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| 1934, July 3 |
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| The Natural Products Marketing Act assented to. It provided for the creation of a Dominion marketing board with powers to form local boards and to cooperate with marketing boards created by the provinces; and it authorized the regulated marketing of any natural products, control by license of the export of any regulated products, and control of interprovincial marketing. | 1 |
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| Aug. 4 |
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| Henry H. Stevens, minister of trade and commerce, in a privately printed pamphlet, made revelations that transformed widespread popular demands for governmental action to alleviate the depression into a demand for regulation of big business in Canada. Stevens resigned his cabinet position on Oct. 27. | 2 |
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| Oct. 1 |
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| The Dominion Companies Act went into force. It repealed the Companies Act of 1927 and established stringent regulations safeguarding the security of investors, shareholders, and creditors. | 3 |
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