1963 in Canada

Events from the year 1963 in Canada.

Incumbents

February 4: Defence Minister Douglas Harkness resigns after Prime Minister Diefenbaker refuses to accept nuclear weapons from the United States
February 5: The Diefenbaker government collapses over the Bomarc Missile Crisis and an election is called
March 1: Simon Fraser University is founded
April 8: Federal election: Lester Pearson's Liberals win a minority, defeating John Diefenbaker's PCs
April 9: Canadian Recording Industry Association is established
April 20: The Front de libération du Québec sets off its first bombs in Quebec
April 22: Lester Pearson becomes Prime Minister, replacing John Diefenbaker
May 27: The Northern Alberta Institute of Technology opens
June 17: 1963 Alberta general election: Ernest Manning's Alberta Social Credit Party wins an eighth consecutive majority
July 22: The Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism is announced
August 1: An explosion kills 8 people, including 5 children, in the town of Hanmer near Sudbury, Ontario
September 21: Place des Arts opens in Montreal
September 25: 1963 Ontario general election: John Robarts's PCs win a sixth consecutive majority
November 29: 118 are killed in the Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831 crash near Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec
December 23: plans to build the National Arts Centre are approved

March 16 – The McMaster Marlins win the first University Cup by defeating the UBC Thunderbirds 3 to 2 at the Kingston Memorial Centre
April 18 – The Toronto Maple Leafs win their 11th Stanley Cup by defeating the Detroit Red Wings. The deciding Game 5 is played at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto
April 22 – Winnipeg awarded the 1967 Pan Am Games
May 11 – The Central Alberta Hockey League's Edmonton Oil Kings win their First Memorial Cup by defeating Ontario Hockey Association's Niagara Falls Flyers 4 games to 2. All games were played at Edmonton Gardens.
November 30 – The Hamilton Tiger-Cats win their third Grey Cup by defeating the BC Lions 21–10 in the 51st Grey Cup played Empire Stadium in Vancouver.

January 1 – Cheryl Dick, netball player
January 9 – Larry Cain, sprint canoer and Olympic gold medallist
January 12 – Ken Fitzpatrick, swimmer
January 19 – Steve Peters, politician and Minister
January 25 – Paul Dewar, educator and politician
February 12 – Ron Schuler, politician
February 21 – Lori Fung, rhythmic gymnast
March 1 – Ron Francis, ice hockey player and coach
March 17 – Lawrence Ytzhak Braithwaite, novelist, spoken word artist, dub poet, essayist and musician
March 26 – Roch Voisine, singer-songwriter, actor and radio and television host
March 28 – Sharon Hambrook, synchronized swimmer
March 30
*Wayne Gordon, boxer
*Carol Klimpel, swimmer

January 2 – Jack Carson, actor
March 27 – Gaspard Fauteux, politician, Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada and Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec
May 12 – Robert Kerr, sprinter and Olympic gold medallist
June 23 – Herbert Alexander Bruce, surgeon and 15th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
August 19 – Kathleen Parlow, violinist
September 8 – Leslie Gordon Bell, politician and lawyer
October 8 – Grace Darmond, Canadian-born actress