1963 in Canada
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Events from the year 1963 in Canada.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch: Queen Elizabeth II
- Governor General: Georges Vanier
- Prime Minister: John Diefenbaker then Lester B. Pearson
- Premier of Alberta: Ernest Manning
- Premier of British Columbia: W.A.C. Bennett
- Premier of Manitoba: Duff Roblin
- Premier of New Brunswick: Louis Robichaud
- Premier of Newfoundland: Joey Smallwood
- Premier of Nova Scotia: Robert Stanfield
- Premier of Ontario: John Robarts
- Premier of Prince Edward Island: Walter Shaw
- Premier of Quebec: Jean Lesage
- Premier of Saskatchewan: Woodrow Lloyd
[edit] Events
- February 4: Defence Minister Douglas Harkness resigns after Prime Minister Diefenbaker refuses to accept nuclear weapons from the United States
- February 5: The Diefenbaker government collapses over the missile issue and an election is called
- March 1: Simon Fraser University is founded
- April 8: Federal election: Lester Pearson's Liberals win a minority, defeating John Diefenbaker's PCs
- April 20: The Front de libération du Québec sets off its first bombs in Quebec
- April 22: Lester Pearson becomes Prime Minister, replacing John Diefenbaker
- May 27: The Northern Alberta Institute of Technology opens
- June 17: Alberta general election, 1963: Ernest Manning's Alberta Social Credit Party wins an eighth consecutive majority
- July 22: The Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism is announced
- September 21: Place des Arts opens in Montreal
- September 25: Ontario general election, 1963: John Robarts's PCs win a sixth consecutive majority
- November 29: 118 are killed in the Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831 crash near Ste-Thérèse-de-Blainville, Quebec
- December 23: plans to build the National Arts Centre are approved
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] New Works
- W.L. Morton: The Kingdom of Canada
- Milton Acorn: Jawbreakers
- Leonard Cohen: The Favorite Game
- Farley Mowat: Never Cry Wolf
[edit] Awards
- See 1963 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
- Stephen Leacock Award: Donald Jack, Three Cheers for Me
- Vicky Metcalf Award: Kerry Wood
[edit] Sport
- Future hall of fame baseball player Ferguson Jenkins plays his first major league game
[edit] Births
[edit] January to March
- January 1 - Cheryl Dick, netball player
- January 9 - Larry Cain, sprint canoer and Olympic gold medalist
- January 12 - Ken Fitzpatrick, swimmer
- January 19 - Steve Peters, politician and Minister
- February 12 - Ron Schuler, politician
- March 1 - Ron Francis, ice hockey player and coach
- March 17 - Lawrence Ytzhak Braithwaite, novelist, spoken word artist, dub poet, essayist and musician (d.2008)
- March 26 - Roch Voisine, singer-songwriter, actor and radio and television host
- March 30 - Wayne Gordon, boxer
- March 30 - Carol Klimpel, swimmer
[edit] April to June
- April 4 - Vince Ditrich, rock musician
- April 4 - Dale Hawerchuk, ice hockey player
- April 4 - Jim Wilson, politician
- April 14 - John Kalbhenn, boxer
- April 18 - Eric McCormack, actor, musician, writer and producer
- April 27 - Joe Peschisolido, politician and businessman
- April 27 - Cali Timmins, actress
- May 5 - Susan Whelan, politician and Minister
- May 17 - Michelle Conn, field hockey player
- May 25 - Mike Myers, actor, comedian, screenwriter and film producer
- May 26 - Richard Crouse, film critic
- June 4 - Carey Nelson, long-distance runner
- June 17 - Sandra Greaves, judoka
- June 24 - Barbara Underhill, pairs figure skater and World Champion
- June 25 - Doug Gilmour, ice hockey player and coach
- June 25 - Yann Martel, author
[edit] July to September
- July 11 - Al MacInnis, ice hockey player
- July 11 - Sandra Schmirler, curler, Olympic gold medallist and World Champion (d.2000)
- July 12 - Andy Savoy, politician and engineer
- July 28 - Gregory Henriquez, architect
- August 2 - Russell Smith, novelist and newspaper columnist
- September 2 - Gerard Gallant, ice hockey player and coach
- September 29 - Dave Andreychuk, ice hockey player
[edit] October to December
- October 17 - Norm Macdonald, comedian, actor and poker player
- October 20 - Julie Payette, astronaut
- November 19 - Bill Dunlop, boxer
- November 22 - Benoît Sauvageau, politician (d.2006)
- November 25 - Holly Cole, jazz singer
- December 4 - Robert Dawson, wrestler
- December 9 - Dave Hilton, Jr., boxer
- December 29 - Liisa Savijarvi, alpine skier
[edit] Full date unknown
- Michelle Douglas, human rights activist
- Laureen Harper, wife of Prime Minister Stephen Harper
[edit] Deaths
- March 27 - Gaspard Fauteux, politician, Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons and Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec (b.1898)
- May 12 - Bobby Kerr, sprinter and Olympic gold medalist (b.1882)
- June 23 - Herbert Alexander Bruce, surgeon and 15th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (b.1868)
- August 19 - Kathleen Parlow, violinist (b.1890)
- September 8 - Leslie Gordon Bell, politician and lawyer (b.1889)
[edit] Full date unknown
- Murdoch Mackay, politician (b.1884)
