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Events from the year 1951 in Canada.

Incumbents

April 22–25 – Korean War: In the Battle of Kapyong, the Canadians hold off the Chinese.
June 1 – The Massey Report into Canadian culture is released
July 10 – A formal peace agreement between Canada and Germany is signed
September 30 - Charlotte Whitton becomes mayor of Ottawa and Canada's first woman mayor of a major city.
October 27:
- The cobalt bomb cancer therapy is first tested in London, Ontario
- The Duke of Edinburgh, and The Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh (later Queen Elizabeth II), attend an Edmonton Eskimos home game. In the western semi-final, Edmonton beat Winnipeg 4–1
November 22 – 1951 Ontario general election: Leslie Frost's PCs win a third consecutive majority
December 12 – The St. Lawrence Seaway Authority is established.

Canada's immigration rate rises. Population is 14,009,429.
The Indian Act of Canada is revised to limit coverage of Aboriginal people, excluding Aboriginal women who married non-Aboriginal men.
Louis St. Laurent moves into 24 Sussex Drive, the new official residence of the Prime Minister
Labatt Blue is introduced
The Wartime Prices and Trade Board is abolished.
Thérèse Casgrain, the first woman to lead a provincial political party in Canada, becomes leader of the Quebec CCF.

November 12 – The National Ballet of Canada gives its first performance in Eaton Auditorium, Toronto.

See 1951 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
Stephen Leacock Award: Eric Nicol, The Roving I

April 21 - The Toronto Maple Leafs win their ninth Stanley Cup by defeating the Montreal Canadiens 4 games to 1. The deciding Game 5 was played at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto
May 8 - The Ontario Hockey Association's Barrie Flyers win their first Memorial Cup by defeating the Manitoba Junior Hockey League's Winnipeg Monarchs 4 game to 0. All games were played at Shea's Amphitheatre in Winnipeg
November 24 - The Ottawa Rough Riders win their fourth Grey Cup by defeating the Saskatchewan Roughriders 21 to 14 in the 39th Grey Cup played at Varsity Stadium in Toronto

April 5
- Joe Bowen, hockey broadcaster
- Guy Vanderhaeghe, author
April 15 – Paul Snider, killer of Dorothy Stratten (d. 1980)
April 18 – Pierre Pettigrew, politician
May 2 – Andrew Barron, ice speed skater
May 3 – Dianne Whalen, MHA for Conception Bay East – Bell Island (2003–2010) (d. 2010)
May 7 – Janina Fialkowska, pianist
May 9 – Christopher Dewdney, poet, author and professor
May 11
- Chuck McMann, football player and coach (d. 2021)
- Ed Stelmach, farmer, 13th premier of Alberta
May 20 – Christie Blatchford, newspaper columnist, journalist and broadcaster (d. 2020)^[3]
June 2
- Larry Robinson, ice hockey player and coach
- Frank C. Turner, actor
June 7 – Terry O'Reilly, ice hockey player and coach
June 19 – Bill Blaikie, politician (d. 2022)

January 1 – Frank Scott Hogg, astrophysicist (b. 1904)
January 3 – Richard Langton Baker, politician (b. 1870)
January 16 – Seymour Farmer, politician (b. 1878)
February 7 – Edna Diefenbaker, first wife of Prime Minister John Diefenbaker (b. 1899)
February 27 – Leland Payson Bancroft, politician (b. 1880)
April 14 – Al Christie, film director, producer and screenwriter (b. 1881)

August 26 – Bill Barilko, ice hockey player (b. 1927)
September 1 – Nellie McClung, feminist, politician and social activist (b. 1873)
September 14 – James Langstaff Bowman, politician and Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada (b. 1879)
September 20 – William Henry Wright, prospector and newspaper owner (b. 1876)
September 28 – P. L. Robertson, inventor (b. 1879)
October 8 – Charles William Jefferys, artist and historian (b. 1869)
November 20 – Lou Skuce, cartoonist (b. 1886)