See also: 1951 in Canada, other events of 1952, 1953 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.

Incumbents

• Monarchy in Canada: King George VI then Queen Elizabeth II
• Governor General: Earl Alexander of Tunis then Vincent Massey
• Prime Minister: Louis Saint Laurent
• Premier of Alberta: Ernest Manning
• Premier of British Columbia: Byron Johnson then W.A.C. Bennett
• Premier of Manitoba: Douglas Campbell
• Premier of New Brunswick: John McNair then Hugh John Flemming
• Premier of Newfoundland: Joey Smallwood
• Premier of Nova Scotia: Angus Macdonald
• Premier of Ontario: Leslie Frost
• Premier of Prince Edward Island: J. Walter Jones
• Premier of Quebec: Maurice Duplessis
• Premier of Saskatchewan: Tommy Douglas

Events

• 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

Arts and culture

New books

• Thomas B. Costain: The Silver Chalice

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

Births

• February 3: Wayne Erdman, judoka
• February 18: Bernard Valcourt, politician
• February 27: Maureen McTeer, wife of Joe Clark
• March 4: Svend Robinson, politician
• May 13: Mary Walsh, politician
• May 17: Howard Hampton, Ontario politician
• June 2: Ferron, musician
• June 22: Graham Greene, actor
• June 29: David Dingwall, politician
• July 1: Dan Aykroyd, actor
• July 1: Deborah Grey, politician
• July 3: Rohinton Mistry, author
• July 6: George Athans, water skier
• July 25: Nancy Allan, Manitoba politician
• August 9: Gary Kowalski, Manitoba politician
• September 8: Sue Barnes, politician
• September 10: Vic Toews, politician
• September 12: Neil Peart, musician
• October 2: Marie Deschamps, jurist
• October 22: Peggy Baker, dancer
• November 10: Jim Maloway. Manitoba politician
• November 16: Candas Dorsey, poet and novelist
• November 27: Sheila Copps, politician
• December 12: Herb Dhaliwal, cabinet minister
• Di Brandt, poet
• David Macfarlane, journalist and novelist

Deaths

• August 30: Henri Bourassa, Quebec politician

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