- 1962 in Canada
"See also:"
1961 in Canada ,
other events of 1962,1963 in Canada and theTimeline of Canadian history .----
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 -Louis Robichaud
*Premier of Newfoundland -Joey Smallwood
*Premier of Nova Scotia -Robert Stanfield
*Premier of Ontario -John Robarts
*Premier of Prince Edward Island -Walter Shaw
*Premier of Quebec -Jean Lesage
*Premier of Saskatchewan -Woodrow Lloyd Events
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March 21 - The birth-defect-causing drugthalidomide is banned
*May 2 - TheCanadian dollar is pegged to the U.S. currency
*June 15 - Canada is the third power to reach space with the launch of scientific satellite
*June 18 - In the 1962 Federal electionJohn Diefenbaker 'sProgressive Conservative Party of Canada is reduced to a minority government
*July 1 - First medicare plan is launched inSaskatchewan to great protest by doctors
*July 30 -Trans-Canada Highway opens
*August 6 - APremiers Conference is held inVictoria, British Columbia
*September 1 -Place Ville Marie opens in Montreal
*September 29 - "Alouette 1 ", Canada's first satellite is launched.
*October 25 - TheBedford Institute of Oceanography opens inNova Scotia
*October 25 -November 12 - TheCuban Missile Crisis occurs. Diefenbaker refuses to put Canadian forces on alert, angering the U.S. government.
*December 1 -December 2 - TheWinnipeg Blue Bombers win theGrey Cup in the famous fog bowl
*December 11 - The last threehanging s in Canada take place.
* The "Globe and Mail " adds the "Report on Business" sectionArts and literature
:New books
*Max Aitken - "The Decline and Fall of Lloyd George"
*W. O. Mitchell - "The Kite"
*Marshall McLuhan - "The Gutenberg Galaxy"
*George Woodcock - "Anarchism"
*Farley Mowat - "The Black Joke"
*Thomas B. Costain - "The Last Plantagenets":Awards
* See1962 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
*Stephen Leacock Award :W. O. Mitchell , "Jake and the Kid" :Television
*Mister Rogers' Neighborhood premieres on CBC:Theatre
*The firstShaw Festival opensBirths
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January 17 —Jim Carrey , comedian and actor
*January 22 —Kevin Lamoureux , Manitoba politician
*February 23 — John Hatch, basketball player
*February 27 —Susie Moloney , novelist
*March 27 —Jann Arden , musician
*April 1 — John Wallace, rower
*June 23 — Patrick Kelly, ice speed skater
*July 1 —Michelle Wright , singer
*July 7 —Ross Rutledge , field hockey player (d. 2004)
*July 14 —Diane Ratnik , volleyball player
*August 23 —Martin Cauchon , politician
*August 27 —Adam Oates , hockey player
*August 31 —Wanda Guenette , volleyball player
*September 9 —Brad Willock , volleyball player
*September 18 — John Mann, musician
*September 24 —Nia Vardalos , filmmaker
*September 28 —Grant Fuhr , hockey goalie
*October 16 —Dan McTeague , politician
*October 30 —Rex Harrington , ballet dancer
*November 8 —Cliff Cullen , Manitoba politicianDeaths
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January 24 -James Charles Brady , politician
*August 20 -Joseph-Arsène Bonnier , politician
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