1954 in Canada
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Events from the year 1954 in Canada.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - Queen Elizabeth II
- Governor General - Vincent Massey
- Prime Minister - Louis Saint Laurent
- Premier of Alberta - Ernest Manning
- Premier of British Columbia - W.A.C. Bennett
- Premier of Manitoba - Douglas Campbell
- Premier of New Brunswick - Hugh John Flemming
- Premier of Newfoundland - Joey Smallwood
- Premier of Nova Scotia - Angus Macdonald then Harold Connolly then Henry Hicks
- Premier of Ontario - Leslie Frost
- Premier of Prince Edward Island - Alex Matheson
- Premier of Quebec - Maurice Duplessis
- Premier of Saskatchewan - Tommy Douglas
[edit] Events
- January 1 - Metropolitan Toronto comes into being to coordinate services among the various municipalities around Toronto.
- January 8 - The first oil from Alberta arrives in Sarnia through the new pipeline
- March 30 - The Yonge St. subway, the first subway system in Canada, opens in Toronto
- April 13 - Harold Connolly becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing Angus Macdonald
- May 31 - Winnipeg's first television station, CBWT a CBC Television O&O station begins broadcasting
- August 10 - The groundbreaking ceremony for the St. Lawrence Seaway begins
- September 9 - Marilyn Bell becomes the first person to swim Lake Ontario
- September 30 - Henry Hicks becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing Harold Connolly
- October 15 - Hurricane Hazel hits Toronto killing 81.
[edit] Full date unknown
- Canada contributes to a peacekeeping force in Indochina
- Sir Adam Beck Generating Station built on the Canadian side of the Niagara River
- Pinetree Line radar system completed
- Yahtzee is invented by a Canadian couple
- Jean Drapeau first elected mayor of Montreal
- Streetcars leave Winnipeg
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] New books
- Mordecai Richler - The Acrobats
- Gabrielle Roy - Alexandre Chenevert
- Igor Gouzenko - The Fall of a Titan
[edit] Awards
- See 1954 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
- Stephen Leacock Award: Joan Walker, Pardon My Parka
[edit] Sport
- July 30 - The "Miracle Mile" is run at the Commonwealth Games in Vancouver
[edit] Births
[edit] January to June
- January 11 - Jim Wych, snooker player and sports announcer
- February 3 - Tiger Williams, ice hockey player
- March 4 - Catherine O'Hara, actress and comedienne
- April 17 - Roddy Piper, wrestler and actor
- May 4 - Sylvia Burka, ice speed skater and World Champion, cyclist
- May 10 - Eleni Bakopanos, politician
- May 13 - David Bissett, field hockey player
- May 14 - Danny Gare, ice hockey player
- May 16 - Dafydd Williams, physician and astronaut
- May 26 - Aritha Van Herk, writer, critic, editor and university professor
- May 28 - John Tory, businessman, politician and broadcaster
[edit] July to December
- July 6 - Brian Pallister, politician
- July 18 - Audrey Vandervelden, volleyball player
- August 11 - Gulzar Singh Cheema, politician
- August 16 - James Cameron, film director, producer and screenwriter
- September 3 - Avis Gray, politician
- October 21 - Brian Tobin, politician
- November 7 - Guy Gavriel Kay, fantasy fiction author
- November 12 - David Edge, long-distance runner
- November 24 - Stuart Murray, politician
- December 14 - Steven MacLean, astronaut
[edit] Full date unknown
- Alan Kane, author
[edit] Deaths
- January 24 - H. H. Wrong, diplomat (b.1894)
- February 13 - Agnes Macphail, politician, first woman to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons (b.1890)
- March 31 - John Walter Jones, politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island (b.1878)
- April 4 - Abraham Albert Heaps, politician and labor leader (b.1885)
- April 8 - Winnifred Eaton, author (b.1875)
- April 13 - Angus Lewis Macdonald, lawyer, law professor, politician and 19th Premier of Nova Scotia (b.1890)
- June 18 - Welland Gemmell, politician and Minister
- August 6 - Emilie Dionne, one of the Dionne Quintuplets (b.1934)
- November 26 - Wallace Rupert Turnbull, engineer and inventor (b.1870)
[edit] Full date unknown
- James Endicott, church leader and missionary (b.1865)
