- 1954 in Canada
"See also:"
1953 in Canada ,
other events of 1954,1955 in Canada and theTimeline of Canadian history .----
Incumbents
*Monarch - Queen Elizabeth II
*Governor General -Vincent Massey
*Prime Minister -Louis Saint Laurent
*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 thenHarold Connolly thenHenry Hicks
*Premier of Ontario -Leslie Frost
*Premier of Prince Edward Island -Alex Matheson
*Premier of Quebec -Maurice Duplessis
*Premier of Saskatchewan -Tommy Douglas Events
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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 - TheYonge St. subway, the first subway system in Canada, opens inToronto
*April 13 -Harold Connolly becomes premier ofNova Scotia , replacingAngus Macdonald
*May 31 -Winnipeg 's first television station,CBWT aCBC Television O&O station begins broadcasting
*July 30 - The "Miracle Mile" is run at theCommonwealth Games inVancouver
*August 10 - The groundbreaking ceremony for theSt. Lawrence Seaway begins
*September 9 -Marilyn Bell becomes the first person to swimLake Ontario
*September 30 -Henry Hicks becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing Harold Connolly
*October 15 -Hurricane Hazel hits Toronto killing 81
* Canada contributes to apeacekeeping force in Indochina
*Sir Adam Beck Generating Station built on the Canadian side of theNiagara River
*Pinetree Line radar system completed
*Yahtzee is invented by a Canadian couple
*Jean Drapeau first elected mayor ofMontreal
*Streetcar s leaveWinnipeg Arts and literature
:New books
*Mordecai Richler - "The Acrobats"
*Gabrielle Roy - "Alexandre Chenevert"
*Igor Gouzenko - "The Fall of a Titan":Literary awards
* See1954 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
*Stephen Leacock Award :Joan Walker , "Pardon My Parka"Births
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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 4 —Sylvia Burka , cyclist and ice speed skater
*May 10 —Eleni Bakopanos , politician
*May 13 —David Bissett , field hockey player
*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
*July 18 —Audrey Vandervelden , volleyball player
*August 16 —James Cameron , film director
*September 3 —Avis Gray , Manitoba politician
*November 12 —David Edge , long-distance runner
*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 , politicianDeaths
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April 8 -Winnifred Eaton , author
*August 6 - Emilie Dionne, one of theDionne Quintuplets
*Welland Gemmell ,Member of Provincial Parliament for Sudbury
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