1962 in Canada

"See also:"
1961 in Canada,
other events of 1962,
1963 in Canada and the
Timeline of Canadian history.

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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

* March 21 - The birth-defect-causing drug thalidomide is banned
* May 2 - The Canadian 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 election John Diefenbaker's Progressive Conservative Party of Canada is reduced to a minority government
* July 1 - First medicare plan is launched in Saskatchewan to great protest by doctors
* July 30 - Trans-Canada Highway opens
* August 6 - A Premiers Conference is held in Victoria, British Columbia
*September 1 - Place Ville Marie opens in Montreal
*September 29 - "Alouette 1", Canada's first satellite is launched.
* October 25 - The Bedford Institute of Oceanography opens in Nova Scotia
* October 25-November 12 - The Cuban Missile Crisis occurs. Diefenbaker refuses to put Canadian forces on alert, angering the U.S. government.
* December 1-December 2 - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers win the Grey Cup in the famous fog bowl
* December 11 - The last three hangings in Canada take place.
* The "Globe and Mail" adds the "Report on Business" section

Arts 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
* See 1962 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 first Shaw Festival opens

Births

* 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 politician

Deaths

* January 24 - James Charles Brady, politician
* August 20 - Joseph-Arsène Bonnier, politician