1956 in Canada explained
Events from the year 1956 in Canada.
Incumbents
Crown
Federal government
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
Premiers
Territorial governments
Commissioners
Events
Sport
Arts and literature
New books
Awards
Eric Nicol, Shall We Join The Ladies
Music
Births
January to March
April to June
- April 4 – Evelyn Hart, ballet dancer
- April 6 - Normand Corbeil, composer (Double Jeopardy, Extreme Ops, The Statement, V) (d. 2013)
- April 10 – Thomas Graham, volleyball player
- May 7 – Jean Lapierre, television broadcaster, politician and Minister (d. 2016)
- May 9 – Wendy Crewson, actress
- May 15 – Ian Clyde, boxer
- May 19 – James Gosling, software developer, father of the Java programming language
- May 29 – Claude Drouin, politician
- June 10 – Hugh McMillan, musician
- June 11 – Simon Plouffe, mathematician and academic
- June 11 – Arthur Porter, physician and academic (d. 2015)
- June 15 – David Iftody, politician (d. 2001)
- June 15 – Dan Thompson, swimmer
- June 18 – Oliver Schroer, fiddler, composer and music producer (d. 2008)
- June 22 – Blake Debassige, artist
July to September
- July 8 – Terry Puhl, baseball player
- July 10 - Robert Ing, forensic scientist and author
- July 15 – Barry Melrose, ice hockey player, coach and commentator
- July 17 – Bryan Trottier, ice hockey player
- July 20 - Jim Prentice, politician, Premier of Alberta 2014 - 2015 (d. 2016)
- August 5 - Jerry Ciccoritti, director
- August 7 – Paul Williams, long-distance runner
- August 12 – Bruce Greenwood, actor
October to December
Deaths
January to June
July to December
- August 4 – Joseph Georges Bouchard, politician (b. 1888)
- September 11 – Billy Bishop, First World War flying ace (b. 1894)
- September 15 – Charles Dow Richards, judge, politician and 18th Premier of New Brunswick (b. 1879)
- September 18 – Adélard Godbout, politician and 15th Premier of Quebec (b. 1892)
- October 7 – Maud Allan, actor, dancer and choreographer (b. 1873)
- November 18 – Clarence Chant, astronomer and physicist (b. 1865)
- December 3 – Matthew Halton, radio and television journalist (b. 1904)
- December 7 – Huntley Gordon, actor (b. 1887)
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Queen Elizabeth II The Canadian Encyclopedia . www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca . 4 December 2022.
- Book: Lentz . Harris M. . Heads of States and Governments Since 1945 . 4 February 2014 . Routledge . 978-1-134-26490-2 . 142 . en.