← → Events from the year 1936 in Canada.

Saying "I hate war," President Roosevelt seeks foreign and economic policies that will encourage peace[6] Threatening embargo on Canadian liquor, U.S.A. demands back taxes and customs duties for liquor smuggled during Prohibition[7] "Taxes are urgently needed" - Alberta's Two Rivers School District board cajoles ratepayers in arrears[8] Seventy-year-old woman talks to enough of Yukon's 1,805 voters to be elected to House of Commons[9] "Sterilization is proposed[...]as logical humane procedure to limit the reproduction of the mentally defective.

"[10] Vancouver business groups testify that limiting employment of "orientals" on Canadian ships may curtail or cancel service[11] Governor General Lord Tweedsmuir expresses his deep regret to King Edward VIII on his abdication[12] "A commission of three cannot[...]execute policies" - House committee calls for corporation to replace Canadian Radio Commission[13] "We in Canada are sound asleep in flying matters," says Air Vice-Marshall Billy Bishop[14] Canadian Tuberculosis Association urges more clinics for Indigenous people, who suffer 30% of TB deaths in western Canada[15] "In terrible shape" - Government official reports cemetery at Dunbow residential school is trampled by cattle and crosses knocked down[16] Youth organizations ranging from church groups to Young Communist League unite for reform at 1936 Youth Congress[17] Stephen Leacock's views of travel writing and Port Arthur (Thunder Bay), Ont.

[18] "A Literary Map of Canada" includes insets "Some Books of the St. Lawrence Basin" and "The Land of Evangeline"[19] Ralph J. Gleason praises Canadian hockey while covering college tournament for Columbia University student newspaper[20] Setting new record for one-mile event, Canadian race walker wins in New York City[21] Cover photograph: Menu from Canadian Pacific Railway train[22]