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The future Queen, Princess Elizabeth and husband Prince Philip visit Toronto as part of a cross-Canada tour. [28] December 1: The Toronto-Barrie Highway opens. 1952: July 1: The Toronto-Barrie Highway is renamed as Highway 400: September 8: Ontario's first television station, CBLT, begins broadcasting in Toronto. November 1
By the end of the season, which began early and ended late, 184,493 square kilometres burned in Canada, the equivalent of nearly 1.5 times the size of the Maritime Provinces. [46] June 8 – Smoke from several wildfires in Ontario and Québec cause an eery orange sky in New York City sparking "Eh!POCALYPSE NOW" and "BLAME CANADA!"
The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto was an upper-tier level of municipal government in Ontario, Canada, from 1953 to 1998. It was made up of the old city of Toronto and numerous townships, towns and villages that surrounded Toronto, which were starting to urbanize rapidly after World War II. It was commonly referred to as "Metro Toronto ...
April 5 – The Just Desserts shooting occurs in Toronto, May 10 – Annular solar eclipse happened in Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes. June – An Ontario farmer is allowed to grow 10 acres (40,000 m 2) of marijuana for research purposes.
Canada sends a delegation to the Paris Peace Talks, the conference resolving war issues. Canada signs the Versailles treaty as part of the British Empire, with parliament's approval. [91] Prohibition in Canada ends federally. [92] 1919: May 15 -June 26: The largest strike in Canadian history; the Winnipeg General strike occurs. Soldiers ...
Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario.With a population of 2,794,356 in 2021, [10] it is the fourth-most populous city in North America.
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November 24 – The Saskatchewan Huskies win their first Vanier Cup by defeating the Saint Mary's Huskies 24 to 21 in the 26th Vanier Cup played at Skydome in Toronto November 25 – The Winnipeg Blue Bombers win their tenth Grey Cup by defeating the Edmonton Eskimos 50 to 11 in the 78th Grey Cup at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver .