Events
- January 1 – Metropolitan Toronto comes into being to coordinate services among the various municipalities around Toronto.
- January 8 – The first oil from Alberta arrives in Sarnia through the new pipeline
- March 30 – The Yonge St. subway, the first subway system in Canada, opens in Toronto
- April 13 – Angus Lewis Macdonald, Premier of Nova Scotia, dies in office
- April 14 – Harold Connolly becomes premier of Nova Scotia
- May 31 – Winnipeg's first television station, CBWT a CBC Television owned and operated station, begins broadcasting
- August 10 – The groundbreaking ceremony for the St. Lawrence Seaway begins
- September 9 - The 1954 Series is introduced.
- September 9 – Marilyn Bell becomes the first person to swim Lake Ontario
- September 18 – Marie-Victorin Statue unveiled
- September 30 – Henry Hicks becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing Harold Connolly
- October 15 – Hurricane Hazel hits Toronto killing 81.
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