Events from the year 1965 in Canada.
Incumbents Crown Monarch – Elizabeth II
Federal government Governor General – Georges Vanier Prime Minister – Lester B. Pearson Chief Justice – Robert Taschereau (Quebec) Parliament – 26th (until September 8) then 27th (from December 9)
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – John Percy Page Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – George Pearkes Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Errick Willis (until November 1) then Richard Spink Bowles Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Joseph Leonard O'Brien (until June 9) then John B. McNair Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland – Fabian O'Dea Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Henry Poole MacKeen Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – William Earl Rowe Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Willibald Joseph MacDonald Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Paul Comtois Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Robert Hanbidge
Premiers Premier of Alberta – Ernest Manning Premier of British Columbia – W.A.C. Bennett Premier of Manitoba – Dufferin Roblin Premier of New Brunswick – Louis Robichaud Premier of Newfoundland – Joey Smallwood Premier of Nova Scotia – Robert Stanfield Premier of Ontario – John Robarts Premier of Prince Edward Island – Walter Shaw Premier of Quebec – Jean Lesage Premier of Saskatchewan – Ross Thatcher
Territorial governments
Commissioners Commissioner of Yukon – Gordon Robertson Cameron Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Bent Gestur Sivertz
Events January 1 – Trans-Canada Airlines is renamed Air Canada. January 9 – The Hope Slide, the largest landslide ever recorded in Canada, kills four. January 16 – The Canada-United States Automotive Agreement is signed January 28 – The Queen issues a royal proclamation, effective February 15, making the Maple Leaf flag the National Flag of Canada. February 15 – Canada adopts the maple leaf for the national flag. March 2 – Lucien Rivard escapes from a Montreal area jail March 7 – Canadian Roman Catholic churches celebrate mass in the vernacular for the first time due to the reforms of Vatican II March 20 – Peter Lougheed is elected leader of the Alberta Progressive Conservative Party April 2 – Lester Pearson gives a speech at Temple University in the United States that calls for a stop to the bombing of North Vietnam, infuriating President Lyndon Johnson May 16 – Cross Country Checkup debuts on radio June 7 – Navy, army, and air force commands are replaced by six functional commands July 8 – A crash of Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 21 in British Columbia kills 52. September 9 – The Fowler Report is released. It advocates creation of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) September 13 – The new Toronto City Hall is opened. November 8 – Federal election: Lester Pearson's Liberals win a second consecutive minority November 9 – A failure at an Ontario power station causes the 1965 Blackout that stretches from Florida to Chicago and all of southern Ontario. November 29 – Alouette 2 is launched.
Full date unknown Eligibility age for pensions is lowered from 70 to 65
Arts and literature New books George Grant: Lament for a Nation John Newlove: Moving in Alone Robert Kroetsch: But We Are Exiles Farley Mowat: West Viking Gilles Archambault: La vie à trois Hubert Aquin: Prochain épisode
Awards Gordon R. Dickson's Soldier, Ask Not wins a Hugo Award See 1965 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards. Stephen Leacock Award: Gregory Clark, War Stories Vicky Metcalf Award: Roderick Haig-Brown
Music Karel Ančerl replaces Seiji Ozawa as artistic director of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Film October 13 – The Canadian Film Development Agency is formed Christopher Plummer stars as Captain von Trapp in The Sound of Music William Shatner stars in Incubus
Sport March 13 – The Manitoba Bisons win their first University Cup by defeating the St. Dunstan's Saints 9 to 2. The final game was played at the Winnipeg Arena May 1 – The Montreal Canadiens win their thirteenth Stanley Cup by defeating the Chicago Black Hawks 4 games to 3. The deciding Game 7 was played at the Montreal Forum. Trois-Rivières, Quebec's Jean Beliveau is awarded the First Conn Smythe Trophy as the 1965 Playoffs MVP September 10 – Future Baseball Hall of Famer Ferguson Jenkins plays his first major league game for the Philadelphia Phillies in Connie Mack Stadium May 11 – The Ontario Hockey Association's Niagara Falls Flyers win their first Memorial Cup by defeating the Central Alberta Hockey League's Edmonton Oil Kings 4 games to 0. All games were played at Edmonton Gardens November 20 – The Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Alberta Golden Bears 14–7 in the 1st Vanier Cup played at Varsity Stadium in Toronto November 27 – The Hamilton Tiger-Cats win their 4th Grey Cup by defeating the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 22–16 in the 53rd Grey Cup in Toronto's CNE Stadium.
Births January to March January 8 Wendy Fuller, diver Eric Wohlberg, racing cyclist January 21 – Brian Bradley, ice hockey player January 23 – Tim Berrett, race walker January 27 – Ross MacDonald, sailor and Olympic silver medallist
January 28 Stéphane Bergeron, politician Lynda Boyd, actress Tom Ponting, swimmer and double Olympic silver medallist January 31 – Ofra Harnoy, cellist March 1 – Stewart Elliott, jockey March 7 - Alison Redford, lawyer and politician, 14th premier of Alberta March 15 – Marcel Gery, swimmer and Olympic bronze medallist March 16 – Mark Carney, banker and politician, 24th prime minister of Canada March 23 – Daren Puppa, ice hockey player
April to June
April 11 – Chris Pridham, tennis player April 21 – Ed Belfour, ice hockey player April 22 – Peter Zezel, ice hockey player (d. 2009) May 7 – Owen Hart, wrestler (d. 1999) May 9 – Steve Yzerman, ice hockey player May 10 – Linda Evangelista, supermodel May 19 – James Bezan, politician June 19 – Gary Vandermeulen, swimmer June 25 – Julie Daigneault, swimmer June 26 – Gaye Porteous, field hockey player
July to September July 11 – Michael Wayne McGray, serial killer July 17 – Ken Evraire, television journalist, host and former professional footballer July 26 – Michael Rascher, rower and Olympic gold medallist
August 4 – James Tupper, actor August 11 – Marc Bergevin, ice hockey player August 22 Patricia Hy-Boulais, tennis player David Reimer, Canadian man, born male but reassigned female and raised as a girl after a botched circumcision August 28 – Shania Twain, singer-songwriter September 8 – Mark Andrews, swimmer September 9 - Eric Tunney, comedian (Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy) (d. 2010)
September 27 Bernard Lord, politician and 30th Premier of New Brunswick Peter MacKay, lawyer, politician and Minister
October to December October 1 – Cliff Ronning, ice hockey player October 5 Mario Lemieux, ice hockey player Patrick Roy, ice hockey player October 23 – David Bédard, diver
October 29 – Christy Clark, politician and 35th premier of British Columbia November 5 – Andrew Crosby, rower and Olympic gold medallist November 13 - Rick Roberts, actor November 20 – John Graham, track and field athlete November 21 – Jon Kelly, swimmer November 24 – Brad Wall, politician and 14th premier of Saskatchewan November 27 – Kathleen Heddle, rower and triple Olympic gold medallist (d. 2021) December 1 – Jamie Pagendam, boxer December 10 – Jennifer Wyatt, golfer December 18 – Brian Walton, road and track cyclist and coach December 29 - Manon Perreault, politician
Full date unknown Emanuel Jaques, murder victim (d. 1977)
Deaths January 17 – Austin Claude Taylor, politician (b.1893) April 1 – Harry Crerar, General (b.1888) June 7 – John Stewart McDiarmid, politician and Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba (b.1882) July 19 - Franklin D. McDowell, author August 23 – George Black, politician (b.1873) August 28 – Jacob Penner, politician (b.1880) September 2 — Pat Harrington Sr., actor (b. 1901) September 10 – S. E. Rogers, politician (b.1888) September 20 - Madge Macbeth, author (b.1878 in the United States) October 8 - Thomas B. Costain, historian (b.1885) November 25 - Gwethalyn Graham, author (b.1913)
See also 1965 in Canadian television List of Canadian films
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