1963 in Canada

Table of contents

1 Incumbents
2 Events
3 Arts and Literature
4 Births
5 Deaths

Incumbents

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 collapses 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 libÃÂ©ration 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-ThÃÂ©rÃÂ¨se-de-Blainville, QuÃÂ©bec
December 23 - plans to build the National Arts Centre are approved
Future hall of fame baseball player Ferguson Jenkins 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