Events from the year 1953 in Canada.
Incumbents
Crown
Monarch – Elizabeth II
Federal government
Governor General – Vincent Massey
Prime Minister – Louis St. Laurent
Chief Justice – Thibaudeau Rinfret (Quebec) Parliament – 21st (until 13 June) then 22nd (from 12 November)
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – John J. Bowlen
Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Clarence Wallace
Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Roland Fairbairn McWilliams (until August 1) then John Stewart McDiarmid Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – David Laurence MacLaren Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland – Leonard Outerbridge Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Alistair Fraser Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Louis Orville Breithaupt Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Thomas William Lemuel Prowse Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Gaspard Fauteux Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – William John Patterson
Premiers
Premier of Alberta – Ernest Manning
Premier of British Columbia – W.A.C. Bennett
Premier of Manitoba – Douglas Campbell
Premier of New Brunswick – Hugh John Flemming
Premier of Newfoundland – Joey Smallwood
Premier of Nova Scotia – Angus Macdonald
Premier of Ontario – Leslie Frost
Premier of Prince Edward Island – J. Walter Jones (until May 25) then Alex Matheson Premier of Quebec – Maurice Duplessis Premier of Saskatchewan – Tommy Douglas
Territorial governments
Commissioners
Commissioner of Yukon – Wilfred George Brown
Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Hugh Andrew Young (until November 15) then Robert Gordon Robertson
Events
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.
Arts and literature
Awards
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
Sport
April 16 - Montreal Canadiens won 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 - Ontario Hockey Association's Barrie Flyers won 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 - Hamilton Tiger-Cats won their First Grey Cup by defeating the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 12–6 in the 41st Grey Cup played at Toronto's Varsity Stadium