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| 1917 |
| | | A massive explosion devastates Halifax, in Canada, after a collision involving a French munitions ship | |
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| 1917 April |
| | | German U-boats sink 430 Allied and neutral merchant ships in this month alone | |
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| 1917 April 12 |
| | | Canadian troops take Vimy Ridge, subsequently the site of Canada's most important war memorial | |
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| 1917 June |
| | | The Allies frustrate the German U-boats by introducing the convoy system | |
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| 1919 |
| | | Employers' refusal to allow collective bargaining prompts a general strike in Winnipeg, the largest dispute of its kind in Canada's history | |
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| 1919 |
| | | John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown fly from St John's in Newfoundland to Clifden in Ireland | |
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| 1919 |
| | | Canadian National Railways is formed from two of the country's largest rail systems | |
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| 1920 |
| | | Artists dedicated to celebrating the Canadian landscape come together as the Group of Seven | |
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| 1921 |
| | | The schooner Bluenose begins a long series of international racing victories for Canada | |
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| 1921 |
| | | W.L. Mackenzie King begins a nine-year spell as Canadian prime minister, albeit with a brief interruption in 1926 | |
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