Wikipedia: 1963 in Canada

1963 in Canada
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See also: 1962 in Canada, other events of 1963, 1964 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.

Events

February 4 - Defence Minister George Harkness resigns after Prime Minster Diefenbaker refuses to accept nuclear weapons from the United States
February 5 - The Diefenbaker government collpases over the missile issue and an election is called
March 1 - Simon Fraser University is founded
April 8 - Federal election: Lester Pearson's Liberals win a minority, defeating John Diefenbaker's PCs
April 20 - The Front de libération du Quebec sets off its first bombs in Quebec
April 22 - Lester Pearson becomes Prime Minister, replacing John Diefenbaker
May 27 - The Northern Alberta Institute of Technology opens
June 17 - Alberta election: Ernest Manning's Social Credit Party wins an eighth consecutive majority
July 22 - The Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism is announced
September 21 - Place des Arts opens in Montreal
September 25 - Ontario election: John Robarts's PCs win a sixth consecutive majority
November 29 - 118 are killed in a TCA plane crash near Ste-Thérèse-de-Blainville, Québec
December 23 - plans to build the National Arts Centre are approved
Future hall of fame baseball player Ferguson Jenkins makes plays his first major league game

Awards

See 1963 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
Stephen Leacock Award: Donald Jack, Three Cheers for Me
Vicky Metcalf Award: Kerry Wood

Television