Events from the year 1953 in Canada.
Incumbents
Crown
Federal government
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
Premiers
Territorial governments
Commissioners
Events
Arts and literature
Awards
Sport
Births
January to June
- January 7
- Dionne Brand, poet, novelist and non-fiction writer
- Morris Titanic, ice hockey player and coach
- January 19 â Richard Legendre, tennis player and politician
- January 29 â Pierre Jacob, politician
- February 5 â Eric Robinson, politician
- February 15
- David Chomiak, politician
- Gerald Keddy, politician
- February 16 â Lanny McDonald, ice hockey player
- February 17 â Borys Chambul, discus thrower
- February 18 â Robbie Bachman, drummer (d. 2023)
- February 20 â Gaëtan Dugas, early AIDS patient who was incorrectly identified as the "Patient Zero" who brought the epidemic to the United States (d.1984)
- March 10 â Debbie Brill, high jumper
- March 13 â Stephanie Berto, track and field athlete
- March 17 â Lewis Camden, politician
- April 2 â Janet Nutter, diver
- April 17 â Dany Laferrière, novelist and journalist
- April 18 â Rick Moranis, comedian, actor and musician
- May 11 â Celine Lomez, actress and singer
- May 14 â Tom Cochrane, singer-songwriter and musician
- May 21 - Kathleen Wynne, 25th premier of Ontario
- June 23
- Raymonde April, photographer
- Albina Guarnieri, politician and Minister
July to September
- July 3 â Dave Lewis, ice hockey player and coach
- July 9 â Margie Gillis, dancer and choreographer
- July 15
- Richard Margison, operatic tenor
- Mila Mulroney, wife of the 18th Prime Minister of Canada, Brian Mulroney
- July 22 â Paul Quarrington, novelist, playwright, screenwriter, filmmaker and musician
- July 25 â Barbara Haworth-Attard, children's author
- July 29 â Geddy Lee, singer, bassist and keyboardist
- August 11 â Greg Duhaime, middle-distance runner
- August 17 â Robert Thirsk, engineer and astronaut
- August 27 â Alex Lifeson, guitarist
- September 16 â Nancy Huston, novelist and essayist
- September 29 - Jean-Claude Lauzon, Quebec filmmaker (d. 1997)
- September 30 â S. M. Stirling, science fiction and fantasy author
October to December
- October 7 â Linda Griffiths, actress and playwright (d.2014)
- October 12 â Daniel Louis, film producer
- October 14 â Debbie Nightingale, film and television producer
- October 24
- Charles Colbourn, computer scientist and mathematician
- Jim Pettie, ice hockey player (d.2019)
- October 29 â Denis Potvin, ice hockey player
- November 7 â Lynne Naylor, designer, animator, director, and producer
- November 26 â Pam Barrett, politician (d.2008)
- November 28 â John Majhor, radio and television host (d.2007)
- December 7 â Carmen Rinke, boxer
- December 13 â Bob Gainey, ice hockey player and coach
- December 18 â Daniel Poliquin, novelist and translator
- December 23 â Holly Dale, film and television director and film producer
Deaths
See also
References