1955 in Canada
See also: 1954 in Canada, other events of 1955, 1956 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.
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Incumbents
- 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 – Henry Hicks
- Premier of Ontario – Leslie Frost
- Premier of Prince Edward Island – Alex Matheson
- Premier of Quebec – Maurice Duplessis
- Premier of Saskatchewan – Tommy Douglas
Events
- March 17 – A riot erupts in Montreal when Maurice Richard is suspended
- June 9 – Ontario election: Leslie Frost's PCs win a fourth consecutive majority
- June 29 – Alberta election: Ernest Manning's Social Credit Party wins a sixth consecutive majority
- July 11 – seven teenagers die in a mountaineering accident on Mount Temple
- Margaret Gee becomes Canada's first Chinese-Canadian lawyer
- The Canadian Sports Hall of Fame is created
- The Bank of Toronto and the Dominion Bank merge to form the Toronto-Dominion Bank
- Cape Breton Island is connected to the mainland by the Canso Causeway
Arts and Literature
- New Books
- Gabrielle Roy – Rue Deschambault
- Literary Awards
- See 1955 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
- Stephen Leacock Award: Robertson Davies, Leaven of Malice
- Music
- Glenn Gould's first recording of the Goldberg Variations is made
Births
- January 11 – Jim Wych, snooker layer
- February 23 – Jerry Holland, fiddler
- February 25 – Camille Thériault, Premier of New Brunswick
- February 27 – MaryAnn Mihychuk, politician
- March 16 – Andy Scott, politician
- April 6 – Cathy Jones, comedian
- April 25 – Jane Stewart, politician
- May 12 – Yvon Godin, politician
- May 14 – Marie Chouinard, dancer
- June 14 – Joe Preston, politician
- July 7 – Gord Mackintosh, politician
- July 17 – Geneviéve Cadieux, artist
- July 19 – Dalton McGuinty, Premier of Ontario
- August 19 – Bev Desjarlais, politician
- September 28 – Stéphane Dion, cabinet minister
- October 12 – Jane Siberry, singer
- November 4 – Rodger Cuzner, politician
- November 6 – Kenneth Read, skier
- December 13 – Pat Martin, politician
- Vatche Arslanian, Red Cross worker
- Kim Morrissey, poet
- John Nunziata, politician
Deaths
- May 10 – Tommy Burns, boxer
- August 5 – Izaak Walton Killam, financier
- October 1 – Charles Christie, movie producer
- Walter Seymour Allward, sculptor
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