January 1 – Cheryl Dick, netball player
January 9 – Larry Cain, sprint canoer and Olympic gold medallist
January 12 – Ken Fitzpatrick, swimmer
January 19 – Steve Peters, politician and Minister
January 25 – Paul Dewar, educator and politician (d. 2019)
February 12 – Ron Schuler, politician
February 21 – Lori Fung, rhythmic gymnast
March 1 – Ron Francis, ice hockey player and coach
March 17 – Lawrence Ytzhak Braithwaite, novelist, spoken word artist, dub poet, essayist and musician (d. 2008)
March 26 – Roch Voisine, singer-songwriter, actor and radio and television host
March 28 – Sharon Hambrook, synchronized swimmer
March 30
- Wayne Gordon, boxer
- Carol Klimpel, swimmer

April 4
- Vince Ditrich, rock musician
- Dale Hawerchuk, ice hockey player
- Jim Wilson, politician
April 14 – John Kalbhenn, boxer
April 17 – Penny & Vicky Vilagos, synchronized swimmers
April 18 – Eric McCormack, actor, musician, writer and producer
April 27 – Joe Peschisolido, politician and businessman
April 27 – Cali Timmins, actress

April 28 – Lloyd Eisler, pair skater
May 5
- James LaBrie, vocalist (Dream Theater)
- Susan Whelan, politician and Minister
May 9 – Joe Cirella, ice hockey player and coach
May 11 – Roark Critchlow, actor
May 17 – Michelle Conn, field hockey player
May 25 – Mike Myers, actor, comedian, screenwriter and film producer
May 26 – Richard Crouse, film critic
June – Laureen Harper, wife of Prime Minister Stephen Harper
June 4 – Carey Nelson, long-distance runner
June 6 – Bernard Drainville, Canadian journalist and politician
June 17 – Sandra Greaves, judoka
- June 23 – Laureen Harper, wife of Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper June 24 – Barbara Underhill, pairs figure skater and World Champion
June 25 – Doug Gilmour, ice hockey player and coach
June 25 – Yann Martel, author^[3]

July 11 – Al MacInnis, ice hockey player
July 11 – Sandra Schmirler, curler, Olympic gold medallist and World Champion (d. 2000)
July 12 – Andy Savoy, politician and engineer
July 28 – Gregory Henriquez, architect
July 30 – Albert Schultz, actor and director
August 2 – Russell Smith, novelist and newspaper columnist
August 8 – Stephen Walkom, ice hockey official and executive
September 2 – Gerard Gallant, ice hockey player and coach
- September 7 – Karen Dianne Baldwin, Miss Universe 1982 September 9 – Kathryn Johnson, field hockey player^[4]
September 25 – Karin Larsen, synchronized swimmer and broadcaster
September 29 – Dave Andreychuk, ice hockey player

Deaths

January 2 – Jack Carson, actor (b. 1910)^[5]
March 27 – Gaspard Fauteux, politician, Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada and Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec (b. 1898)
May 12 – Robert Kerr, sprinter and Olympic gold medallist (b.1882)
June 23 – Herbert Alexander Bruce, surgeon and 15th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (b.1868)
August 19 – Kathleen Parlow, violinist (b.1890)
September 8 – Leslie Gordon Bell, politician and lawyer (b. 1889)
October 8 – Grace Darmond, Canadian-born actress (b. 1893)^[6]

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 . 143 . en.
Book: Bloom, Clive . Bestsellers: popular fiction since 1900 . Palgrave Macmillan . Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York . 2008 . 978-0-230-53688-3 . 322.
Web site: Kathryn JOHNSON - Olympic Hockey Canada . International Olympic Committee . 19 July 2019 . en . 16 June 2016.
Web site: Jack Carson. Los Angeles Times. June 26, 2016.
https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/darmond-grace-1898-1963 Darmond, Grace (1898–1963)