-
Volunteers in the Canadian Army Special Force joined the United Nations forces in the Korean conflict.
-
Period: to
1950s canada
-
The red river floods forcing tens of thousands of people from their homes
-
Former prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King died in Kingsmere
-
First television made in canada (CBFT)
-
The National Library was created in Ottawa on January 1.
-
Stratford Festival opened on July 13
-
Korean War ended on July 27
-
Toronto opened Canada's first subway system in Toronto on March 31.
-
Marilyn Bell became the first person to swim across Lake Ontario on September 9.
-
16 year old Marilyn Bellswims across lake Ontario
-
Hockey fans rioted in Montreal following the suspension of favourite Rocket Richard on March 17.
-
Lester Pearson wins the nobel peace prize
-
PM John Diefenbaker's minority government went on to become the largest majority government ever obtained in a federal election on March 31.
-
Despite public outcry and protest, Diefenbaker cancelled the Avro Arrow project (CF-105 aircraft) on February 20. Almost 14,000 Canadians suddenly became unemployed.
-
The St. Lawrence Seaway opened to traffic on June 26, allowing ocean-going ships and tankers to travel inland to both Canadian and American ports on the upper and lower Great Lakes.