January to March • January 1 -
Clifford Olson, serial killer (d.
2011) • January 10 -
Guy Chevrette, politician • January 19 -
Linda Sorenson, actress • January 28 -
Valery Fabrikant, professor of
mechanical engineering and murderer responsible for the
Concordia University massacre on August 24, 1992 • February 4 -
Michelle Rossignol, Canadian actress • February 16 -
Don Bertoia, middle-distance runner • March 4 -
Nellie Cournoyea, former politician and
6th Premier of the Northwest Territories and the first female premier of a Canadian territory • March 6 -
Ken Danby, artist (d.
2007) • March 22 -
Dave Keon, ice hockey player
April to June • May 4 -
Paul Thompson, playwright and theatre director • May 8 -
Irwin Cotler, politician and minister • May 10 -
Peter Liba, journalist and Lieutenant-Governor of
Manitoba (d.
2007) • May 20 -
Otto Jelinek, figure skater, businessman and politician • June 14 -
Mark Assad, politician • June 21 -
Helen Potrebenko, author and activist (d.
2022) • June 25 -
Louise Dacquay, politician
July to September • July 4 -
Pat Stapleton, ice hockey player (d.
2020) • July 11 -
Yvon Charbonneau, politician (d.
2016) • July 15 -
Glen Findlay, politician • July 22 -
Alex Trebek, television personality and game show host (d.
2020 in the United States) • July 26 -
Bobby Rousseau, ice hockey player (d.
2025) • July 27 -
Harvie Andre, engineer, businessman, politician and Minister • July 28 -
Mario Sergio, politician • August 7 -
Sally McCallum, track and field athlete • September 1 -
Edward Roberts, lawyer and politician (d.
2022) • September 6 -
Brian Smith, ice hockey player and sportscaster (d.
1995) • September 9 -
Larry Lund, ice hockey player • September 11 -
Gerry Phillips, politician • September 19 •
Sylvia Tyson, singer-songwriter and guitarist •
Ed Westfall, ice hockey player and sportscaster • September 20 -
Doug Young, politician and cabinet minister • September 29 -
Al Mair, founder of
Attic Records • September 30 •
Harry Jerome, track and field runner (d.
1982) •
Dewey Martin, rock drummer (d.
2009)
October to December • October 11 -
David McFadden, poet, fiction writer and travel writer • October 19 -
Bill Gairdner, track and field athlete • October 29 -
Galen Weston, businessman • November 13 -
Daniel Pilon, Canadian actor • November 20 -
George Swede, poet and children's writer • November 29 -
Denny Doherty, singer and songwriter (d.
2007) • December 20 -
Ed Helwer, politician • December 29 -
George Puce, discus thrower
Full date unknown •
Christine Demeter, murder victim (d.
1973) •
Stan Hagen, politician (d.
2009) •
Dave Nichol,
Loblaws products marketer (d.
2013) ==Deaths==