1960 in Canada
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Events from the year 1960 in Canada.
Ann Heggtveit displays her gold medal for slalom skiing, 1960 Winter Olympics
Incumbents
Crown
- Head of state (monarch) – Queen Elizabeth II (consort – Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh)
Federal government
- Governor general – Georges Vanier (viceregal consort – Pauline Vanier)
- Prime minister – John Diefenbaker
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
- Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – John Percy Page
- Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Frank M. Ross (until October 12) then George Pearkes
- Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – John S. McDiarmid (until January 15) then 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 – Onésime Gagnon
- 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 – Hugh John Flemming (until July 12) then Louis Robichaud
- Premier of Newfoundland – Joey Smallwood
- Premier of Nova Scotia – Robert Stanfield
- Premier of Ontario – Leslie Frost
- Premier of Prince Edward Island – Walter Shaw
- Premier of Quebec – Paul Sauvé (until January 2) then Antonio Barrette (January 8 to July 22) then Jean Lesage
- Premier of Saskatchewan – Tommy Douglas
Territorial governments
Commissioners
- Commissioner of Yukon – Frederick Howard Collins
- Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Robert Gordon Robertson
Events
January to June
- January – The Board of Broadcast Governors begins hearings in Winnipeg to determine alternatives to CBC Television. Hearings were conducted throughout the country. Eventually, numerous licences were given to: Halifax—the Finlay MacDonald group—CJCH-TV; Montreal—the Canadian Marconi Co.—CFCF-TV; Ottawa—Ernie Bushnell's group—CJOH-TV; Toronto—Baton—the Bassett group—CFTO-TV; Winnipeg—the Moffat group—CJAY-TV (CKY-TV); Edmonton—the CBC (CBXT), (which would relieve CFRN-TV of its CBC affiliation); Calgary—the Love organization—CFCN-TV; Vancouver—the Vantel group—CHAN-TV (BCTV).
- January 2 – Paul Sauvé, Premier of Quebec, dies in office
- January 8 – Antonio Barrette becomes premier of Quebec
- April 24 – Television station CBWFT signs on for the first time as Radio-Canada Winnipeg.
- June 8 – Saskatchewan election: Tommy Douglas's Co-operative Commonwealth Federation wins a fifth consecutive majority.
July to December
- July 1 – Status Indians are given the right to vote
- July 9 – Seven-year-old Roger Woodward became the first person to accidentally fall over the Horseshoe Falls and survive.
- July 12 – Louis Robichaud becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Hugh John Flemming
- July 22 – Jean Lesage becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Antonio Barrette
- July 22 – Vincent Massey becomes the first Canadian to receive the Royal Victorian Chain
- July 25–27 – The first First Ministers conference is held
- August 10 – The Canadian Bill of Rights is given royal assent
- September – York University's first class begins learning
- September 19 – The University of Calgary is founded
- December 17 – Quebec becomes the last province to agree to the National Health Act.
Full date unknown
- The Quiet Revolution is usually said to begin in Quebec
- The Canadian Bill of Rights is approved by Parliament
- French beginning to be recognized as language taught in schools outside of Quebec
- L'Anse aux Meadows, evidence of Viking colonization of North America is discovered in Newfoundland
- The Ford Frontenac is introduced exclusively to the Canadian market.
Arts and literature
- February 16 – The new National Gallery of Canada building opens in Ottawa.
- November 2 – The National Theatre School opens in Montreal.
New books
- Milton Acorn: Against a League of Liars
- Farley Mowat: Ordeal by Ice
- Gordon R. Dickson: Necromancer
Awards
- See 1960 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
- Stephen Leacock Award: Pierre Berton, Just Add Water and Stir
Sport
- January 16 – Gordie Howe becomes the leading scorer in NHL history, passing Maurice Richard.
- April 14 – The Montreal Canadiens defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs to win their fifth Stanley Cup in a row.
- October 6 – Maurice Richard's number is retired by the Montreal Canadiens.
Births
January to June
- January 12 – Oliver Platt, actor
- January 25 – John Anderson Alleyne, choreographer
- February 11 – Grant Main, rower and Olympic gold medalist
- February 12 – George Elliott Clarke, poet and playwright
- February 14 – Walt Poddubny, ice hockey player and coach (d.2009)
- February 14 – Meg Tilly, actress and dancer
- February 17 – Lindy Ruff, ice hockey player and coach
- February 28 – Dorothy Stratten, model, actress and murder victim (d.1980)
- March 7 – Gail Greenough, equestrian
- March 15 – Carole Rouillard, long-distance runner
- March 18 - Guy Carbonneau, retired professional ice hockey player
- April 8 - Pat Duncan, politician and sixth (and first female) Premier of Yukon and the first Liberal government
- April 10 – Drew Caldwell, politician
- April 12 - Toren Smith, manga publisher and translator (d.2013)
- April 20 - Eria Fachin, pop singer
- April 28 – John Cerutti, baseball player (d.2004)
- April 29 – Robert J. Sawyer, science fiction writer
- May 5 – Sue Yardley, cook
- May 8 - Patrick McKenna, actor
- May 11 - Gildor Roy, actor
July to December
- July 19 – Atom Egoyan, filmmaker
- July 22 – Jane Patterson, judoka
- July 25 – Alain Robidoux, snooker player
- July 28 – Anna Marie Malone, long-distance runner
- July 31 – Dale Hunter, ice hockey player and coach
- August 27 – Mike Mahovlich, javelin thrower
- August 30
- Mark Eyking, politician
- Guy A. Lepage, actor
- September 14 – Callum Keith Rennie, actor
- September 21 – David James Elliott, actor
- September 25 - Sonia Benezra, TV and radio interviewer and personality and actress
- October 8 - François Pérusse, comedian and humor
- November 6 – Kevin Neufeld, rower and Olympic gold medallist
- November 8
- Anne Dorval, actress
- Robert Libman, politician, architect and leader of Equality Party
- November 20 - Marc Labrèche, actor, comedian and host
- December 28 – Ray Bourque, ice hockey player
Full date unknown
- John Greyson – filmmaker
Deaths
January to June
- January 2 – Paul Sauvé, lawyer, soldier, politician and 17th Premier of Quebec (b.1907)
- February 16 – James Alexander Murray, politician and Premier of New Brunswick (b.1864)
- February 22 – Paul-Émile Borduas, painter (b.1905)
- June 13 – Brooke Claxton, politician and Minister (b.1898)
July to December
- July 26 – Maud Menten, medical scientist (b.1879)
- August 5 – Arthur Meighen, politician and 9th Prime Minister of Canada (b.1874)
- November 5 – Mack Sennett, actor, producer, screenwriter and film director (b.1880)
- December 12 – Louis Orville Breithaupt, 18th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (b.1890)
- December 19 – Jean Désy, diplomat (b.1893)
- December 29 – Philippe Panneton, physician, academic, diplomat and writer (b.1895)
- December 31 – C. D. Howe, politician and Minister (b.1886)
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