1957 in Canada

1957 in Canada

"See also:"
1956 in Canada,
other events of 1957,
1958 in Canada and the
Timeline of Canadian history.

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Incumbents

*Monarch - Queen Elizabeth II
*Governor General - Vincent Massey
*Prime Minister - Louis Saint Laurent then John Diefenbaker
*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 - Robert Stanfield
*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 - The first Canadian peackeepers arrive in Egypt after the Suez Crisis
* January 17 - The HMCS Bonaventure, Canada's only aircraft carrier, is commissioned
* March 6 - Quebec's Padlock Law is ruled unconstitutional
* March 20 - The seven month long Murdochville Strike begins
* March 28 - The Canada Council is established
* June 10 - Federal election: John Diefenbaker's PCs win a minority, defeating Louis Saint Laurent's Liberals
* June 21 - John Diefenbaker becomes prime minister, replacing Louis Saint Laurent
* July 31 - The DEW Line begins operation
* September 12 - Canada and the United States sign the NORAD agreement
* October 4 - The first prototype Avro Arrow is presented to the media
* October 12 - Foreign Minister Lester B. Pearson wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on the Suez Crisis
* October 14 - Queen Elizabeth II opens the Canadian parliament, the first monarch to do so
* November 22 - The St. Lawrence Seaway opens
* Thanksgiving is moved to its current date

Arts and literature

:New Works
*F.R. Scott - "The Eye of the Needle: Satire, Sorties, Sundries" [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Scott]
*Mordecai Richler - "A Choice of Enemies"
*W.L. Morton - "Manitoba: The Birth of a Province"
*Farley Mowat - "The Dog Who Wouldn't Be"
*Northrop Frye - "Anatomy of Criticism"

:Awards
* See 1957 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
*Stephen Leacock Award: Robert Thomas Allen "The Grass Is Never Greener"

:Television
*Front Page Challenge premiers on CBC

Births

* January 22 – Mike Bossy, hockey player
* February 17 – Loreena McKennitt, singer
* March 10 – Shannon Tweed, actor
* April 29 – Leona Dombrowsky, politician
* May 4 – Kathy Kreiner, skier
* May 14 – Gilles Bisson, politician
* July 2 – Bret Hart, wrestler
* July 9 – George Nagy, swimmer
* July 12 – Tonya Lee Williams, actor
* July 15 – Craig Martin, football (soccer) player
* August 15 – David L. Anderson, politician
* August 16 – Mark and Michael Evans, rowers
* August 20 – Cindy Nicholas, swimmer
* August 23 – Georges Farrah, politician
* August 26 – Rick Hansen, wheelchair athlete
* September 8 – Tony Valeri, politician
* October 10 – Art Boileau, long-distance runner
* October 27 – Glen Murray, politician
* October 30 – Joseph Cordiano, politician
* November 30 – Colin Mochrie, comedian
* December 5 – Paul Steele, rower
* December 6 – Louis Jani, judoka
* December 12 – Robert Lepage, playwright
* Glen Clark, Premier of British Columbia

Deaths

* June 27 - Malcolm Lowry, writer
* October 29 - Louis B. Mayer, film maker


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