Events from the year 1947 in Canada. [edit] Events [edit] New books [edit] Births [edit] January to March - January 14 - Bill Werbeniuk, snooker player (d.2003)
- January 15 - Andrea Martin, actress and comedienne
- January 23 - Clayton Manness, politician
- January 24 - Steve McCaffery, poet and scholar
- February 10 - Louise Arbour, jurist, justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
- February 11 - Abby Hoffman, track and field athlete
- February 20 - Joy Smith, politician
- March 1 - Alan Thicke, actor, songwriter and game and talk show host
- March 10 - Chris Axworthy, politician
- March 10 - Kim Campbell, politician and 19th (and first female) Prime Minister of Canada
- March 13 - Judith Marcuse, dancer
- March 24 - Louise Lanctôt, convicted kidnapper and writer
[edit] April to June - April 3 - Jonathan Welsh, actor (d.2005)
- April 27 - Pauline Picard, politician (d. 2009)
- May 3 - Doug Henning, magician, illusionist and escape artist (d.2000)
- May 4 - John Bosley, politician
- May 20 - Oscar Lathlin, politician (d.2008)
- May 25 - Doug Martindale, politician
- May 28 - Lynn Johnston, cartoonist
- June 10 - Michel Bastarache, lawyer, businessman, puisne justice on the Supreme Court of Canada
- June 14 - Vanessa Harwood, ballet dancer, choreographer, artistic director, teacher and actor
- June 19 - John Ralston Saul, author and essayist
[edit] July to September - July 13 - Rosella Bjornson, airline pilot, first female pilot for a commercial airline in North America
- July 18 - Steve Mahoney, politician and Minister
- July 22 - Gilles Duceppe, politician
- July 22 - Bill Matthews, politician
- August 8 - Ken Dryden, ice hockey player, politician, lawyer, businessman and author
- August 24 - Linda Hutcheon, literary critic and theorist
- August 30 - Allan Rock, politician and diplomat
[edit] October to December [edit] Full date unknown [edit] Deaths [edit] January to June [edit] July to December |
