1962 in Canada

Crown • Monarch – Elizabeth II Federal government • Governor General – Georges Vanier • Prime Minister – John Diefenbaker • Chief Justice – Patrick Kerwin (Ontario) • Parliament – 24th (until 19 April) then 25th (from 27 September) Provincial governments Lieutenant governors • Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – John Percy Page • Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – George Pearkes • Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – 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 – Paul Comtois • Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Frank Lindsay Bastedo Premiers • Premier of Alberta – Ernest Manning • Premier of British Columbia – W.A.C. Bennett • Premier of Manitoba – Dufferin 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 Territorial governments Commissioners • Commissioner of Yukon – Frederick Howard Collins (until May 1) then Gordon Robertson Cameron • Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Robert Gordon Robertson ==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==

New books • Max Aitken – The Decline and Fall of Lloyd George • W. O. Mitchell – The Kite • Marshall McLuhan – The Gutenberg Galaxy • George Woodcock – Anarchism • Farley Mowat – The Black Joke • Thomas B. Costain – The 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 Television • Mister Rogers' Neighborhood premieres on CBC Theatre • The first Shaw Festival opens ==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==

Unknown date • Perry 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==

• 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==