Events from the year 1952 in Canada.
Incumbents
Crown
Monarch – George VI (until February 6) then Elizabeth II
Federal government
Governor General – the Viscount Alexander of Tunis (until February 28), then Vincent Massey Prime Minister – Louis St. Laurent Chief Justice – Thibaudeau Rinfret (Quebec) Parliament – 21st
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
Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – David Laurence MacLaren
Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland – Leonard Outerbridge
Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – John Alexander Douglas McCurdy (until September 1) then Alistair Fraser Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Ray Lawson (until February 18) then 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 – Byron Johnson (until August 1) then W.A.C. Bennett
Premier of Manitoba – Douglas Campbell
Premier of New Brunswick – John McNair (until October 8) then 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
Premier of Quebec – Maurice Duplessis
Premier of Saskatchewan – Tommy Douglas
Territorial governments
Commissioners
Commissioner of Yukon – Frederick Fraser (until November 5) then Wilfred George Brown Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Hugh Andrew Young
Events
January 24 – Vincent Massey appointed first Canada-born Governor-General of Canada February 6 – Elizabeth II becomes Queen of Canada upon the death of her father George VI. June 11 – Saskatchewan election: Tommy Douglas's Co-operative Commonwealth Federation wins a third consecutive majority May 25 – Korean War: Canadian troops are dispatched to the troubled Geoje POW Camp August 1 – W.A.C. Bennett becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing Byron Johnson August 5 – Alberta election: Ernest Manning's Social Credit Party wins a fifth consecutive majority September 6 – The first CBC Television station, CBFT, goes on the air in Montreal, Quebec September 8 – CBLT (CBC Toronto) goes on air September 11 – Volkswagen of Canada is founded. September 16 – The Boyd Gang is captured October 2 – Korean War: , while shelling an enemy train in Korea, is hit by return fire from shore batteries. Three sailors were killed and 10 wounded: the only Royal Canadian Navy casualties of the war. October 8 – Hugh John Flemming becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing John McNair October 14 – Lester B. Pearson is elected President of the United Nations General Assembly.
Full date unknown
Fighting in the Korean War drags on as the factions attempt to negotiate an armistice. The pension system is reformed with the introduction of the Old Age Security Act. Roy Thomson acquires The Scotsman and emigrates to Britain Painters Eleven founded. Atomic Energy Canada founded. Manitoba women were first permitted to serve on juries. (New Brunswick women become jurors in 1954, and PEI women in 1966).
Arts and literature
New books
Thomas B. Costain: The Silver Chalice
Awards
See 1952 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards. Stephen Leacock Award: Jan Hilliard, The Salt Box
Sport
February 24 – Canada men's national ice hockey team (represented by the Edmonton Mercurys) win their 7th (consecutive and last until 2002) Gold Medal at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway April 15 – The Detroit Red Wings win their fifth Stanley Cup by defeating the Montreal Canadiens 4 games to 0. May 2 – The Ontario Hockey Association's Guelph Biltmore Mad Hatters win their only Memorial Cup by defeating the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League's Regina Pats 4 games to 0. The deciding Game 4 was played at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto November 29 – The Toronto Argonauts win their tenth (and last until 1983) Grey Cup by defeating the Edmonton Eskimos 21–11 in the 40th Grey Cup played at Toronto's Varsity Stadium
