Capitol Canada was much faster than its American cousin to take up the opportunity offered by EMI, with the result that Canadians experienced Beatlemania sooner than those poor unfortunates who lived south of the border. Furthermore, I have stopped this list at 1964, since thereafter Canadian releases are generally the same as the US ones. Two particular debts are to a posting on rec.music.misc by Bob Pietkivitch , and a posting on rec.music.beatles by Gary Flinn . Some other dates come from Tim Brent and Andrew Croft. Thanks to them all.
Further improvements are still welcome.
Those interested in Canadian Beatles history ought to check out Steve Clifford's Beatles page. These, and other information on the Canadian experience, may be found at the Capitol 6000 site. Thanks to Piers Hemmingsen for these updates. A Hard Day's Night, I Should Have Known Better.