1955 in Canada

Events from the year 1955 in Canada.

Incumbents

January 7 – The first television broadcast of the opening of parliament
February 1 – The Bank of Toronto and The Dominion Bank merge to form the Toronto-Dominion Bank
February 23 - Military exercise Operation Bulldog III in Yellowknife.
March 17- Richard Riot
April 2 – The Angus L. Macdonald Bridge connecting Halifax to Dartmouth opens.
June 9 – 1955 Ontario general election: Leslie Frost's PCs win a fourth consecutive majority
June 29 – 1955 Alberta general election: Ernest Manning's Social Credit Party wins a sixth consecutive majority.
July 11 – Seven teenagers die in a mountaineering accident on Mount Temple in Banff National Park.
Cape Breton Island is connected to the mainland by the Canso Causeway

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''

March 13 – In an NHL game in Boston, Hal Laycoe cuts Maurice Richard with a high stick. After the whistle, Richard repeatedly bludgeons Laycoe, then punches linesman Cliff Thompson unconscious.
March 17 – The Richard Riot erupts in Montreal after the NHL suspends Maurice Richard for the remainder of the season.
April 14 – The Detroit Red Wings win their seventh Stanley Cup by defeating the Montreal Canadiens 4 games to 3.
April 29 – The Ontario Hockey Association's Toronto Marlboros win their second Memorial Cup by defeating the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League's Regina Pats 4 games to 1. All games were played at Regina Exhibition Stadium
November 26 – The Edmonton Eskimos win their second Grey Cup by defeating the Montreal Alouettes by the score of 34 to 19 in the 43rd Grey Cup played at Empire Stadium in Vancouver
The Canadian Sports Hall of Fame is created.

July 7 – Gord Mackintosh, politician
July 13 – Hubert Lacroix, lawyer and President and CEO of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
July 17 – Geneviève Cadieux, artist
July 19 – Dalton McGuinty, lawyer, politician and 24th Premier of Ontario
August 6 – Gilles Bernier, politician
August 12 – Tooker Gomberg, politician and environmental activist
August 19 – Bev Desjarlais, politician
August 31 – Sidney McKnight, boxer
September 9 - John Kricfalusi, animator and voice actor
September 28 – Stéphane Dion, politician and Minister
October 12 – Jane Siberry (Issa), singer-songwriter
October 30 — Jim Hart, Reform Member of Parliament
November 4 – Rodger Cuzner, politician
November 10 – Ken Holland, ice hockey player
November 11 – Teri York, diver
November 29 — Howie Mandel, actor, comedian and producer
December 13 – Pat Martin, politician

April 24 – Walter Seymour Allward, sculptor
April 26 – Lyman Duff, jurist and Chief Justice of Canada
May 10 – Tommy Burns, only Canadian born world heavyweight champion boxer
June 16 – Ozias Leduc, painter
August 5 – Izaak Walton Killam, financier
August 7 – Alexander Stirling MacMillan, businessman, politician and Premier of Nova Scotia
October 1 – Charles Christie, motion picture studio owner