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
- 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 Conservatives are 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 sattelite is launched.
- October 25 – The Bedford Institute of Oceanography opens in Nova Scotia
- October 25-November 12 – The Cuban Missile Crisis occurs. An indecisive 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
- March 27 – Jann Arden, musician
- July 1 – Michelle Wight, singer
- August 27 – Adam Oates, hockey 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
- November 21 – Martin Cauchon, politician
Deaths
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