Victoria Timeline 1918

 

1918 – The Final Days

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.

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.  Source: Image Courtesy of Royal BC Museum, BC Archives - Call Number: A-06819 See BC Archives Date: 11 Nov 1918

An Armistice celebration on Government Street and Fort Street. Permission to use this image must be obtained from the BC Archives.
Source: Image Courtesy of Royal BC Museum, BC Archives – Call Number: A-06819 See BC Archives
Date: 11 Nov 1918

Dec 30 – Allied Forces including Canadians attack Bolshevik forces in Siberia