1962 in Canada

none April 2026 June 2019 1962 Events from the year 1962 in Canada. Incumbents Crown Monarch – Elizabeth IIQueen Elizabeth II The Canadian Encyclopedia https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/timeline/queen-elizabeth-ii www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca 4 December 2022 Federal government Governor General – Georges VanierLentz Harris M. Heads of States and Governments Since 1945 4 February 2014 Routledge 978-1-134-26490-2 143 https://books.google.com/books?id=D6HKAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA143 en 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 psychologyhttps://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/6/11/18656068/horoscopes-today-wednesday-june-12-2019 Horoscope for Wednesday, June 12, 2019 11 June 2019 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 authorRobert Herjavec https://viaf.org/viaf/106752296/ Virtual International Authority File 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 actresshttp://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Julie-Lemieux/ Behind The Voice Actors - Julie Lemieux November 14, 2020 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 1962 in Canadian television List of Canadian films References 1962 in Category:Years of the 20th century in Canada Canada Category:1962 in North America