1958 in Canada

Crown

Head of state (monarch) – Queen Elizabeth II (consort – Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh)

Federal government

Governor general – Vincent Massey (viceregal consort – Alice Massey)

Prime minister – John Diefenbaker

Lieutenant governors

Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – John J. Bowlen

Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Frank Mackenzie Ross

Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – John Stewart McDiarmid

Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – David Laurence MacLaren (until June 5) then Joseph Leonard O'Brien

Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland – Campbell Leonard Macpherson

Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Alistair Fraser (until January 15) then Edward Chester Plow

Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – John Keiller MacKay

Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Thomas William Lemuel Prowse (until March 31) then Frederick Walter Hyndman

Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Gaspard Fauteux (until February 14) then Onésime Gagnon

Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – William John Patterson (until February 3) then Frank Lindsay Bastedo

Premiers

Premier of Alberta – Ernest Manning

Premier of British Columbia – W.A.C. Bennett

Premier of Manitoba – Douglas Campbell (until June 30) then Dufferin Roblin

Premier of New Brunswick – Hugh John Flemming

Premier of Newfoundland – Joey Smallwood

Premier of Nova Scotia – Robert Stanfield

Premier of Ontario – Leslie Frost

Premier of Prince Edward Island – Alex Matheson

Premier of Quebec – Maurice Duplessis

Premier of Saskatchewan – Tommy Douglas

Commissioners

Commissioner of Yukon – Frederick Howard Collins

Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Robert Gordon Robertson

Events

January 16 – Louis St. Laurent is replaced by Lester B. Pearson as leader of the Liberal Party

February 19–20 – Rt Hon Ellen Fairclough first woman of the role of Prime Minister for two days during John Diefenbaker's absence from the country.

March 25 – The Avro Arrow flies for the first time

March 31 – John Diefenbaker leads the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada to a massive election victory.

April 5 – The Seymour Narrows is made more easily passable after Ripple Rock was destroyed in one of the largest planned non-nuclear explosions

May 12 – The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) agreement is signed between the United States and Canada.

June 17 – The Second Narrows Bridge in Vancouver collapses killing 18.

June 30 – Duff Roblin sworn in as premier of Manitoba

July 1 – Canada-wide television broadcasting starts

July 1 – The Lost Villages in Ontario are permanently flooded as part of the St. Lawrence Seaway construction project.

October 22 – Canada appoints, Margaret Meagher, the country's first female ambassador, to Israel.

October 23 – The third Springhill Mining Disaster occurs killing 74.

Full date unknown

Ellen Fairclough becomes Canada's first federal female cabinet minister.

Department of Physical Education started at the University of Saskatchewan

Arts and literature

July 16 – The Manitoba Theatre Centre opens.

New works

John Kenneth Galbraith's The Affluent Society

Farley Mowat's Coppermine Journey: An Account of a Great Adventure

Antonine Maillet's first novel Pointe-aux-Coques

Awards

See 1958 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.

Stephen Leacock Award: Eric Nicol, Girdle Me A Globe

Film

Morley Callaghan's Now That April's Here is made into a feature film

Allan Dwan directs his last film Enchanted Island

Music

Paul Anka has four hit singles and becomes one of the most popular singers in the world.

Sport

Grey Cup – Winnipeg Blue Bombers win 35–28 over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

Stanley Cup – Montreal Canadiens win 4–2 over the Boston Bruins.

NASCAR Grand National Series – American race car driver Lee Petty wins the 1958 Jim Mideon 500.

January to June

January 29 – Glen Cochrane, ice hockey player and scout

February 15 – Peter Butler, long-distance runner

February 23 – Bob Stephen, Canadian football player (d.2009)

March 8 – Raymond Simard, politician

April 7 – Ted Nolan, ice hockey player and coach

April 17 – Laslo Babits, javelin thrower

May 10 – Gaétan Boucher, speed skater and double Olympic gold medalist

May 18 – Bob Chaperon, snooker and billiards player

June 24 – Jean Charest, lawyer and politician, 29th Premier of Quebec

July to September

July 12 – Tonya Lee Williams, actress

July 28 – Terry Fox, humanitarian, athlete and cancer treatment activist (d.1981)

August 6 – Lorne Saxberg, television journalist and news anchor (d.2006)

August 15 – Craig MacTavish, ice hockey player and coach

August 17 – Kirk Stevens, snooker player

August 19 – Darryl Sutter, ice hockey player and coach

August 22 - Colm Feore, American-born stage, film and television actor

August 29 – Linda Staudt, long-distance runner

September 16 – Jennifer Tilly, actress and poker player

September 17 – Monte Solberg, politician and Minister

September 28 – Angella Taylor-Issajenko, sprinter

October to December

October 8 – Neile Graham, poet and scholar

November 3 – Kevin Sorenson, politician

November 6 – Kevin Doherty, judoka

November 19 – Joe Jordan, politician

December 12 – Lucie Guay, canoe racer

December 25 – Alannah Myles, singer-songwriter

Full date unknown

Kim Rabot (d.1975)

Gordon Stewart Anderson, writer (d.1991)

January to June

January 7 – Margaret Anglin, actress, director and producer (b.1876)

January 16 – Charles Bélec, politician (b.1872)

April 1 – J. Arthur Ross, politician (b.1893)

May 12 – Lewis Stubbs, judge and politician (b.1878)

June 26 – George Orton, middle-distance runner and Olympic gold medalist, first Canadian to win an Olympic medal (b.1873)

July to December

July 21 – Joseph Oscar Lefebre Boulanger, politician and lawyer (b.1888)

September 2 – George Stewart Henry, politician and 10th Premier of Ontario (b.1871)

September 11 – Camillien Houde, politician and four-time mayor of Montreal (b.1889)

September 11 – Robert W. Service, poet and writer (b.1874)

October 2 – Charles Avery Dunning, politician, Minister and university chancellor (b.1885)

November 10 – Billy Boucher, ice hockey player (b.1899)