Events from the year 1966 in Canada .
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January to March
January 2 – James Cantor , clinical psychologist and sexologist
January 14 – Rene Simpson , tennis player (d. 2013 )
January 23 – Bernadette Bowyer , field hockey player
January 24 – Michael Forgeron , rower and Olympic gold medallist
January 30 – Doug Wood , pole vaulter
February 17 – Luc Robitaille , ice hockey player
February 20 – Louis Ferreira , actor
February 27 – Donal Logue , actor
March 1 – Susan Auch , speed skater and double Olympic silver medallist
March 16 – Chrissy Redden , cyclist[4]
March 20 – Chris Gifford , field hockey player
March 25 – Jeff Healey , jazz and blues-rock guitarist and vocalist (d. 2008 )
March 25 – David Hohl , wrestler
March 29 – Pamela Rai , Olympic swimmer[5]
March 31 – Nathalie Gosselin , judoka
April to June
April 14 – André Boisclair , politician
April 15 – Beverly Thomson , television personality, journalist, and correspondent for CTV Television Network
April 19 – David La Haye , actor
April 20 – Vincent Riendeau , ice hockey player and coach
April 24 – David Usher , rock singer-songwriter
May 2 – Belinda Stronach , politician and Minister, businessperson and philanthropist
May 11 – Michelle MacPherson , swimmer and Olympic bronze medallist
May 12 – Anne Ottenbrite , swimmer and Olympic gold medallist
May 23 – Gary Roberts , ice hockey player
June 5 – Dwayne Hill , voice actor
June 12 – Michael Redhill , poet, playwright and novelist
June 18 – Kurt Browning , figure skater and four-time World Champion, choreographer
June 24 – Debbie Fuller , diver
June 26 – Kirk McLean , ice hockey player
June 29 – John Part , darts player
June 30 – Peter Outerbridge , actor
October to December
Kiefer Sutherland at San Diego Comic-Con in 2014
October 17 – Peter Milkovich , field hockey player and coach
October 24 – Conrad Pla , kickboxer and actor
October 25 – Wendel Clark , ice hockey player
November 8 – Michael Soles , footballer (d. 2021 )
November 9 – Lisa Faust , field hockey player
November 11 – Peaches , musician[6]
November 14 – André Gingras , dancer and choreographer (d. 2013 )
November 16 – Dean McDermott , Canadian-American actor
November 21 – Christopher Bowie , swimmer
December 1 – Larry Walker , baseball player
December 5 – Deb Whitten , field hockey player
December 8 – Tyler Mane , actor and wrestler
December 10 – Dana Murzyn , ice hockey player
December 14 – Bill Ranford , ice hockey player
December 19 – Darren Dutchyshen , sportscaster (d. 2024 )[7]
December 21 – Kiefer Sutherland , actor
January 22 – Morris Gray , politician (b.1889 )
February 6 - R.T.M. Scott , author
April 8 – Robert Methven Petrie , astronomer (b.1906 )
July 11 – Andrew McNaughton , army officer, politician and diplomat (b.1887 )
September 5 – William Murdoch Buchanan , politician (b.1897 )
September 10 – Blodwen Davies , writer (b.1897 )
September 15 – Leonard Brockington , lawyer, civil servant and first head of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) (b.1888 )
October 18 – Elizabeth Arden , businesswoman (b.1884 )
November 23 - Jean Baptiste Paul , Canadian First Nations wrestler (b.1896 )
December 2 - Ralph Allen , author and journalist (b.1913 )
Levine, Allan (2014). Toronto: Biography of a City , "Chapter Eleven: This Is Where It's At". Douglas & McIntyre. ISBN 978-1-77100-022-2 . p. 274.
"Pamela Rai" . Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website . Retrieved 29 January 2021 .