1952 in Canada

"See also:"
1951 in Canada,
other events of 1952,
1953 in Canada and the
list of 'years in Canada'.

Incumbents

* Monarchy in Canada: King George VI then Queen Elizabeth II
* Governor General: Earl Alexander of Tunis then Vincent Massey
* Prime Minister: Louis Saint Laurent
* Premier of Alberta: Ernest Manning
* Premier of British Columbia: Byron Johnson then W.A.C. Bennett
* Premier of Manitoba: Douglas Campbell
* Premier of New Brunswick: John McNair then Hugh John Flemming
* 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

Events

* January 24: Vincent Massey appointed first Canada-born Governor-General of Canada
* February 6: Elizabeth II becomes Queen of Canada upon the death of her father George VI.
* February 14–February 25: Winter Olympics in Oslo, Canada wins men's hockey gold
* February 24: At the 1952 Winter Olympics the Canadian hockey team wins gold
* June 11: Saskatchewan election: Tommy Douglas's Co-operative Commonwealth Federation wins a third consecutive majority
* May 25: Korean War: Canadian troops are dispatched to the troubled Koje-Do POW facility
* August 1: W.A.C. Bennett becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing Byron Johnson
* August 5: Alberta election: Ernest Manning's Social Credit Party wins a fifth consecutive majority
* Fighting in the Korean War drags on as the factions attempt to negotiate an armistice.
* September 6: The first CBC Television station, CBFT, goes on the air in Montreal, Quebec
* September 8: CBLT (CBC Toronto) goes on air
* September 16: The Boyd Gang is captured
* October 8: Hugh John Flemming becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing John McNair
* October 14: Lester B. Pearson is elected President of the United Nations General Assembly
* The pension system is reformed with the introduction of the Old Age Security Act.
* The Detroit Red Wings sweep the Montreal Canadiens to win the Stanley Cup
* Roy Thomson acquires "The Scotsman" and emigrates to Britain
* Painters Eleven founded
* Atomic Energy Canada founded

Arts and culture

: New books
* Thomas B. Costain: "The Silver Chalice": Literary awards
* See 1952 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
* Stephen Leacock Award: Jan Hilliard, "The Salt Box"

Births

* February 3: Wayne Erdman, judoka
* February 18: Bernard Valcourt, politician
* February 27: Maureen McTeer, wife of Joe Clark
* March 4: Svend Robinson, politician
* May 13: Mary Walsh, politician
* May 17: Howard Hampton, Ontario politician
* June 2: Ferron, musician
* June 22: Graham Greene, actor
* June 29: David Dingwall, politician
* July 1: Dan Aykroyd, actor
* July 1: Deborah Grey, politician
* July 3: Rohinton Mistry, author
* July 6: George Athans, water skier
* July 25: Nancy Allan, Manitoba politician
* August 9: Gary Kowalski, Manitoba politician
* September 8: Sue Barnes, politician
* September 10: Vic Toews, politician
* September 12: Neil Peart, musician
* October 2: Marie Deschamps, jurist
* October 22: Peggy Baker, dancer
* November 10: Jim Maloway. Manitoba politician
* November 16: Candas Dorsey, poet and novelist
* November 27: Sheila Copps, politician
* December 12: Herb Dhaliwal, cabinet minister
* Di Brandt, poet
* David Macfarlane, journalist and novelist

Deaths

* August 30: Henri Bourassa, Quebec politician