest of strike leaders.
Trans-Canada Air Lines (later renamed Air Canada) is established by the federal government as Canada's national air carrier, beginning regular domestic passenger service in 1937.
Strike leaders in Winnipeg, including R.B. Russell, William Ivens and others, are arrested following the violent dispersal of strikers on Bloody Saturday, signaling the end of the Winnipeg General Strike.
As part of the Versailles Peace Conference, Canada signs the peace treaty as a separate signatory, demonstrating its growing autonomy from Britain and its new status as an international actor.
Canada signs the Treaty of Versailles and the Covenant of the League of Nations in Versailles as a separate signatory from Britain, demonstrating Canada's growing international autonomy.
Trans-Canada Air Lines (now Air Canada) is founded as a Crown corporation to operate the national airline, with the first passenger service beginning in 1937 between Vancouver and Seattle.