1918 – The Final Days |
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Canada and the World |
Victoria |
| Federal Government stops production of liquor | Jan 22 – Mary Ellen Smith became BC’s first woman MLA. |
| Feb 7 – Canadian War artists commissioned | |
| Mar 18 – Daylight Savings Time introduced in Canada | Mar 6– Liberal leader John Oliver sworn in as Premier of BC |
| Mar 28 – anti conscription riots in Quebec City | |
| Apr 1 – Royal Air Force formed | |
| Apr 21 – Death of the “Red Baron” | Apr 23 – Minimum wage for women becomes law in BC |
| May 24 – The Canada Elections Act enfranchised all Canadian women over 21. | June 3 – Shipyard strike ended |
| June 11 – Observatory opens in Saanich. See an image of the “Monster Telescope.” | |
| July 16 – Czar Nicholas II murdered. | July 2-11– Streetcar strike |
| July 22 – Letter carrier strike joined by postal clerks on July 25. | |
| July 22 – Letter carrier strike | |
| Aug 8 – Battle of Amiens marked the start of the final Hundred Days – The Canadian Corp plays a leading role. | |
| Sept 2 – The Hindenberg Line broken by the Canadian Corps
Sept 8– First outbreak of Spanish Influenza in Halifax |
Sept 2– Lt Col Cyrus Peck of Victoria awarded the Victoria Cross |
| Oct– Canadian Brigade sent to Siberia
Oct 9 – Canadian Corps captured Cambrai. |
Oct– Victoria was the assembly point for the Siberian Expeditionary Force.
Oct 23 – Canadian Pacific ship Princess Sophia sank in a storm off the coast of Alaska. |
| Oct 30 – Canadian Naval Patrol vessel Galiano sank with all hands in a storm off Cape St James | |
| Spanish influenza forces closure of public places
Learn more about the Spanish Flu in the document archive. |
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| Nov 11– Armistice signed. |
 An Armistice celebration on Government Street and Fort Street. Permission to use this image must be obtained from the BC Archives. |
| Dec 30 – Allied Forces including Canadians attack Bolshevik forces in Siberia | |
