1957 in Canada - Events

Events

  • January 1 – The first Canadian peackeepers arrive in Egypt after the Suez Crisis
  • January 17 – HMCS Bonaventure, Canada's only aircraft carrier, is commissioned
  • March 6 – Quebec's Padlock Law is ruled unconstitutional
  • March 20 – The seven month long Murdochville Strike begins
  • March 28 – The Canada Council is established
  • April 15 - White Rock secedes from Surrey in British Columbia following a referendum.
  • June 10 – Federal election: John Diefenbaker's PCs win a minority, defeating Louis Saint Laurent's Liberals
  • June 21 – John Diefenbaker becomes prime minister, replacing Louis Saint Laurent
  • July 31 – The DEW Line begins operation
  • September 12 – Canada and the United States sign the NORAD agreement
  • October 4 – The first prototype Avro Arrow is presented to the media. The rollout is completely overshadowed by the flight of Sputnik I the same day.
  • October 12 – Foreign Minister Lester B. Pearson wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on the Suez Crisis
  • October 13 – Elizabeth II opens the Canadian parliament, the first monarch to do so
  • Thanksgiving is moved to its current date
  • Equalization payments are established.

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