Deaths
- January 2 - James White, World War I flying ace (b.1893)
- January 6 - Samuel McLaughlin, businessman and philanthropist (b.1871)
- April 7 - Woodrow Stanley Lloyd, politician and 8th Premier of Saskatchewan (b.1913)
- August 20 - A. M. Klein, poet, journalist, novelist, short story writer and lawyer (b.1909)
- October 31 - Bill Durnan, ice hockey player (b.1916)
- December 27 - Lester B. Pearson, politician, 14th Prime Minister of Canada, diplomat and 1957 Nobel Peace Prize recipient (b.1897)
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