1958 in Canada

Events from the year 1958 in Canada.

Incumbents

January 16 – Louis St. Laurent is replaced by Lester B. Pearson as leader of the Liberal Party
February 19–20 – Rt Hon Ellen Fairclough first woman to assume the duties of Prime Minister for two days during John Diefenbaker's absence from the country.
March 25 – The Avro Arrow flies for the first time
March 31 – John Diefenbaker leads the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada to a massive election victory.
April 5 – The Seymour Narrows is made more easily passable after Ripple Rock was destroyed in one of the largest planned non-nuclear explosions
May 12 – The North American Aerospace Defense Command agreement is signed between the United States and Canada.
June 17 – The Second Narrows Bridge in Vancouver collapses killing 18.
June 30 – Duff Roblin sworn in as premier of Manitoba
July 1 – Canada-wide television broadcasting starts
July 1 – The Lost Villages in Ontario are permanently flooded as part of the St. Lawrence Seaway construction project.
October 22 – Canada appoints, Margaret Meagher, the country's first female ambassador, to Israel.
October 23 – The third Springhill Mining Disaster occurs killing 74.

See 1958 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
Stephen Leacock Award: Eric Nicol, ''Girdle Me A Globe''

Paul Anka has four hit singles and becomes one of the most popular singers in the world.

January 17 - The Canadian Football League is established with 9 teams
April 20 – Montreal Canadiens won their Tenth Stanley Cup by defeating the Boston Bruins 4 games to 2.
May 6 - Ottawa-Hull Canadiens won their Second Memorial Cup by defeating the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League's Regina Pats 4 games to 2. The deciding Game 6 was played at Ottawa Auditorium
November 29 – Winnipeg Blue Bombers won their Fourth Grey Cup by defeating the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 35–28 in the 46th Grey Cup played at Empire Stadium in Vancouver

January 10 – Terrence Scammell, voice director and voice actor
January 29 – Glen Cochrane, ice hockey player and scout
February 15 – Peter Butler, long-distance runner
February - Grant Bristow a CSIS asset with links to the Heritage Front white supremacist group
February 23
* Norm Spencer, actor
* Bob Stephen, Canadian football player
March 8 – Raymond Simard, politician
March 30 – Maurice LaMarche, voice actor
April 7 – Ted Nolan, ice hockey player and coach
April 15 – Keith Acton, ice hockey player and coach
April 17 – Laslo Babits, javelin thrower
May 10 – Gaétan Boucher, speed skater and double Olympic gold medallist
May 13 – Claire Backhouse-Sharpe, badminton player
May 18 – Bob Chaperon, snooker and billiards player
June 24 – Jean Charest, lawyer and politician, 29th Premier of Quebec

July 1 – Tom Magee, powerlifter and strongman competitor
July 12 – Tonya Williams, actress
July 28 – Terry Fox, humanitarian, athlete and cancer treatment activist
August 6 – Lorne Saxberg, television journalist and news anchor
August 15 – Craig MacTavish, ice hockey player and coach
August 17 – Kirk Stevens, snooker player
August 19 – Darryl Sutter, ice hockey player and coach
August 22
* Lyle Bauer, Canadian football player and executive
* Colm Feore, American-born stage, film and television actor
August 29 – Linda Staudt, long-distance runner
September 7 – Peter Mettler, filmmaker
September 8 – Stevie Vallance, actress, voice actress, stage performer, singer, casting director and voice director
September 11 – Jeffrey A. Hutchings, fisheries scientist
September 14 – Rob McCall, ice dancer
September 16
* Diane Deans, politician
* Jennifer Tilly, actress and poker player
September 17 – Monte Solberg, politician and businessman
September 28 – Angella Taylor-Issajenko, sprinter

January 7 – Margaret Anglin, actress, director and producer
January 8 – John Duff, race car driver
January 16 – Charles Bélec, politician
April 1 – J. Arthur Ross, politician
May 12 – Lewis Stubbs, judge and politician
June 26 – George Orton, middle-distance runner and Olympic gold medallist, first Canadian to win an Olympic medal

July 21 – Joseph Oscar Lefebre Boulanger, politician and lawyer
September 2 – George Stewart Henry, politician and 10th Premier of Ontario
September 11
* Camillien Houde, politician and four-time mayor of Montreal
* Robert W. Service, poet and writer
October 2 – Charles Avery Dunning, politician, Minister and university chancellor
November 10 – Billy Boucher, ice hockey player
December 12 – Albert Walsh, Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland