1952 in Canada

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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

New books

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