1963 in Canada

January 1 – Cheryl Dick, netball player
January 9 – Larry Cain, sprint canoer and Olympic gold medallist
January 12 – Ken Fitzpatrick, swimmer
January 19 – Steve Peters, politician and Minister
January 25 – Paul Dewar, educator and politician (d. 2019)
February 12 – Ron Schuler, politician
February 21 – Lori Fung, rhythmic gymnast
March 1 – Ron Francis, ice hockey player and coach
March 17 – Lawrence Ytzhak Braithwaite, novelist, spoken word artist, dub poet, essayist and musician (d. 2008)
March 26 – Roch Voisine, singer-songwriter, actor and radio and television host
March 28 – Sharon Hambrook, synchronized swimmer
March 30
- Wayne Gordon, boxer
- Carol Klimpel, swimmer

Eric McCormack in April 2012

April 4
- Vince Ditrich, rock musician
- Dale Hawerchuk, ice hockey player
- Jim Wilson, politician
April 14 – John Kalbhenn, boxer
April 17 – Penny & Vicky Vilagos, synchronized swimmers
April 18 – Eric McCormack, actor, musician, writer and producer
April 27 – Joe Peschisolido, politician and businessman
April 27 – Cali Timmins, actress

Harper at the G8 summit, June 6, 2007

April 28 – Lloyd Eisler, pair skater
May 5
- James LaBrie, vocalist (Dream Theater)
- Susan Whelan, politician and Minister
May 9 – Joe Cirella, ice hockey player and coach
May 11 – Roark Critchlow, actor
May 17 – Michelle Conn, field hockey player
May 25 – Mike Myers, actor, comedian, screenwriter and film producer
May 26 – Richard Crouse, film critic
June – Laureen Harper, wife of Prime Minister Stephen Harper
June 4 – Carey Nelson, long-distance runner
June 6 – Bernard Drainville, Canadian journalist and politician
June 17 – Sandra Greaves, judoka
June 23 – Laureen Harper, wife of Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper
June 24 – Barbara Underhill, pairs figure skater and World Champion
June 25 – Doug Gilmour, ice hockey player and coach
June 25 – Yann Martel, author^[3]

July 11 – Al MacInnis, ice hockey player
July 11 – Sandra Schmirler, curler, Olympic gold medallist and World Champion (d. 2000)
July 12 – Andy Savoy, politician and engineer
July 28 – Gregory Henriquez, architect
July 30 – Albert Schultz, actor and director
August 2 – Russell Smith, novelist and newspaper columnist
August 8 – Stephen Walkom, ice hockey official and executive
September 2 – Gerard Gallant, ice hockey player and coach
September 7 – Karen Dianne Baldwin, Miss Universe 1982
September 9 – Kathryn Johnson, field hockey player^[4]
September 25 – Karin Larsen, synchronized swimmer and broadcaster
September 29 – Dave Andreychuk, ice hockey player

Julie Payette

Deaths edit

January 2 – Jack Carson, actor (b. 1910)^[5]
March 27 – Gaspard Fauteux, politician, Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada and Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec (b. 1898)
May 12 – Robert Kerr, sprinter and Olympic gold medallist (b.1882)
June 23 – Herbert Alexander Bruce, surgeon and 15th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (b.1868)
August 19 – Kathleen Parlow, violinist (b.1890)
September 8 – Leslie Gordon Bell, politician and lawyer (b. 1889)
October 8 – Grace Darmond, Canadian-born actress (b. 1893)^[6]

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^ Lentz, Harris M. (4 February 2014). Heads of States and Governments Since 1945. Routledge. p. 143. ISBN 978-1-134-26490-2.
^ Bloom, Clive (2008). Bestsellers: popular fiction since 1900. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 322. ISBN 978-0-230-53688-3.
^ "Kathryn JOHNSON - Olympic Hockey | Canada". International Olympic Committee. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
^ "Jack Carson". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
^ Darmond, Grace (1898–1963)