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1962 in Canada

Events from the year 1962 in Canada.

Incumbents
Crown MonarchElizabeth II Federal government Governor GeneralGeorges VanierPrime MinisterJohn DiefenbakerChief JusticePatrick Kerwin (Ontario) • Parliament24th (until 19 April) then 25th (from 27 September) Provincial governments Lieutenant governors Lieutenant Governor of AlbertaJohn Percy PageLieutenant Governor of British ColumbiaGeorge PearkesLieutenant Governor of ManitobaErrick WillisLieutenant Governor of New BrunswickJoseph Leonard O'BrienLieutenant Governor of NewfoundlandCampbell Leonard MacphersonLieutenant Governor of Nova ScotiaEdward Chester PlowLieutenant Governor of OntarioJohn Keiller MacKayLieutenant Governor of Prince Edward IslandFrederick Walter HyndmanLieutenant Governor of QuebecPaul ComtoisLieutenant Governor of SaskatchewanFrank Lindsay Bastedo Premiers Premier of AlbertaErnest ManningPremier of British ColumbiaW.A.C. BennettPremier of ManitobaDufferin RoblinPremier of New BrunswickLouis RobichaudPremier of NewfoundlandJoey SmallwoodPremier of Nova ScotiaRobert StanfieldPremier of OntarioJohn RobartsPremier of Prince Edward IslandWalter ShawPremier of QuebecJean LesagePremier of SaskatchewanWoodrow Lloyd Territorial governments Commissioners Commissioner of YukonFrederick Howard Collins (until May 1) then Gordon Robertson CameronCommissioner of Northwest TerritoriesRobert Gordon Robertson ==Events==
Events
• March 21 – The birth-defect-causing drug thalidomide is banned • May 2 – The Canadian dollar is pegged to the U.S. currency • June 18 – In the 1962 Federal election John Diefenbaker's Progressive Conservative Party of Canada is reduced to a minority government • July 1 – First medicare plan is launched in Saskatchewan to great protest by doctors • July 30 – Trans-Canada Highway opens • August 6 – A Premiers Conference is held in Victoria, British Columbia • September 1 – Place Ville Marie opens in Montreal • September 29 – Alouette 1, Canada's first satellite, is launched. • October 25 – The Bedford Institute of Oceanography opens in Nova Scotia • October 25-November 12 – The Cuban Missile Crisis occurs. Diefenbaker refuses to put Canadian forces on alert, angering the U.S. government. • December 11 – Ronald Turpin and Arthur Lucas was hanged. • The Globe and Mail adds the Report on Business section ==Arts and literature==
Arts and literature
New booksMax AitkenThe Decline and Fall of Lloyd GeorgeW. O. MitchellThe KiteMarshall McLuhanThe Gutenberg GalaxyGeorge WoodcockAnarchismFarley MowatThe Black JokeThomas B. CostainThe Last Plantagenets Awards • See 1962 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards. • Stephen Leacock Award: W. O. Mitchell, Jake and the Kid TelevisionMister Rogers' Neighborhood premieres on CBC Theatre • The first Shaw Festival opens ==Sport==
Sport
• April 22 – The Toronto Maple Leafs win their tenth Stanley Cup by defeating the Chicago Black Hawks. • May 7 – The Ontario Hockey Association's Hamilton Red Wings win their only Memorial Cup by defeating the Central Alberta Hockey League's Edmonton Oil Kings 4 games to 1. The deciding Game 5 was played at Barton Street Arena in Hamilton, Ontario • December 1–2 – The Winnipeg Blue Bombers win the Grey Cup in the famous fog bowl. ==Births==
Births
Unknown datePerry Bellegarde, national chief of the Assembly of First Nations (2014–present) January to June • January 17 – Jim Carrey, comedian and actor • January 22 – Kevin Lamoureux, politician • February 4 – Michael Riley, actor • February 23 – John Hatch, basketball player • February 27 – Susie Moloney, novelist • March 20 – Ross Young, politician (d. 2021) • March 21 – Kathy Greenwood, actress and comedian • March 27 – Jann Arden, singer-songwriter • March 29 – John Martin Crawford, serial killer (d. 2020) • April 1 – John Wallace, rower and Olympic gold medallist • April 11 – Colin Carrie, politician • May 5 – Manoj Sood, actor • May 31 – Corey Hart, musician • June 12 • Jordan Peterson, author, clinical psychologist and professor of psychology • Camilla Scott, Canadian actress • June 23 • Chris Collins, politician • Pat Kelly, ice speed skater July to December • July 7 – Ross Rutledge, field hockey player (d. 2004) • July 10 – Mark Laforest, ice hockey player (d. 2025) • July 14 – Diane Ratnik, volleyball player • July 21 – Lee Aaron, rock and jazz singer • August 8 – Mike Zanier, ice hockey player • August 23 – Martin Cauchon, politician and Minister • August 27 – Adam Oates, ice hockey and lacrosse player • August 29 – Ian James Corlett, voice actor and producer • August 31 – Wanda Guenette, volleyball player • September 11 – Andrew Jackson, voice actor • September 14 – Robert Herjavec, Croatian-born Canadian businessman, investor and author • September 15 – Brad Willock, volleyball player • September 18 – John Mann, rock musician and actor (d. 2019) • September 22 – Normand D'Amour, actor • September 24 – Nia Vardalos, actress, screenwriter and producer • September 28 – Grant Fuhr, ice hockey player • October 14 - Charles E. Bastien, animation director • October 16 – Dan McTeague, politician • October 30 – Rex Harrington, ballet dancer • November 8 – Cliff Cullen, politician • November 9 – Teryl Rothery, actress • November 12 – Mark Hunter, ice hockey player, coach, and manager • December 4 – Julie Lemieux, Canadian voice actress • December 28 – Michelle Cameron, synchronized swimmer ==Deaths==
Deaths
• January 12 – James Garfield Gardiner, politician, Minister and Premier of Saskatchewan (b. 1883) • January 24 – James Charles Brady, politician (b. 1876) • March 3 – Cairine Wilson, Canada's first female Senator (b. 1885) • August 20 – Joseph-Arsène Bonnier, politician (b. 1879) • August 26 – Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Arctic explorer and ethnologist (b. 1879) • October 23 – John Thomas Haig, politician (b. 1877) • November 13 – Télesphore-Damien Bouchard, politician (b. 1881) • November 21 – Frank Amyot, sprint canoer and Olympic gold medalist (b. 1904) • December 8 – Allison Dysart, politician, lawyer, judge and 21st Premier of New Brunswick (b. 1880) • December 22 – Solon Earl Low, politician (b. 1900) ==See also==
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