Events from the year 1958 in Canada.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Queen Elizabeth II
• Governor General - Vincent Massey then Georges Vanier
• Prime Minister - John Diefenbaker
• Premier of Alberta - Ernest Manning
• Premier of British Columbia - W.A.C. Bennett
• Premier of Manitoba - Douglas Campbell then Duff Roblin
• Premier of New Brunswick - Hugh John Flemming
• Premier of Newfoundland - Joey Smallwood
• Premier of Nova Scotia - Robert Stanfield
• Premier of Ontario - Leslie Frost
• Premier of Prince Edward Island - Alex Matheson then Walter Shaw
• Premier of Quebec - Maurice Duplessis then Paul Sauvé
• Premier of Saskatchewan - Tommy Douglas

Events

• January 16 - Louis St. Laurent is replaced by Lester B. Pearson as leader of the Liberal Party
• February 19-20 - The Right Honourable Ellen Fairclough assumes the role of Prime Minister for a day.
• March 25 - The Avro Arrow flies for the first time
• March 31 - John Diefenbaker leads the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada to a massive election victory.
• April 5 - The Seymour Narrows is made more easily passable after Ripple Rock was destroyed in one of the largest planned non-nuclear explosions
• May 12 - The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) agreement is signed between the United States and Canada.
• June 17 - The Second Narrows Bridge in Vancouver collapses killing 18.
• July 1 - Canada-wide television broadcasting starts
• July 1 - The Lost Villages in Ontario are permanently flooded as part of the St. Lawrence Seaway construction project.
• July 16 - Duff Roblin sworn in as premier of Manitoba
• October 23 - The third Springhill Mining Disaster occurs killing 74.
• Department of Physical Education started at the University of Saskatchewan

Arts and literature

• July 16 - The Manitoba Theatre Centre opens.

New works

• John Kenneth Galbraith's The Affluent Society
• Farley Mowat's Coppermine Journey: An Account of a Great Adventure
• Antonine Maillet's first novel Pointe-aux-Coques

Awards

• See 1958 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
• Stephen Leacock Award: Eric Nicol, Girdle Me A Globe

Film

• Morley Callaghan's Now That April's Here is made into a feature film
• Allan Dwan directs his last film Enchanted Island

Music

• Paul Anka has four hit singles and becomes one of the most popular singers in the world.

Sport

• Grey Cup - Winnipeg Blue Bombers win 35-28 over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
• Stanley Cup - Montreal Canadiens win 4-2 over the Boston Bruins.

Births

January to June

• February 23 - Bob Stephen, Canadian football player (d.2009)

Jean Charest

• March 8 - Raymond Simard, politician
• April 7 - Ted Nolan, ice hockey player and coach
• May 10 - Gaétan Boucher, speed skater and double Olympic gold medalist
• May 18 - Bob Chaperon, snooker and billiards player
• June 24 - Jean Charest, lawyer and politician, 29th Premier of Quebec

July to September

Terry Fox

• July 12 - Tonya Lee Williams, actress
• July 28 - Terry Fox, humanitarian, athlete and cancer treatment activist (d.1981)
• August 6 - Lorne Saxberg, television journalist and news anchor (d.2006)
• August 15 - Craig MacTavish, ice hockey player and coach
• August 17 - Kirk Stevens, snooker player
• August 19 - Darryl Sutter, ice hockey player and coach
• September 16 - Jennifer Tilly, actress and poker player
• September 17 - Monte Solberg, politician and Minister
• September 28 - Angella Taylor-Issajenko, sprinter

October to December

• October 8 - Neile Graham, poet and scholar
• November 3 - Kevin Sorenson, politician
• November 6 - Kevin Doherty, judoka
• November 19 - Joe Jordan, politician
• December 25 - Alannah Myles, singer-songwriter

Full date unknown

• Gordon Stewart Anderson, writer (d.1991)

Deaths

Robert W.

January to June

• January 7 - Margaret Anglin, actress, director and producer (b.1876)
• January 16 - Charles Bélec, politician (b.1872)
• April 1 - J. Arthur Ross, politician (b.1893)
• May 12 - Lewis St. George Stubbs, judge and politician (b.1878)
• June 26 - George Orton, middle-distance runner and Olympic gold medalist, first Canadian to win an Olympic medal (b.1873)

July to December

• July 21 - Joseph Oscar Lefebre Boulanger, politician and lawyer (b.1888)
• September 2 - George Stewart Henry, politician and 10th Premier of Ontario (b.1871)
• September 11 - Camillien Houde, politician and four-time mayor of Montreal (b.1889)
• September 11 - Robert W. Service, poet and writer (b.1874)
• October 2 - Charles Avery Dunning, politician, Minister and university chancellor (b.1885)
• November 10 - Billy Boucher, ice hockey player (b.1899)