1953 in Canada

Events from the year 1953 in Canada.

Incumbents

January 1 – The National Library of Canada is founded.
January 9 – Marguerite Pitre becomes the thirteenth, and last, woman hanged in Canada when she is executed in Montréal.
January 27 – The Canadian Dental Association approves the use of fluoride in drinking water
May 25 – Alex Matheson becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing J. Walter Jones
June 2 – Elizabeth II is crowned Queen of Canada. In Korea the Canadian Army celebrates the coronation by firing red, white, and blue smoke shells at the enemy.
July 13 – The Stratford Festival of Canada opens
July 27 – The Korean War ends. In total 314 Canadians were killed and 1211 wounded.
August 10 – Federal election: Louis Saint Laurent's Liberals win a fifth consecutive majority.
October 12 – Wilfrid Laurier Memorial unveiled
October 15 – The Trans Mountain Oil Pipeline is completed
October 25 – Canada's first privately owned television station, CKSO, broadcasts in Sudbury.
The federal Immigration Act is amended to prohibit homosexuals entry into Canada. This amendment was repealed in 1977.

See 1953 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
Stephen Leacock Award: Lawrence Earl, ''The Battle of Baltinglass''

April 16 – The Montreal Canadiens win their seventh Stanley Cup by defeating the Boston Bruins 4 games to 1. The deciding Game 5 was played at the Montreal Forum
May 6 – The Ontario Hockey Association's Barrie Flyers win their second Memorial Cup by defeating the Manitoba Junior Hockey League's St. Boniface Canadiens 4 games to 1. The deciding Game 5 was played at Wheat City Arena in Brandon, Manitoba
November 28 – The Hamilton Tiger-Cats win their first Grey Cup by defeating the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 12–6 in the 41st Grey Cup played at Toronto's Varsity Stadium

January 7
* Dionne Brand, poet, novelist and non-fiction writer
*Morris Titanic, ice hockey player and coach
January 19 – Richard Legendre, tennis player and politician
January 29 – Pierre Jacob, politician
February 5 – Eric Robinson, politician
February 15
* David Chomiak, politician
* Gerald Keddy, politician
February 16 – Lanny McDonald, ice hockey player
February 17 – Borys Chambul, discus thrower
February 18 – Robbie Bachman, drummer
February 20 – Gaëtan Dugas, early AIDS patient who was incorrectly identified as the "Patient Zero" who brought the epidemic to the United States
March 10 – Debbie Brill, high jumper
March 13 – Stephanie Berto, track and field athlete
March 17 – Lewis Camden, politician
April 2 – Janet Nutter, diver
April 17 – Dany Laferrière, novelist and journalist
April 18 – Rick Moranis, comedian, actor and musician
May 11 – Celine Lomez, actress and singer
May 14 – Tom Cochrane, singer-songwriter and musician
May 21 - Kathleen Wynne, 25th premier of Ontario
June 23
*Raymonde April, photographer
*Albina Guarnieri, politician and Minister

July 3 – Dave Lewis, ice hockey player and coach
July 9 – Margie Gillis, dancer and choreographer
July 15
* Richard Margison, operatic tenor
* Mila Mulroney, wife of the 18th Prime Minister of Canada, Brian Mulroney
July 22 – Paul Quarrington, novelist, playwright, screenwriter, filmmaker and musician
July 25 – Barbara Haworth-Attard, children's author
July 29 – Geddy Lee, singer, bassist and keyboardist
August 11 – Greg Duhaime, middle-distance runner
August 17 – Robert Thirsk, engineer and astronaut
August 27 – Alex Lifeson, guitarist
September 16 – Nancy Huston, novelist and essayist
September 29 - Jean-Claude Lauzon, Quebec filmmaker
September 30 – S. M. Stirling, science fiction and fantasy author

January 2 – Gordon Daniel Conant, lawyer, politician and 12th Premier of Ontario
January 5 – Mitchell Hepburn, politician and 11th Premier of Ontario
February 16 – Norman Hipel, politician and Minister
March 20 – John Livingstone Brown, politician
May 4 – James Tompkins, priest and educator
September 19 – Gordon Graydon, politician
November 29 – Sam De Grasse, actor
December 26 – David Milne, painter, printmaker and writer