Events from the year 1950 in Canada.
Incumbents
Crown
Monarch – George VI
Federal government
Governor General – the Viscount Alexander of Tunis
Prime Minister – Louis St. Laurent
Chief Justice – Thibaudeau Rinfret (Quebec) Parliament – 21st
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – John C. Bowen (until February 1) then John J. Bowlen Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Charles Arthur Banks (until October 1) then Clarence Wallace Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Roland Fairbairn McWilliams Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – David Laurence MacLaren Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland – Leonard Outerbridge Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – John Alexander Douglas McCurdy Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Ray Lawson Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Joseph Alphonsus Bernard (until October 4) then Thomas William Lemuel Prowse Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Eugène Fiset (until October 3) then Gaspard Fauteux Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – John Michael Uhrich
Premiers
Premier of Alberta – Ernest Manning
Premier of British Columbia – Byron Johnson
Premier of Manitoba – Douglas Campbell
Premier of New Brunswick – John McNair
Premier of Newfoundland – Joey Smallwood
Premier of Nova Scotia – Angus Macdonald
Premier of Ontario – Leslie Frost
Premier of Prince Edward Island – J. Walter Jones
Premier of Quebec – Maurice Duplessis
Premier of Saskatchewan – Tommy Douglas
Territorial governments
Commissioners
Commissioner of Yukon – John Edward Gibben (until August 15) then Andrew Harold Gibson Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Hugh Llewellyn Keenleyside (until November 14) then Hugh Andrew Young
Events
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 in Canadian history. Early May - The Winnipeg Flood along the Red River causes immense damage and one death in Winnipeg May 29 - The St. Roch becomes the first vessel to circumnavigate North America 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.
Full date unknown
Cité libre magazine is first published
British Columbia Provincial Police are disestablished.
Arts and literature
Awards
See 1950 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and nominees for those awards. Stephen Leacock Award: Earle Birney, Turvey
Sport
April 23 - The Detroit Red Wings win their fourth Stanley Cup by defeating the New York Rangers 4 games to 3. Due to scheduling conflicts at Madison Square Garden, all of the Rangers' home games were played at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto May 6 - The Quebec Junior Hockey League's Montreal Junior Canadiens win their first Memorial Cup by defeating the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League's Regina Pats 4 games to 1. All games were held at Montreal Forum. November 25 - The Toronto Argonauts win their ninth Grey Cup by defeating the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 13–0 in the 38th Grey Cup played at Varsity Stadium in Toronto
Births
January to March
January 5
Tom Benner, sculptor (d. 2022) John Manley, lawyer, businessman and politician, Deputy Prime Minister January 13 - Joe Fontana, politician January 17 - Jean Poirier, politician
January 18 - Gilles Villeneuve, motor racing driver (d. 1982) 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