This club was organized in Winnipeg around 1919 by veterans of the First World War who felt that it would be useful to the community and beneficial to themselves to have an organization to foster the esprit de corps of army life, and apply it under the new conditions of civilian life. Its name derives from “keen Canadians.” Initially, its membership was capped at two hundred, restricted to Canadian citizens who performed military service during the war. It later offered membership to veterans of the Second World War, and branch clubs were established at Calgary (1936), Toronto (1937), Edmonton (1948), and Vancouver (1954). The club motto was Non Nobis Solum (Not for Ourselves Alone) and its official publication was The Tin Hat. Interest in the club waned in the 1960s and it appears to have folded in the 1980s.
Term
President
1919-1920
?
1921
D. M. Marshall
1921-1923
Leoni St. Clairze “Leo” Warde (1888-1971)
1923-1924
Carlton “Carl” Dyke (1894-1929)
1924-1926
?
1926-1927
Frank W. Polson
1927-1928
?
1928-1929
Carlton “Carl” Dyke (1894-1929)
1929-1930
Hugh C. Anderson
1930-1931
George S. Cuttle
1931-1932
Thomas G. Hall
1932-1933
Charles B. Howden
1933-1934
Thomas P. Fleming
1934-1935
Charles Stephen Booth (1897-1988)
1935-1936
W. E. Driscoll
1936-1937
Gordon B. Douglass
1937-1938
Stanley Henry “Bus” Muton (1899-1971)
1938-1939
Laurence Edward Brownell (1891-1949)
1939-1940
Norman R. Nagle
1940-1941
Wilbert Guy “Bert” Malcom (1895-1980)
1941-1942
Douglas D. Shaw
1942-1943
G. H. Jackson
1943-1944
James Franklin “Frank” Hiscox (1888-1983)
1944-1945
Fred Rice
1945-1946
Sam Williams
1946-1947
R. A. Robison
1947-1948
George Charles Waight (1892-1985)
1948-1949
George C. Avison
1949-1950
William Marginson
?-?
Harold James Riley (1887-1975)
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Errick F. Willis Pavilion (International Peace Garden)
“Veterans’ notes,” Winnipeg Tribune, 8 January 1921, page 6.
“Leo Warde President of Canukeena Club,” Winnipeg Tribune, 15 October 1921, page 6.
Pioneers and Prominent People of Manitoba, Winnipeg: Canadian Publicity Company, 1925.
“Canukeena Club elects officers,” Winnipeg Tribune, 8 October 1926, page 14.
“Heads club,” Winnipeg Tribune, 23 May 1928, page 4.
“Canukeena Club elects officers,” Winnipeg Tribune, 27 May 1929, page 4.
“Canukeena Club elects officers for 1930-31,” Winnipeg Tribune, 20 May 1930, page 3.
“Canukeena Club names Hall as head,” Winnipeg Tribune, 19 May 1931, page 18.
“C. B. Howden named to head Canukeenas,” Winnipeg Tribune, 17 May 1932, page 4.
“T. P. Fleming elected head of Canukeenas,” Winnipeg Tribune, 16 May 1933, page 2.
“Heads Canukeenas,” Winnipeg Tribune, 22 May 1934, page 5.
“W. E. Driscoll named to head Canukeenas,” Winnipeg Tribune, 21 May 1935, page 2.
“G. B. Douglass named to head Canukeena Club,” Winnipeg Tribune, 19 May 1936, page 5.
“Brownell new Canukeena Club head,” Winnipeg Tribune, 17 May 1938, page 2.
“Norman Nagle new Canukeena chief,” Winnipeg Tribune, 16 May 1939, page 11.
“Malcom heads Canukeena Club,” Winnipeg Tribune, 21 May 1940, page 5.
“D. Shaw heads Canukeena Club,” Winnipeg Tribune, 20 May 1941, page 3.
“Dr. Alfred Savage Canukeena speaker,” Winnipeg Tribune, 24 November 1942, page 7.
“Canukeenas name new executive,” Winnipeg Tribune, 21 May 1946, page 10.
“Waight heads Canukeena Club,” Winnipeg Tribune, 13 May 1947, page 8.
“Canukeena Club celebrates 30th year of service,” Winnipeg Tribune, 4 October 1949, page 7.
“Old records rekindle interest in veterans’ group,” Winnipeg Free Press, 28 February 2005.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 28 April 2022
