Events from the year 1950 in Canada .
Provincial governments [ edit ] Lieutenant governors [ edit ] Territorial governments [ edit ] January 14 - The first non-stop trans-Canada flight is made
February 14 - Nancy Hodges of British Columbia becomes the first woman in the Commonwealth elected speaker of a legislature
Early May - The Winnipeg Flood along the Red River causes immense damage and one death in Winnipeg
May 29 - The St. Roch
August 7 - Canada joins a United Nations force to fight in Korean War
August 22 – August 30 - Rail workers strike shuts down much of the Canadian economy
October 31 - The oil pipeline linking Edmonton to Sarnia is completed
November 28 - Canada joins onto the Colombo Plan
December 18 - Korean War : First Canadian troops arrive in Korea . Arts and literature [ edit ] John Manley January 5
January 13 - Joe Fontana , politician
January 17 - Jean Poirier , politician
January 18 - Gilles Villeneuve , motor racing driver (d. 1982 )
February 2 - Kevin Gillis , writer, producer and director
February 8 - Keith Milligan , politician
February 9 - Tom Wappel , politician
February 12 - Michael Ironside , actor, voice actor, producer, film director and screenwriter
March 6 - Bruce Simpson , pole vaulter
March 17 - Jackson Davies , actor
March 23 - Jerry Storie , politician
March 23 - Ralph Eichler , politician
March 26 - Martin Short , comedian, actor, writer, singer and producer April 1 - Daniel Paillé , leader of the Bloc Québécois
April 16 - Robert Dutil , Canadian businessman and politician
April 19 - Gérard Asselin , politician and MP for Charlevoix and Manicouagan (1993-2011) (d. 2013 )
May 2 - Jose Kusugak , Inuk politician (d. 2011 )
May 10 – Dale Wilson , voice actor
May 12 - Louise Portal , actress, singer, and director
May 27 - Brent St. Denis , politician
June 1 - Perrin Beatty , corporate executive and politician
June 7 - John Wood , Olympic canoeist (d. 2013 )
June 12 - David Onley , broadcaster and Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (d. 2023 )
June 19 - Rosie Shuster , comedy writer and actress
June 21 - Anne Carson , poet, essayist, translator and professor of Classics and comparative literature
June 25 – Barbara Gowdy , novelist
June 27 - Rick Cluff , radio journalist (d. 2024 ) Jack Layton July 2 - Lee Maracle , writer and academic (d. 2021 )
July 5 - Deepak Obhrai , politician (d. 2019 )
July 6 - Hélène Scherrer , politician and Minister
July 7 - Leon Benoit , politician
July 18 - Jack Layton , politician, leader of New Democratic Party of Canada (2003-2011) and Leader of the Official Opposition (2011) (d. 2011 )
July 20 - Lucille Lemay , archer[ 3]
August 2 - Sue Rodriguez , advocate for assisted suicide (d. 1994 )
August 6 - Carole Pope , rock singer-songwriter
August 15 - Ron Lemieux , ice hockey player and politician
August 16 - Stockwell Day , politician
August 31 - Anne McLellan , academic, politician, Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
September 8 - Richard Henry Bain , criminal who is charged with the September 4, 2012, Montreal, Quebec, shooting that killed Denis Blanchette.
September 9 - Janis Babson (d. 1961 )
September 16 - Sheila Fraser , Auditor General of Canada
September 18 - Darryl Sittler , ice hockey player October to December [ edit ] John Candy Dennis Fentie October 17 – Val Ross , writer and journalist (d. 2008 )
October 31 - John Candy , comedian and actor (d. 1994 )
November 2 - Wendy Lill , playwright and politician
November 2 - Daryl Reid , politician
November 5 - Susan Nattrass , sport shooter
November 8 - Dennis Fentie , politician and 7th Premier of the Yukon
November 14 - Colleen Peterson , singer (d. 1996 )
December 18 - Martha Johnson , pop singer and songwriter
December 20 - Carolyn Bennett , politician
December 21 - Lap-Chee Tsui , geneticist William Lyon Mackenzie King July 22 - William Lyon Mackenzie King , lawyer, economist, university professor, civil servant, journalist, politician and 10th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874 )
July 25 - Gleason Belzile , politician (b. 1898 )
August 1 - Humphrey Mitchell , politician and trade unionist (b. 1894 )
August 2 - Pierre-François Casgrain , politician and Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada (b. 1886 )
October 19 - Charles Ballantyne , politician, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate (b. 1867 )
November 11 - John Knox Blair , politician, physician and teacher (b. 1873 )
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