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Ann Heggtveit displays her gold medal for slalom skiing, 1960 Winter Olympics

## Incumbents

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### Crown

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* Monarch – Elizabeth II[1]

### Federal government

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

### Provincial governments

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#### Lieutenant governors

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* Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – John Percy Page
* Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Frank M. Ross (until October 12) then George Pearkes
* Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – John S. McDiarmid (until January 15) then Errick 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

#### Premiers

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* 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) 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 (until January 2) then Antonio Barrette (January 8 to July 22) then Jean Lesage
* Premier of Saskatchewan – Tommy Douglas

### Territorial governments

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#### Commissioners

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

## Events

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### January to June

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* January – The Board of Broadcast Governors begins hearings in Winnipeg to determine alternatives to CBC 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 relieve CFRN-TV of its CBC affiliation); Calgary—the Love organization—CFCN-TV; Vancouver—the Vantel group—CHAN-TV (BCTV).
* January 2 – Paul Sauvé, Premier of Quebec, dies in office.
* January 8 – Antonio Barrette becomes premier of Quebec.
* April 24 – Television station CBWFT signs on for the first time as Radio-Canada Winnipeg.
* June 8 – Saskatchewan election: Tommy Douglas's Co-operative Commonwealth Federation wins a fifth consecutive majority.
* June 22 – 1960 Quebec general election: Barrette's ruling Union nationale, is defeated by the Quebec Liberal Party, led by Jean Lesage, beginning the 'Quiet Revolution' in the historically conservative province.[3]
* June 27 – 1960 New Brunswick general election: The Liberals, led by Louis Robichaud defeat the Progressive Conservative government of Hugh John Flemming.

### July to December

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* July 1 – Status Indians are given the right to vote.
* July 9 – Seven-year-old Roger Woodward became the first person accidentally to fall over the Horseshoe Falls and survive.
* July 12 – Louis Robichaud becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Hugh John Flemming.
* 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.
* December 17 – Quebec becomes the last province to agree to the National Health Act.

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* 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
* The Ford Frontenac is introduced exclusively to the Canadian market.

## Arts and literature

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* February 16 – The new National Gallery of Canada building opens in Ottawa.
* November 2 – The National Theatre School opens in Montreal.

### New books

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

### Awards

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* 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

## Sport

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* January 16 – Gordie Howe becomes the leading scorer in National Hockey League history, passing Maurice Richard.
* April 14 – The Montreal Canadiens win their 12th (fifth consecutive) Stanley Cup by defeating the Toronto Maple Leafs 4 games to 0. The deciding game (as well being Maurice Richard's final game) was played in Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto
* May 8 – The Ontario Hockey Association's St. Catharines Teepees win their second (and final) Memorial Cup by defeating the Central Alberta Hockey League's Edmonton 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 the Montreal Canadiens in a ceremony at the Montreal Forum
* November 26 – The Ottawa Rough Riders win their fifth Grey Cup by defeating the Edmonton Eskimos 16 to 6 in the 48th Grey Cup played at Vancouver's Empire Stadium. Toronto's Ron Stewart became the first Canadian to win the game's official MVP award.

## Births

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### January to June

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* 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 and sixth (and first female) Premier of Yukon and the first Liberal 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 to December

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* 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 of Equality Party
* November 20 - Marc Labrèche, actor, comedian and host
* December 28 – Ray Bourque, ice hockey player

## Deaths

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### January to June

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

### July to December

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* July 26 – Maud Menten, medical scientist (b. 1879)
* August 5 – Arthur Meighen, politician and 9th Prime 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 of Ontario (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)

## See also

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* 1960 in Canadian television
* List of Canadian films

## References

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1. ^ "Queen Elizabeth II | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
2. ^ Lentz, Harris M. (4 February 2014). Heads of States and Governments Since 1945. Routledge. p. 143\. ISBN 978-1-134-26490-2.
3. ^ Webber, Jeremy (1994). Reimagining Canada: Language, Culture, Community and the Canadian Constitution. McGill-Queen's University Press. p. 44.
4. ^ "Gail Greenough | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 30 January 2021.

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