1950 in Canada

See also: 1949 in Canada, other events of 1950, 1951 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.

Incumbents

• Prime Minister – Louis Saint Laurent
• Governor General – Earl Alexander of Tunis

• Premier of Alberta – Ernest Manning
• Premier of British Columbia – Byron Johnson
• Premier of Manitoba – Douglas Campbell
• Premier of New Brunswick – John McNair
• Premier of Newfoundland – Joey Smallwood
• Premier of Nova Scotia – Angus Macdonald
• Premier of Ontario – Leslie Frost
• Premier of Prince Edward Island – Walter Jones
• Premier of Quebec – Maurice Duplessis
• Premier of Saskatchewan – Tommy Douglas

Events

• Canada joins a United Nations force to fight in Korean War
• January 14 – The first non-stop trans-Canada flight is made
• Early May – Flooding of the Red River causes immesne damage and one death in Winnipeg
• May 29 – The St. Roch becomes the first vessel to circumnavigate North America
• August 22 – August 30 – A rail workers strike shuts down much of the Canadian economy
• October 31 – The oil pipeline linking Edmonton to Sarnia is completed
• November 28 – Canada joins on to the Colombo Plan
• December 18 – Korean War: First Canadian troops arrive in Korea
• Cité libre magazine is first published

Arts and Culture

Literary Awards

• See 1950 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
• Stephen Leacock Award: Earle Binney, Turvey

Births

• January 5 – John Manley, politician
• January 13 – Joe Fontana, politician
• January 18 – Gilles Villeneuve, automobile racing driver
• February 8 – Keith Milligan, politician
• February 12 – Michael Ironside, actor
• March 16 – Kate Nelligan, actress
• March 23 – Jerry Storie, Manitoba politician
• March 23 – Ralph Eichler, Manitoba politician
• March 24 – Robert L.J. Zenik, poet
• March 26  – Martin Short, actor
• April 18 – Jane Coop, pianist
• April 19 – Gérard Asselin, politician
• May 7 – Deepak Obhrai, politician
• May 27 – Brent St. Denis, politician
• June 1 – Perrin Beatty, politician
• June 21 – Anne Carson, poet
• July 6 – Hélène Scherrer, politician
• July 7 – Leon Benoit, politician
• July 11 – Liona Boyd, musician
• July 12 – Barbara Astman, photographer
• August 6 – Carole Pope, musician
• August 15 – Ron Lemieux, Manitoba politician
• August 16 – Stockwell Day, politician
• August 31 – Anne McLellan, politician
• September 16 – Sheila Fraser, auditor
• September 18 – Darryl Sittler, hockey player
• October 31 – John Candy, comedian and actor
• November 2 – Daryl Reid, Manitoba politician
• November 5 – Susan Nattrass, athlete
• November 29 – Marie Laberge
• December 20 – Carolyn Bennett, politician
• December 21 – Lap-Chee Tsui, scientist
• Roger Grimes, premier of Newfoundland and Labrador

Deaths