1966 in Canada

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Events from the year 1966 in Canada.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Elizabeth II
• Governor General: Georges Vanier
• Prime Minister: Lester B. Pearson
• Premier of Alberta: Ernest Manning
• Premier of British Columbia: W.A.C. Bennett
• Premier of Manitoba: Duff Roblin
• Premier of New Brunswick: Louis Robichaud
• Premier of Newfoundland: Joey Smallwood
• Premier of Nova Scotia: Robert Stanfield
• Premier of Ontario: John Robarts
• Premier of Prince Edward Island: Walter Shaw then Alex B. Campbell
• Premier of Quebec: Jean Lesage then Daniel Johnson, Sr.
• Premier of Saskatchewan: W. Ross Thatcher

Events

• January 1: The Canada Pension Plan and the Quebec Pension Plan both begin operation
• February 25: Toronto Transit Commission inaugurates the Bloor-Danforth Subway line.
• March 4: The Munsinger Affair is Canada's first major political sex scandal
• May 1: Army camps, RCAF stations, and the RCN's land-based installations become Canadian Forces bases. Training schools and the pay system are unified.
• May 18: Paul Joseph Chartier is killed when a bomb he is carrying goes off on Parliament Hill
• June 5: The Union Nationale under Daniel Johnson, Sr. is elected in Quebec.

Montreal Metro opens

• June 16: Daniel Johnson, Sr., becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Jean Lesage
• July 28: Alexander B. Campbell becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Walter Shaw
• September 1: The CBC becomes the first Canadian television network to broadcast in colour, followed within days by the private-sector CTV Television Network.
• October 14: Montreal inaugurates its metro system (see Montreal Metro).
• October 17: The Montreal Metro opens
• November 4: Bill C-243, The Canadian Forces Reorganization Act, is introduced in Parliament.
• December 31: The Centennial Flame in front of Parliament Hill is lit
• The Revolutionary Strategy and the Role of the Avant-Garde outlining the strategy of the FLQ is written.
• The Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program is established.

Arts and literature

New works

• Cold Mountain. Singing Hands Series 3 by B. P. Nichol
• The Circle Game by Margaret Atwood
• Expeditions by Margaret Atwood
• Speeches for Doctor Frankenstein by Margaret Atwood
• Beautiful Losers by Leonard Cohen

Awards

• See 1966 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
• Stephen Leacock Award: George Bain, Nursery Rhymes to Be Read Aloud by Young Parents with Old Children
• Vicky Metcalf Award: Fred Savage

Music

• March 3: Canadian Neil Young, joins Stephen Stills and Richie Furay to form Buffalo Springfield.

Television

• Star Trek premieres starring Montreal actor William Shatner

Sport

• March 12 – Bobby Hull sets the record for the most goals in an NHL season.
• Grey Cup – Saskatchewan Roughriders win 29–14 over the Ottawa Rough Riders
• Vanier Cup – St. Francis Xavier X-Men win 40–14 over the Waterloo Lutheran Golden Hawks
• Stanley Cup – Montreal Canadiens win 4–2 over the Detroit Red Wings

Births

January to March

• January 23 – Bernadette Bowyer, field hockey player
• January 24 – Michael Forgeron, rower and Olympic gold medalist
• January 30 – Doug Wood, pole vaulter
• February 27 – Donal Logue, actor
• March 1 – Susan Auch, speed skater and double Olympic silver medalist
• March 20 – Chris Gifford, field hockey player
• March 25 – Jeff Healey, jazz and blues-rock guitarist and vocalist (d.2008)
• March 25 – David Hohl, wrestler
• March 29 – Pamela Rai, swimmer and Olympic bronze medalist
• March 31 – Nathalie Gosselin, judoka

April to June

• April 24 – David Usher, rock singer-songwriter
• May 2 – Belinda Stronach, politician and Minister, businessperson and philanthropist
• May 11 – Michelle MacPherson, swimmer and Olympic bronze medalist
• May 12 – Anne Ottenbrite, swimmer and Olympic gold medalist
• May 23 – Gary Roberts, ice hockey player
• June 12 – Michael Redhill, poet, playwright and novelist
• June 18 – Kurt Browning, figure skater and four-time World Champion, choreographer
• June 24 – Debbie Fuller, diver
• June 26 – Kirk McLean, ice hockey player
• June 29 – John Part, darts player

July to September

• July 18 – Lila Feng, weather presenter
• August 27 – Gianni Vignaduzzi, track cyclist
• September 10 – Joe Nieuwendyk, ice hockey player and manager
• September 27 – Gerry Byrne, politician

October to December

• October 17 – Peter Milkovich, field hockey player and coach
• October 24 – Conrad Pla, kickboxer and actor

Kiefer Sutherland at The Paley Center for Media, November 2008

• October 25 – Wendel Clark, ice hockey player
• November 9 – Lisa Faust, field hockey player
• November 21 – Christopher Bowie, swimmer
• December 1 – Larry Walker, baseball player
• December 5 – Deb Whitten, field hockey player
• December 21 – Kiefer Sutherland, actor

Full date unknown

• Stéphane Demers, actor

Deaths

• February – Morris A. Gray, politician (b.1889)
• April 8 – Robert Methven Petrie, astronomer (b.1906)
• July 11 – Andrew McNaughton, army officer, politician and diplomat (b.1887)
• September 5 – William Murdoch Buchanan, politician (b.1897)
• September 15 – Leonard Brockington, lawyer, civil servant and first head of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) (b.1888)

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