1964 in Canada

See also: 1963 in Canada, other events of 1964, 1965 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.

1 Incumbents
2 Events
3 Arts and literature
4 Births
5 Deaths

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Incumbents

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Events

April - Canadians are issued Social Insurance cards for the first time
April 22 - Saskatchewan election: Ross Thatcher's Liberals win a majority, defeating Woodrow Lloyd's Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
March 13 - Canada begins a decades-long peacekeeping mission in Cyprus
March 23 - George Stanley first describes and sketches the proposal for Canada's new flag that is eventually accepted
May 2 - Northern Dancer wins the Kentucky Derby
May 22 - W. Ross Thatcher is sworn in as Premier of Saskatchewan
May 27 - The Prime Minister unveils the "Pearson Pennant", his preferred, but ultimately unsuccessful, design for a new national flag.
June 15 - The Great Flag Debate begins in the House of Commons.
July 16 - Canada extends its exclusive fishing zone to 12 miles off-shore
Summer - At the Olympic Games held in Tokyo, Japan, Canada wins only a single Gold Medal
September 10 - After almost three months of debate in the Commons, the flag question is referred to an all-party committee.
September 17 - The flag committee meets for the first time.
October 5 - Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip begin an eight-day visit to Canada.
October 22 - The flag committee makes its final selection of the design that will become the national flag.
November 30 - John Diefenbaker launches a filibuster to try to prevent the introduction of a new Canadian flag
December 16 - Bill creating the new Flag of Canada passed in the House of Commons after much controversy
Canada pulls its peacekeepers out of Zaire
Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs win 4-3 over the Detroit Red Wings
Grey Cup: British Columbia Lions win 34-24 over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Glenn Gould gives up doing live performances
Governor General Georges Vanier hosts the "Canadian Conference of the Family"
Innis College founded at the University of Toronto