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1955 in Canada
See also: 1954 in Canada, other events of 1955, 1956 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.
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Incumbents
- Premier of Alberta - Ernest Manning
- Premier of British Columbia - W.A.C. Bennett
- Premier of Manitoba - Douglas Campbell
- Premier of New Brunswick - Hugh John Flemming
- Premier of Newfoundland - Joey Smallwood
- Premier of Nova Scotia - Henry Hicks
- Premier of Ontario - Leslie Frost
- Premier of Prince Edward Island - Alex Matheson
- Premier of Quebec - Maurice Duplessis
- Premier of Saskatchewan - Tommy Douglas
Events
- March 17 - A riot erupts in Montreal when Maurice Richard is suspended
- June 9 - Ontario election: Leslie Frost's PCs win a fourth consecutive majority
- June 29 - Alberta election: Ernest Manning's Social Credit Party wins a sixth consecutive majority
- July 11 - seven teenagers die in a mountaineering accident on Mount Temple
- Margaret Gee becomes Canada's first Chinese-Canadian lawyer
- The Canadian Sports Hall of Fame is created
- The Bank of Toronto and the Dominion Bank merge to form the Toronto-Dominion Bank
- Cape Breton Island is connected to the mainland by the Canso Causeway
Arts and Literature
- New Books
- Gabrielle Roy - Rue Deschambault
- Literary Awards
- See 1955 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
- Stephen Leacock Award: Robertson Davies, Leaven of Malice
- Music
- Glenn Gould's first recording of the Goldberg Variations is made
Births
- May 14 - Marie Chouinard , dancer
- July 17 - Geneviéve Cadieux , artist
- July 19 - Dalton McGuinty, Premier of Ontario
- September 28 - Stéphane Dion, cabinet minister
- October 12 - Jane Siberry, singer
- November 6 - Kenneth Read , skier
- Vatche Arslanian, Red Cross worker
- Kim Morrissey, poet
- John Nunziata, politician
Deaths
- May 10 - Tommy Burns, boxer
- August 5 - Izaak Walton Killam, financier
- October 1 - Charles Christie, movie producer
- Walter Seymour Allward, sculptor
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