Events from the year 1964 in Canada .
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March 13 – Canada begins a decades-long peacekeeping mission in Cyprus
March 23 – George Stanley first describes and sketches the proposal for Canada's new flag that is eventually accepted
March 26 – The White Paper on Defence is tabled.
March 27 – Several towns in coastal British Columbia , including Prince Rupert , Tofino , Port Alberni and Zeballos , suffer damage from tsunamis associated with the Good Friday earthquake in Alaska . Overall damage is estimated at $10 million.
April – Canadians are issued Social Insurance cards for the first time
April 22 – Saskatchewan election: Ross Thatcher 's Liberals win a majority, defeating Woodrow Lloyd 's Co-operative Commonwealth Federation , ending almost 20 years of CCF rule over the province.
May 2 – W. Ross Thatcher is sworn in as Premier of Saskatchewan
May 17 – The first Tim Hortons restaurant was opened, making its debut on the corner of Ottawa Street North and Dunsmore Street in Hamilton, Ontario , as Tim Horton Donuts.
May 27 – The Prime Minister unveils the "Pearson Pennant", his preferred, but ultimately unsuccessful, design for a new national flag.
June 15 – The Great Canadian Flag Debate begins in the House of Commons.
June 19 - The Hall Commission Report recommending the creation of Canada's medicare programme was tabled in the House of Commons.
July 16 – Canada extends its exclusive fishing zone to 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) off-shore
July 17 – Operation Snowball , a 0.5 kiloton conventional explosive test at Suffield Experimental Station in Alberta
August 22 – The Beatles play at Empire Stadium in Vancouver, their first performance in Canada.
September 7 – The Beatles play at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto
September 8 – The Beatles play at the Montreal Forum
September 10 – After almost three months of debate in the Commons, the flag question is referred to an all-party committee.
September 17 – The flag committee meets for the first time.
October 5 – Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh , begin an eight-day visit to Canada.
October 22 – The flag committee makes its final selection of the design that will become the national flag.
November 9 - Max Saltsman wins Waterloo South by-election, campaigning against a mere flag taking priority over important social issues such as medicare
November 30 – John Diefenbaker launches a filibuster to try to prevent the introduction of a new Canadian flag
December 16 – A resolution creating the new Flag of Canada is passed in the House of Commons after much controversy.
Rachel Notley Paul Okalik January 8 – Ron Sexsmith , singer-songwriter
January 10 – Brad Roberts , lead singer and guitarist
January 31 – Sylvie Bernier , diver and Olympic gold medallist
February 1 – Sharon Bruneau , bodybuilder and fitness competitor
February 10
February 17 – Sherry Hawco , artistic gymnast (d. 1991 )[3]
April 1 – Scott Stevens , ice hockey player
April 7 – Steve Graves , ice hockey player
April 13 – Caroline Rhea , stand-up comedian and actress
April 17 – Rachel Notley , politician and 17th Premier of Alberta
May 3 – Ron Hextall , ice hockey player
May 13 – Robert Marland , rower and Olympic gold medallist
May 17 - Elfi Schlegel , gymnast
May 20 - Petr Kellner , entrepreneur (d. 2021 )
May 24 – Clayton Gerein , Paralympic athlete
May 26 – Paul Okalik , politician and 1st Premier of Nunavut
June 9 – Gloria Reuben , singer and actress
June 14 – Randall Thompson , boxer
June 16 – Brad Fay , sportscaster[4]
June 21 – Rick Duff , boxer
June 22 – Angelo Tsarouchas , comedian/actor
June 26 – Ian Tracey , actor
June 28 – Christina Ashcroft , sport shooter[5] July 24 - Stéphan Bureau , journalist, TV interviewer and producer
July 14 - Craig McKinley , physician and aquanaut (NEEMO 7 mission) (d. 2013 )
July 24 – Erminia Russo , volleyball player
July 25 – Lisa LaFlamme , journalist and news anchor
August 6 – Alison Baker , racewalker
August 9 – Brett Hull , ice hockey player and coach
August 17 – Colin James , singer, guitarist and songwriter
August 26
August 27 – Paul Bernardo , serial killer and rapist
August 30 – Milena Gaiga , field hockey player
September 1 – Brian Bellows , ice hockey player
September 2 – Keanu Reeves , actor
September 12 – Greg McConnell , indie rock musician (d. 1999 )
September 14 – Terrence Paul , rower and Olympic gold medallist
September 18 – Kelly-Ann Way , track cyclist and road bicycle racer[6]
September 22 – Wayne Yearwood , basketball player and coach
September 24 – That Vegan Teacher , activist, educator, and influencer
September 23 – Diana Dutra , female boxer
September 25 – Ray Lazdins , discus thrower
September 26 – Marc Lépine , mass murderer (d. 1989 ) Stephen McNeil October 9 – John Ralston , actor
October 14 – David Kaye , actor and voice actor
October 23 – David Sobolov , voice actor and director
October 24
October 26 – Marc Lépine , murderer responsible for the École Polytechnique massacre (d. 1989 )
October 29 – May Allison , long-distance runner
November 3 – Christian Mistral , Canadian novelist, poet, and songwriter (d. 2020 )
November 9 – Leah Pells , track and field athlete
November 10 – Stephen McNeil , politician and 28th Premier of Nova Scotia
November 14 – Silken Laumann , rower
November 15 – David Caplan , politician and Minister
November 16 – Diana Krall , jazz pianist and singer
December 11 – Carolyn Waldo , synchronized swimmer
December 19 – Lorie Kane , golfer
December 27 – Kevin Patterson , medical doctor and writer
January 1 – William Herbert Burns , politician (b. 1878 )
January 12 – Byron Ingemar Johnson , politician and 24th Premier of British Columbia (b. 1890 )
February 18 – Joseph-Armand Bombardier , inventor, businessman and founder of Bombardier Inc. (b. 1907 )
March 3 – Angus MacInnis , politician (b. 1884 )
April 4 – Sarah Ramsland , politician, first woman elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (b. 1882 )
April 20 – Joseph-Alphida Crete , politician (b. 1890 )
April 26 – E. J. Pratt , poet (b. 1882 )
June 9 – Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook , business tycoon, politician and writer (b. 1879 )
June 12 – Paul Carpenter , actor (b. 1921 )[7]
August 7 – Arsène Gagné , Quebec politician (b. 1910 )
September 5 – William Sherring , marathon runner and Olympic gold medallist (b. 1878 )
December 9 – Elmore Philpott , journalist and politician (b. 1896 )
December 14 – Roland Beaudry , politician, journalist, publicist and publisher (b. 1906 ) 
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