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| 1950 |
| | | The Canadian schooner St Roch becomes the first ship to travel through the Panama Canal and the Northwest Passage, thus circumnavigating North America | |
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| 1951 |
| | | British-Canadian choreographer Celia Franca founds the National Ballet of Canada | |
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| 1955 |
| | | Canadian pianist Glenn Gould wins international fame with his recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations | |
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| 1957 |
| | | John Diefenbaker heads a minority government in Canada, ending twenty-two years of Liberal rule | |
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| 1957 |
| | | Latvian-Canadian dancer Ludmilla Chiriaeff founds the Grands Ballets Canadiens in Montreal | |
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| 1959 |
| | | The St Lawrence Seaway, a joint Canadian and US project, links the Great Lakes and the sea | |
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| 1960 |
| | | The Quiet Revolution in Quebec begins with the election of Jean Lesage and the Liberals | |
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| 1962 |
| | | The Trans-Canada Highway is completed, stretching some 5000 miles across the continent | |
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| 1962 |
| | | In The Gutenberg Galaxy Canadian author Marshall McLuhan develops the concept of the 'global village' | |
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| 1963 |
| | | Liberal leader Lester Pearson begins five years at the head of minority governments in Canada | |
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