1954 In Canada

Incumbents

• Prime Minister - Louis Saint Laurent
• Governor General - Vincent Massey

• 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 then Harold Connolly 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

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 2 - The Angus L. Macdonald Bridge connecting Halifax to Dartmouth opens
• April 13 - Harold Connolly becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing Angus Macdonald
• July 30 - The "Miracle Mile" is run at the Commonwealth Games in Vancouver
• August 10 - The groundbreaking ceremony for the St. Lawrence Seaway begins
• September 9 - Marilyn Bell becomes the first person to swim Lake Ontario
• September 30 - Henry Hicks becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing Harold Connolly
• October 15 - Hurricane Hazel hits Toronto killing 81
• 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

Arts and Literature

New Books

• Mordecai Richler - The Acrobats
• Gabrielle Roy - Alexandre Chenevert
• Igor Gouzenko - The Fall of a Titan

Literary 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

Births

• February 3 - Tiger Williams, hockey player
• March 4 - Catherine O'Hara, actress
• April 13 - Gulzar Singh Cheema, politician
• April 17 - Roderick Toombs, wrestler
• April 18 - Rick Moranis, actor
• May 10 - Eleni Bakopanos, politician
• May 14 - Danny Gare, hockey player
• May 16 - Dafydd Williams, astronaut
• May 26 - Aritha van Herk, author
• May 28 - John Tory, politician
• July 6 - Brian Pallister, politician
• August 16 - James Cameron, film director
• September 3 - Avis Gray, Manitoba politician
• November 24 - Stuart Murray, Manitoba politician
• December 14 - Steven MacLean, astronaut
• December 24 - Lorne Calvert, Premier of Saskatchewan
• Alan Kane, author
• David Milgaard, wrongfully accused of murder
• Guy Gavriel Kay, author
• Brian Tobin, politician

Deaths

• April 8 - Winnifred Eaton, author
• August 6 - Emilie Dionne, one of the Dionne Quintuplets

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