1960 in Canada
See also: 1959 in Canada, other events of 1960, 1961 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 – Duff Roblin
- Premier of New Brunswick – Hugh John Flemming then Louis Robichaud
- Premier of Newfoundland – Joey Smallwood
- Premier of Nova Scotia – Robert Stanfield
- Premier of Ontario – Leslie Frost
- Premier of Prince Edward Island – Walter Shaw
- Premier of Quebec – Paul Sauvé then Antonio Barrette then Jean Lesage
- Premier of Saskatchewan – Tommy Douglas
Events
- January 2 – Paul Sauvé, Premier of Quebec, dies in office
- January 8 – Antonio Barrette becomes premier of Quebec
- January 16 – Gordie Howe becomes the leading scorer in NHL history, passing Maurice Richard
- February 16 – The new National Gallery of Canada building opens in Ottawa
- April 14 – The Montreal Canadiens defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs to win their fifth Stanley Cup in a row
- June 8 – Saskatchewan election: Tommy Douglas's Co-operative Commonwealth Federation wins a fifth consecutive majority
- July 1 – Treaty Indians are given the right to vote
- July 12 – Louis Robichaud becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Hugh John Flemming
- July 22 – Jean Lesage becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Antonio Barrette
- July 22 – Vincent Massey becomes the first Canadian to receive the Royal Victorian Chain
- July 25-27 – The first First Ministers conference is held
- August 10 – The Canadian Bill of Rights is given royal assent
- September – York University's first class begins learning
- September 19 – The University of Calgary is founded
- October 6 – Maurice Richard's number is retired by the Montreal Canadiens
- November 2 – The National Theatre School opens in Montreal
- December 17 – Quebec becomes the last province to agree to the National Health Act
- The Quiet Revolution is usually said to begin in Quebec
- The Canadian Bill of Rights is approved by Parliament
- French beginning to be recognized as language taught in schools outside of Quebec
- L'Anse aux Meadows, evidence of Viking colonization of North America is discovered in Newfoundland
- Seven-year-old Roger Woodward became the first person to accidentally fall over the Horseshoe Falls and survive.
Arts and Literature
- New Books
- Milton Acorn – Against a League of Liars
- Farley Mowat – Ordeal by Ice
- Gordon R. Dickson – Necromancer
- Awards
- See 1960 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
- Stephen Leacock Award: Pierre Berton, Just Add Water and Stir
Births
- January 12 – Oliver Platt, actor
- January 25 – John Anderson Alleyne, choreographer
- February 12 – George Elliott Clarke, author
- February 14 – Meg Tilly, actor
- February 17 – Lindy Ruff, hockey player and coach
- February 28 – Dorothy Stratten, actor
- March 7 – Gail Greenough, author
- April 10 – Drew Caldwell, politician
- April 28 – John Cerutti, baseball pitcher
- April 29 – Robert J. Sawyer, Science fiction writer
- May 23 – Cheryl Gallant, politician
- July 19 – Atom Egoyan, filmmaker
- July 21 – Dale Hunter, hockey player
- July 25 – Alain Robidoux, snooker player
- August 30 – Mark Eyking, politician
- September 14 – Callum Keith Rennie, actor
- September 21 – David James Elliott, actor
- December 28 – Ray Bourque, hockey player
Deaths
- January 2 – Paul Sauvé, Premier of Quebec
- February 22 – Paul-Émile Borduas, abstract painter
- November 5 – Mack Sennett, comedian
- December 12 – Louis Orville Breithaupt, 18th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
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