1960 IN CANADA

''See also:''
1959 in Canada,
other events of 1960,
1961 in Canada and the
Timeline of Canadian history.
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Contents

Incumbents

Events

Arts and literature

Births

Deaths

Incumbents

★ Monarch - Queen Elizabeth II

★ Governor General - Georges Vanier

★ Prime Minister - John Diefenbaker

★ Premier of Alberta - Ernest Manning

★ Premier of British Columbia - W.A.C. Bennett

★ Premier of Manitoba - Duff Roblin

★ Premier of New Brunswick - Hugh John Flemming 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 then Antonio Barrette then Jean Lesage

★ Premier of Saskatchewan - Tommy Douglas

Events

★ January 2 - Paul Sauvé, Premier of Quebec, dies in office

★ January 8 - Antonio Barrette becomes premier of Quebec

★ January 16 - Gordie Howe becomes the leading scorer in NHL history, passing Maurice Richard

★ February 16 - The new National Gallery of Canada building opens in Ottawa

★ April 14 - The Montreal Canadiens defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs to win their fifth Stanley Cup in a row

★ 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 1 - Status Indians are given the right to vote

★ 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

★ October 6 - Maurice Richard's number is retired by the Montreal Canadiens

★ November 2 - The National Theatre School opens in Montreal

★ December 17 - Quebec becomes the last province to agree to the National Health Act

★ 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

★ Seven-year-old Roger Woodward became the first person to accidentally fall over the Horseshoe Falls and survive.

Arts and literature

: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''

Births

★ January 12 - Oliver Platt, actor

★ January 25 - John Anderson Alleyne, choreographer

★ February 2 - Grant Main, rower

★ February 12 - George Elliott Clarke, author

★ February 14 - Meg Tilly, actor

★ February 17 - Lindy Ruff, ice hockey player and coach

★ February 28 - Dorothy Stratten, actor

★ March 7 - Gail Greenough, author

★ March 15 - Carole Rouillard, long-distance runner

★ April 10 - Drew Caldwell, politician

★ April 28 - John Cerutti, baseball pitcher

★ April 29 - Robert J. Sawyer, science fiction writer

★ May 23 - Cheryl Gallant, politician

★ July 19 - Atom Egoyan, filmmaker

★ July 21 - Dale Hunter, ice hockey player

★ July 25 - Alain Robidoux, snooker player

★ August 30 - Mark Eyking, politician

★ September 14 - Callum Keith Rennie, actor

★ September 21 - David James Elliott, actor

★ November 6 - Kevin Neufeld, rower

★ December 28 - Ray Bourque, ice hockey player

★ John Greyson, film director

Deaths

★ January 2 - Paul Sauvé, Premier of Quebec

★ February 22 - Paul-Émile Borduas, abstract painter

★ November 5 - Mack Sennett, comedian

★ December 12 - Louis Orville Breithaupt, 18th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario