1954 in Canada

none April 2026 January 2021 1954 Events from the year 1954 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 – Vincent MasseyLentz Harris M. Heads of States and Governments Since 1945 4 February 2014 Routledge 978-1-134-26490-2 142 https://books.google.com/books?id=D6HKAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA142 en Prime Minister – Louis St. Laurent Chief Justice – Thibaudeau Rinfret (Quebec) (until 22 June) then Patrick Kerwin (Ontario) Parliament – 22nd Provincial governments Lieutenant governors Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – John J. Bowlen Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Clarence Wallace Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – John Stewart McDiarmid Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – David Laurence MacLaren Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland – Leonard Outerbridge Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Alistair Fraser Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Louis Orville Breithaupt Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Thomas William Lemuel Prowse Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Gaspard Fauteux Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – William John Patterson Premiers Premier of Alberta – Ernest Manning Premier of British Columbia – W.A.C. Bennett Premier of Manitoba – Douglas Campbell Premier of New Brunswick – Hugh John Flemming Premier of Newfoundland – Joey Smallwood Premier of Nova Scotia – Angus Macdonald (until April 13) then Harold Connolly (April 13 to September 30) then Henry Hicks Premier of Ontario – Leslie Frost Premier of Prince Edward Island – Alex Matheson Premier of Quebec – Maurice Duplessis Premier of Saskatchewan – Tommy Douglas Territorial governments Commissioners Commissioner of Yukon – Wilfred George Brown Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Robert Gordon Robertson Events January 1 – Metropolitan Toronto comes into being to coordinate services among the various municipalities around Toronto. January 8 – The first oil from Alberta arrives in Sarnia through the new pipeline March 30 – The Yonge St. subway, the first subway system in Canada, opens in Toronto April 13 – Angus Lewis Macdonald, Premier of Nova Scotia, dies in office April 14 – Harold Connolly becomes premier of Nova Scotia May 31 – Winnipeg's first television station, CBWT a CBC Television owned and operated station, begins broadcasting August 10 – The groundbreaking ceremony for the St. Lawrence Seaway begins September 9 - The 1954 Series of banknotes is introduced. September 9 – Marilyn Bell becomes the first person to swim Lake Ontario September 18 – Marie-Victorin Statue unveiled September 30 – Henry Hicks becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing Harold Connolly October 15 – Hurricane Hazel hits Toronto killing 81. Full date unknown Canada contributes to a peacekeeping force in Indochina Sir Adam Beck Generating Station built on the Canadian side of the Niagara River Pinetree Line radar system completed Yahtzee is invented by a Canadian couple Jean Drapeau first elected mayor of Montreal Streetcars leave Winnipeg Arts and literature New books Mordecai Richler – The Acrobats Gabrielle Roy – Alexandre Chenevert Igor Gouzenko – The Fall of a Titan Awards See 1954 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards. Stephen Leacock Award: Joan Walker, Pardon My Parka Sport April 16 – The Detroit Red Wings win their sixth Stanley Cup by defeating the Montreal Canadiens 4 games to 3. May 16 – The Ontario Hockey Association's St. Catharines Teepees win their first Memorial Cup by defeating the Central Alberta Hockey League's Edmonton Oil Kings 4 games to 0 (with 1 tie). All games were played at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto July 30 – The Miracle Mile is run at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver. Empire Stadium is opened on the same day. August 28 – The BC Lions are established, the fifth team in the Western Interprovincial Football Union. November 27 – The Edmonton Eskimos win their first Grey Cup by defeating the Montreal Alouettes 26 to 25 in the 42nd Grey Cup played at Varsity Stadium in Toronto Births thumb|right|150px|Catherine O'Hara photographed by Jerry Avenaim, 2005 January to June January 11 – Jim Wych, snooker player and sports announcer January 29 – Doug Risebrough, ice hockey player and coach thumb|right|150px|Jean-Serge Brisson in 2025, with his English-language book Tea Party of One: All Governments Invited which was published in 2014. February 3 – Tiger Williams, ice hockey player February 24 – Sid Meier, Canadian-American programmer March 2 – Ed Johnstone, ice hockey player March 4 – Catherine O'Hara, actress (d. 2026) April 5 - Claude-André Lachance, politician and son of Georges-C. Lachance April 7 – Clark Gillies, ice hockey player (d. 2022) April 17 – Roddy Piper, wrestler and actor (d. 2015) April 20 – Gilles Lupien, ice hockey player and agent (d. 2021) May 4 – Sylvia Burka, ice speed skater and World Champion, cyclist May 10 – Eleni Bakopanos, politician May 13 – David Bissett, field hockey player May 14 – Danny Gare, ice hockey player May 16 – Dafydd Williams, physician and astronaut May 26 – Aritha Van Herk, writer, critic, editor and university professor May 28 – John Tory, businessman, politician and broadcaster June 3 – Wally Weir, Canadian ice hockey player June 28 – Jean-Serge Brisson, author and politician July to December July 6 – Brian Pallister, politician July 9 – Kevin O'Leary, businessman, television personality, and political candidate July 18 – Audrey Vandervelden, volleyball player August 11 – Gulzar Singh Cheema, politician thumb|right|150px|Steven MacLean August 16 – James Cameron, film director, producer and screenwriter September 3 – Avis Gray, politician September 18 – Steven Pinker, cognitive psychologist September 26 – Don Irvine, sprint canoer October 21 – Brian Tobin, politician November 7 – Guy Gavriel Kay, fantasy fiction author November 12 – Dave Edge, long-distance runner November 24 – Stuart Murray, politician December 14 – Steven MacLean, astronaut December 20 – John Kinch, football player (d. 2022) December 28 – Lanny Poffo, wrestler (d. 2023) Full date unknown Alan Kane, author Jim St. James, actor and HIV/AIDS activist thumb|right|150px|Agnes Macphail Deaths January 24 – H. 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Wrong, diplomat (b. 1894) February 13 – Agnes Macphail, politician, first woman to be elected to the House of Commons of Canada (b. 1890) March 15 – Charles MacOdrum, politician March 31 – John Walter Jones, politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island (b. 1878) April 4 – Abraham Albert Heaps, politician and labor leader (b. 1885) April 8 – Winnifred Eaton, author (b. 1875) April 13 – Angus Lewis Macdonald, lawyer, law professor, politician and 19th Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1890) June 18 – Welland Gemmell, politician and minister June 21 – Rod Keller, general (b. 1900)https://generals.dk/general/Keller/Rodney_Frederick_Leopold/Canada.html Keller, Rodney Frederick Leopold generals.dk December 30, 2023 August 6 – Emilie Dionne, one of the Dionne Quintuplets (b. 1934) November 26 – Wallace Rupert Turnbull, engineer and inventor (b. 1870) Full date unknown James Endicott, church leader and missionary (b. 1865) See also 1954 in Canadian television List of Canadian films References 1954 in Category:Years of the 20th century in Canada Canada Category:1954 in North America