This Day In History
December 11

Year Month Start Date Event
1836 December 11 Born - December 11 - George Gerald King, politician (died 1928)
1859 December 11 Close of Navigation from Montreal.
1868 December 11 Born - December 11 — William Parks, geologist and paleontologist (died 1936)
1908 December 11 Died - December 11 - Jean Blanchet, politician (b.1843)
1911 December 11 December 11 - Ontario election: Sir James Whitney's Conservatives win a third consecutive majority
1922 December 11 Born - December 11 - Pauline Jewett, politician and educator (d.1992)
1931 December 11 December 11 - the Statute of Westminster goes into effect: Canada is granted full legislative independence in national and international affairs, with the Crown represented by the Governor General.
1936 December 11 December 11 - The British Parliament passes His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936 which legislates the abdication of King Edward VIII.
1944 December 11 Camillien Houde elected mayor on December 11.
1961 December 11 Born - December 11 - Michel Courtemanche, actor
1962 December 11 December 11 – The last three hangings in Canada take place.
1995 December 11 December 11 - Voters in what will become Nunavut select Iqaluit as the capital of the new territory
1999 December 11 December 11 - The verdict in the Just Desserts shooting case is handed down. Two of the accused are found guilty, the third is acquitted.
2011 December 11 December 11 – Daniel Paillé is elected new leader of the Bloc Québécois.