1955 in Canada

See also: 1954 in Canada, other events of 1955, 1956 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.

Incumbents

• Prime Minister – Louis Saint Laurent
• Governor General – Vincent Massey

• 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