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Events from the year1960 in Canada.

• Monarch –Elizabeth II^[1]

• Governor General –Georges Vanier^[2]
• Prime Minister –John Diefenbaker
• Chief Justice –Patrick Kerwin (Ontario)
• Parliament –24th

• Lieutenant Governor of Alberta –John Percy Page
• Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia –Frank M. Ross (until October 12) thenGeorge Pearkes
• Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba –John S. McDiarmid (until January 15) thenErrick Willis
• Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick –Joseph Leonard O'Brien
• Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland –Campbell Leonard Macpherson
• Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia –Edward Chester Plow
• Lieutenant Governor of Ontario –John Keiller MacKay
• Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island –Frederick Walter Hyndman
• Lieutenant Governor of Quebec –Onésime Gagnon
• Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan –Frank Lindsay Bastedo

• Premier of Alberta –Ernest Manning
• Premier of British Columbia –W.A.C. Bennett
• Premier of Manitoba –Dufferin Roblin
• Premier of New Brunswick –Hugh John Flemming (until July 12) thenLouis 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 (until January 2) thenAntonio Barrette (January 8 to July 22) thenJean Lesage
• Premier of Saskatchewan –Tommy Douglas

• Commissioner of Yukon –Frederick Howard Collins
• Commissioner of Northwest Territories –Robert Gordon Robertson

• January – TheBoard of Broadcast Governors beginshearings inWinnipeg to determine alternatives toCBC Television. Hearings are conducted throughout the country. Eventually, numerous licences are given to:Halifax—the Finlay MacDonald group—CJCH-TV;Montreal—the Canadian Marconi Co.—CFCF-TV;Ottawa—Ernie Bushnell's group—CJOH-TV;Toronto—Baton—the Bassett group—CFTO-TV;Winnipeg—Ralph S. Misener & Associates—CJAY-TV (CKY-TV);Edmonton—the CBC (CBXT), (which would relieveCFRN-TV of its CBC affiliation);Calgary—the Love organization—CFCN-TV;Vancouver—the Vantel group—CHAN-TV (BCTV).
• January 2 –Paul Sauvé, Premier ofQuebec, dies in office.
• January 8 –Antonio Barrette becomes premier of Quebec.
• April 24 – Television stationCBWFT signs on for the first time as Radio-Canada Winnipeg.
• June 8 –Saskatchewan election:Tommy Douglas'sCo-operative Commonwealth Federation wins a fifth consecutive majority.
• June 22 –1960 Quebec general election: Barrette's rulingUnion nationale, is defeated by theQuebec Liberal Party, led byJean Lesage, beginning the 'Quiet Revolution' in the historically conservative province.^[3]
• June 27 –1960 New Brunswick general election: TheLiberals, led byLouis Robichaud defeat theProgressive Conservative government ofHugh John Flemming.

• July 1 – Status Indians are given the right to vote.
• July 9 – Seven-year-oldRoger Woodward became the first person accidentally to fall over theHorseshoe Falls and survive.
• July 12 –Louis Robichaud becomes premier ofNew Brunswick, replacingHugh John Flemming.
• July 22 –Vincent Massey becomes the first Canadian to receive theRoyal Victorian Chain.
• July 25–27 – The firstFirst Ministers conference is held.
• August 10 – TheCanadian Bill of Rights is given royal assent.
• September –York University's first class begins learning.
• September 19 – TheUniversity of Calgary is founded.
• December 17 –Quebec becomes the last province to agree to theNational Health Act.

• French beginning to be recognized as language taught in schools outside ofQuebec
• L'Anse aux Meadows, evidence ofViking colonization of North America is discovered inNewfoundland
• TheFord Frontenac is introduced exclusively to the Canadian market.

• February 16 – The newNational Gallery of Canada building opens in Ottawa.
• November 2 – TheNational Theatre School opens inMontreal.

• Milton Acorn:Against a League of Liars
• Farley Mowat:Ordeal by Ice
• Gordon R. Dickson:Necromancer

• See1960 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

• January 16 –Gordie Howe becomes the leading scorer inNational Hockey League history, passingMaurice Richard.
• April 14 – TheMontreal Canadiens win their 12th (fifth consecutive)Stanley Cup by defeating theToronto Maple Leafs 4 games to 0. The deciding game (as well beingMaurice Richard's final game) was played inMaple Leaf Gardens inToronto
• May 8 – TheOntario Hockey Association'sSt. Catharines Teepees win their second (and final)Memorial Cup by defeating theCentral Alberta Hockey League'sEdmonton Oil Kings 4 games to 2. The deciding Game 6 was played at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto
• October 6 –Maurice Richard's number (9) is retired by theMontreal Canadiens in a ceremony at theMontreal Forum
• November 26 – TheOttawa Rough Riders win their fifthGrey Cup by defeating theEdmonton Eskimos 16 to 6 in the48th Grey Cup played atVancouver'sEmpire Stadium.Toronto'sRon Stewart became the first Canadian to win the game's official MVP award.

• January 12 –Oliver Platt, actor
• January 24 –Mark Reeds, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (d.2015)
• February 11 –Grant Main, rower and Olympic gold medalist
• February 12 –George Elliott Clarke, poet and playwright
• February 14 –Walt Poddubny, ice hockey player and coach (d.2009)
• February 14 –Meg Tilly, actress and dancer
• February 17 –Lindy Ruff, ice hockey player and coach
• February 28 –Dorothy Stratten, model, actress and murder victim (d.1980)
• March 7 –Gail Greenough, equestrian^[4]
• March 13 -John Greyson, filmmaker
• March 15 –Carole Rouillard, long-distance runner
• March 18 -Guy Carbonneau, retired professional ice hockey player
• April 8 -Pat Duncan, politician andsixth (and first female)Premier of Yukon and the firstLiberal government
• April 10 –Drew Caldwell, politician
• April 12 -Toren Smith, manga publisher and translator (d.2013)
• April 20 -Eria Fachin, pop singer
• April 29 –Robert J. Sawyer, science fiction writer
• May 3 –Jennifer Luce, architect
• May 8 -Patrick McKenna, actor
• May 11 -Gildor Roy, actor

• July 5 –Brad Loree, actor and stuntman
• July 19
  • Atom Egoyan, filmmaker
  • Raymond Laflamme, physicist (d.2025)
• July 22 –Jane Patterson, judoka
• July 25 –Alain Robidoux, snooker player
• July 28 –Anna Marie Malone, long-distance runner
• July 31 –Dale Hunter, ice hockey player and coach
• August 17 –Chris Potter, actor
• August 27 –Mike Mahovlich, javelin thrower
• August 30
  • Mark Eyking, politician
  • Guy A. Lepage, actor
• September 14 –Callum Keith Rennie, actor
• September 21 –David James Elliott, actor
• September 25 -Sonia Benezra, TV and radio interviewer and personality and actress
• October 8 -François Pérusse, comedian and humor
• November 2 –Paul Martini, pair skater
• November 6 –Kevin Neufeld, rower and Olympic gold medallist
• November 8
  • Anne Dorval, actress
  • Robert Libman, politician, architect and leader ofEquality Party
• November 20 -Marc Labrèche, actor, comedian and host
• December 28 –Ray Bourque, ice hockey player

• January 2 –Paul Sauvé, lawyer, soldier, politician and 17thPremier of Quebec (b.1907)
• February 16 –James Alexander Murray, politician and Premier ofNew Brunswick (b.1864)
• February 22 –Paul-Émile Borduas, painter (b.1905)
• June 13 –Brooke Claxton, politician and Minister (b.1898)

• July 26 –Maud Menten, medical scientist (b.1879)
• August 5 –Arthur Meighen, politician and 9thPrime Minister of Canada (b.1874)
• November 5 –Mack Sennett, actor, producer, screenwriter and film director (b.1880)
• December 12 –Louis Orville Breithaupt, 18th Lieutenant Governor ofOntario (b.1890)
• December 19 –Jean Désy, diplomat (b.1893)
• December 29 –Philippe Panneton, physician, academic, diplomat and writer (b.1895)
• December 31 –C. D. Howe, politician and Minister (b.1886)

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