1964 in Canada

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See also: 1963 in Canada, other events of 1964, 1965 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.

1 Incumbents
2 Events
3 Arts and literature
4 Births
5 Deaths

[edit] Incumbents

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March 26: The White Paper on Defence is tabled.
March 27: Several towns in coastal British Columbia, including Prince Rupert, Tofino, Port Alberni and Zeballos, suffer damage from tsunamis associated with the Good Friday Earthquake in Alaska. Overall damage is estimated at $10 million.
April: Canadians are issued Social Insurance cards for the first time
April 22: Saskatchewan election: Ross Thatcher's Liberals win a majority, defeating Woodrow Lloyd's Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
March 13: Canada begins a decades-long peacekeeping mission in Cyprus
March 23: George Stanley first describes and sketches the proposal for Canada's new flag that is eventually accepted
May 2: Northern Dancer wins the Kentucky Derby
May 22: W. Ross Thatcher is sworn in as Premier of Saskatchewan
May 27: The Prime Minister unveils the "Pearson Pennant", his preferred, but ultimately unsuccessful, design for a new national flag.
June 15: The Great Flag Debate begins in the House of Commons.
July 16: Canada extends its exclusive fishing zone to 12 miles off-shore
Summer: At the Olympic Games held in Tokyo, Japan, Canada wins only a single gold medal
September 10: After almost three months of debate in the Commons, the flag question is referred to an all-party committee.
September 17: The flag committee meets for the first time.
October 5: Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip begin an eight-day visit to Canada.
October 22: The flag committee makes its final selection of the design that will become the national flag.
November 30: John Diefenbaker launches a filibuster to try to prevent the introduction of a new Canadian flag
December 16: Bill creating the new Flag of Canada passed in the House of Commons after much controversy
Canada pulls its peacekeepers out of Zaire
Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs win 4–3 over the Detroit Red Wings
Grey Cup: British Columbia Lions win 34–24 over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Glenn Gould gives up doing live performances
Governor General Georges Vanier hosts the "Canadian Conference of the Family"
Innis College founded at the University of Toronto