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1960 in Canada
Summary
Events from the year
1960 in Canada
.
←
1959
1958
1957
1960
in
Canada
→
1961
1962
1963
Decades:
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
See also:
History of Canada
Timeline of Canadian history
List of years in Canada
Ann Heggtveit
displays her gold medal for slalom skiing,
1960 Winter Olympics
Incumbents
edit
Crown
edit
Monarch
–
Elizabeth II
[1]
Federal government
edit
Governor General
–
Georges Vanier
[2]
Prime Minister
–
John Diefenbaker
Chief Justice
–
Patrick Kerwin
(
Ontario
)
Parliament
–
24th
Provincial governments
edit
Lieutenant governors
edit
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
–
John Percy Page
Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia
–
Frank M. Ross
(until October 12) then
George Pearkes
Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba
–
John S. McDiarmid
(until January 15) then
Errick Willis
Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
–
Joseph Leonard O'Brien
Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland
–
Campbell Leonard Macpherson
Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
–
Edward Chester Plow
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
–
John Keiller MacKay
Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island
–
Frederick Walter Hyndman
Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
–
Onésime Gagnon
Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan
–
Frank Lindsay Bastedo
Premiers
edit
Premier of Alberta
–
Ernest Manning
Premier of British Columbia
–
W.A.C. Bennett
Premier of Manitoba
–
Dufferin Roblin
Premier of New Brunswick
–
Hugh John Flemming
(until July 12) then
Louis Robichaud
Premier of Newfoundland
–
Joey Smallwood
Premier of Nova Scotia
–
Robert Stanfield
Premier of Ontario
–
Leslie Frost
Premier of Prince Edward Island
–
Walter Shaw
Premier of Quebec
–
Paul Sauvé
(until January 2) then
Antonio Barrette
(January 8 to July 22) then
Jean Lesage
Premier of Saskatchewan
–
Tommy Douglas
Territorial governments
edit
Commissioners
edit
Commissioner of Yukon
–
Frederick Howard Collins
Commissioner of Northwest Territories
–
Robert Gordon Robertson
Events
edit
January to June
edit
January – The
Board of Broadcast Governors
begins
hearings
in
Winnipeg
to determine alternatives to
CBC Television
. Hearings are conducted throughout the country. Eventually, numerous licences are given to:
Halifax
—the Finlay MacDonald group—
CJCH-TV
;
Montreal
—the Canadian Marconi Co.—
CFCF-TV
;
Ottawa
—Ernie Bushnell's group—
CJOH-TV
;
Toronto
—Baton—the Bassett group—
CFTO-TV
;
Winnipeg
—
Ralph S. Misener & Associates
—
CJAY-TV
(
CKY-TV
);
Edmonton
—the CBC (
CBXT
), (which would relieve
CFRN-TV
of its CBC affiliation);
Calgary
—the Love organization—
CFCN-TV
;
Vancouver
—the Vantel group—
CHAN-TV
(BCTV).
January 2 –
Paul Sauvé
, Premier of
Quebec
, dies in office.
January 8 –
Antonio Barrette
becomes premier of Quebec.
April 24 – Television station
CBWFT
signs on for the first time as Radio-Canada Winnipeg.
June 8 –
Saskatchewan
election:
Tommy Douglas
's
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
wins a fifth consecutive majority.
June 22 –
1960 Quebec general election
: Barrette's ruling
Union nationale
, is defeated by the
Quebec Liberal Party
, led by
Jean Lesage
, beginning the '
Quiet Revolution
' in the historically conservative province.
[3]
June 27 –
1960 New Brunswick general election
: The
Liberals
, led by
Louis Robichaud
defeat the
Progressive Conservative
government of
Hugh John Flemming
.
July to December
edit
July 1 – Status Indians are given the right to vote.
July 9 – Seven-year-old
Roger Woodward
became the first person accidentally to fall over the
Horseshoe Falls
and survive.
July 12 –
Louis Robichaud
becomes premier of
New Brunswick
, replacing
Hugh John Flemming
.
July 22 –
Vincent Massey
becomes the first Canadian to receive the
Royal Victorian Chain
.
July 25–27 – The first
First Ministers conference
is held.
August 10 – The
Canadian Bill of Rights
is given royal assent.
September –
York University
's first class begins learning.
September 19 – The
University of Calgary
is founded.
December 17 –
Quebec
becomes the last province to agree to the National Health Act.
December 20 – Ontario executes 10,000 cats due to over population.
Full date unknown
edit
French
beginning to be recognized as language taught in schools outside of
Quebec
L'Anse aux Meadows
, evidence of
Viking
colonization of North America is discovered in
Newfoundland
The
Ford Frontenac
is introduced exclusively to the Canadian market.
Arts and literature
edit
February 16 – The new
National Gallery of Canada
building opens in Ottawa.
November 2 – The
National Theatre School
opens in
Montreal
.
New books
edit
Milton Acorn
:
Against a League of Liars
Farley Mowat
:
Ordeal by Ice
Gordon R. Dickson
:
Necromancer
Awards
edit
See
1960 Governor General's Awards
for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
Stephen Leacock Award
:
Pierre Berton
,
Just Add Water and Stir
Sport
edit
January 16 –
Gordie Howe
becomes the leading scorer in
National Hockey League
history, passing
Maurice Richard
.
April 14 – The
Montreal Canadiens
win their 12th (fifth consecutive)
Stanley Cup
by defeating the
Toronto Maple Leafs
4 games to 0. The deciding game (as well being
Maurice Richard
's final game) was played in
Maple Leaf Gardens
in
Toronto
May 8 – The
Ontario Hockey Association
's
St. Catharines Teepees
win their second (and final)
Memorial Cup
by defeating the
Central Alberta Hockey League
's
Edmonton Oil Kings
4 games to 2. The deciding Game 6 was played at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto
October 6 –
Maurice Richard
's number (9) is retired by the
Montreal Canadiens
in a ceremony at the
Montreal Forum
November 26 – The
Ottawa Rough Riders
win their fifth
Grey Cup
by defeating the
Edmonton Eskimos
16 to 6 in the
48th Grey Cup
played at
Vancouver
's
Empire Stadium
.
Toronto
's
Ron Stewart
became the first Canadian to win the game's official MVP award.
Births
edit
January to June
edit
January 12 –
Oliver Platt
, actor
January 24 –
Mark Reeds
, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (d.
2015
)
February 11 –
Grant Main
, rower and Olympic gold medalist
February 12 –
George Elliott Clarke
, poet and playwright
February 14 –
Walt Poddubny
, ice hockey player and coach (d.
2009
)
February 14 –
Meg Tilly
, actress and dancer
February 17 –
Lindy Ruff
, ice hockey player and coach
February 28 –
Dorothy Stratten
, model, actress and murder victim (d.
1980
)
March 7 –
Gail Greenough
, equestrian
[4]
March 13 -
John Greyson
, filmmaker
March 15 –
Carole Rouillard
, long-distance runner
March 18 -
Guy Carbonneau
, retired professional ice hockey player
April 8 -
Pat Duncan
, politician and
sixth
(and first female)
Premier of Yukon
and the first
Liberal
government
April 10 –
Drew Caldwell
, politician
April 12 -
Toren Smith
, manga publisher and translator (d.
2013
)
April 20 -
Eria Fachin
, pop singer
April 29 –
Robert J. Sawyer
, science fiction writer
May 3 –
Jennifer Luce
, architect
May 8 -
Patrick McKenna
, actor
May 11 -
Gildor Roy
, actor
July to December
edit
July 19 –
Atom Egoyan
, filmmaker
July 22 –
Jane Patterson
, judoka
July 25 –
Alain Robidoux
, snooker player
July 28 –
Anna Marie Malone
, long-distance runner
July 31 –
Dale Hunter
, ice hockey player and coach
August 17 –
Chris Potter
, actor
August 27 –
Mike Mahovlich
, javelin thrower
August 30
Mark Eyking
, politician
Guy A. Lepage
, actor
September 14 –
Callum Keith Rennie
, actor
September 21 –
David James Elliott
, actor
September 25 -
Sonia Benezra
, TV and radio interviewer and personality and actress
October 8 -
François Pérusse
, comedian and humor
November 2 –
Paul Martini
, pair skater
November 6 –
Kevin Neufeld
, rower and Olympic gold medallist
November 8
Anne Dorval
, actress
Robert Libman
, politician, architect and leader of
Equality Party
November 20 -
Marc Labrèche
, actor, comedian and host
December 28 –
Ray Bourque
, ice hockey player
Deaths
edit
January to June
edit
January 2 –
Paul Sauvé
, lawyer, soldier, politician and 17th
Premier of Quebec
(b.
1907
)
February 16 –
James Alexander Murray
, politician and Premier of
New Brunswick
(b.
1864
)
February 22 –
Paul-Émile Borduas
, painter (b.
1905
)
June 13 –
Brooke Claxton
, politician and Minister (b.
1898
)
July to December
edit
July 26 –
Maud Menten
, medical scientist (b.
1879
)
August 5 –
Arthur Meighen
, politician and 9th
Prime Minister of Canada
(b.
1874
)
November 5 –
Mack Sennett
, actor, producer, screenwriter and film director (b.
1880
)
December 12 –
Louis Orville Breithaupt
, 18th Lieutenant Governor of
Ontario
(b.
1890
)
December 19 –
Jean Désy
, diplomat (b.
1893
)
December 29 –
Philippe Panneton
, physician, academic, diplomat and writer (b.
1895
)
December 31 –
C. D. Howe
, politician and Minister (b.
1886
)
See also
edit
1960 in Canadian television
List of Canadian films
References
edit
^
"Queen Elizabeth II | The Canadian Encyclopedia".
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca
. Retrieved
4 December
2022
.
^
Lentz, Harris M. (4 February 2014).
Heads of States and Governments Since 1945
. Routledge. p. 143.
ISBN
978-1-134-26490-2
.
^
Webber, Jeremy (1994).
Reimagining Canada: Language, Culture, Community and the Canadian Constitution
. McGill-Queen's University Press. p. 44.
^
"Gail Greenough | The Canadian Encyclopedia".
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca
. Retrieved
30 January
2021
.