Events
- February 20: Avro Arrow project is terminated
- April 1: The St. Lawrence Seaway opens
- June 11: Ontario general election, 1959: Leslie Frost's PCs win a fifth consecutive majority
- June 18: Alberta general election, 1959: Ernest Manning's Social Credit Party wins a seventh consecutive majority
- June 20: The Escuminac Disaster results in 35 fishermen drowned or missing and 22 fishing boats sunk.
- September 7: Maurice Duplessis, Premier of Quebec, dies in office
- September 11: Paul Sauvé becomes premier of Quebec
- September 15: Georges Vanier is sworn in as Governor General replacing Vincent Massey. He is the first French Canadian Governor General.
- September 16: Walter Shaw becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Alex Matheson
- October 12: Isabella Memorial (Montreal) unveiled
- November 18: Canadian content rules are introduced for television
- December 2: York University is founded
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