Events
- March 31 - Newfoundland becomes Canada's 10th province at a fraction of a second from April 1, April Fools' Day.
- April 1 - Joey Smallwood becomes the first premier of Newfoundland as a Canadian province
- April 4 - Canada joins the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
- May 4 - Leslie Frost becomes premier of Ontario, replacing Thomas Kennedy
- June 27 - Federal election: Louis Saint Laurent's Liberals win a fourth consecutive majority
- August 22 - Queen Charlotte earthquake: Canada's largest earthquake since the 1700 Cascadia earthquake
- September 9 - Albert Guay affair: in-flight bombing of a Canadian Pacific Airlines DC-3 en route from Quebec City to Baie-Comeau
- September 14 - The Noronic, the largest Canadian passenger ship on the Great Lakes, is destroyed by a fire while docked in Toronto, killing 118.
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—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)