Hundreds of never-before-seen photos are part of the collection of this book. Several have been added to the Facebook and Instagram pages. More will be displayed here in the coming weeks.

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46 women have worn the Miss Canada crown during the duration of this pageant, including one who only reigned for six weeks before being dethroned. 

 

Hamilton, Ontario businessman S. Radcliffe Weaver ran the pageant with his wife Edna, and his children pitching in as well, until early 1962. Toronto businessman Walter Pasko assembled a team who took over the Miss Canada title that year, running their first event in November of 1963, which also marked the first national telecast of the pageant. In 1971, Cleo Productions, a subsidiary of Baton Broadcasting (now CTV) in Toronto, took over the pageant, running the event until the company folded in January of 1992.

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Miss Canada Winners
1946: Marion Saver - Stayner, Ontario

1947: Margaret Marshall - Toronto, Ontario (3rd, Miss America Pageant)

1948: Betty Jean Ferguson - Halifax, Nova Scotia

1949: Margaret Lynn Munn - Toronto, Ontario (semi-finalist, Miss America Pageant; winner, Miss North America title at the Miss Hemisphere Pageant in Peru)

1950: Margaret Bradford - London, Ontario

1951: Marjorie Kelly - Courtland, Ontario (special talent award, Miss America Pageant)

1952: Marilyn Reddick - Toronto, Ontario

1953: Kathleen Archibald - Kelowna, British Columbia

1954: Barbara Markham - Cornwall, Ontario

1955: Dalyce Smith - Whitehorse, Yukon Territory

1956: Dorothée Moreau - Montréal, Québec (semi-finalist, Miss America Pageant)
(1957: pageant title is post-dated)

1958: Joan Fitzpatrick - Windsor, Ontario

1959: Danica d'Hondt - Vancouver, British Columbia

1960: Rosemary Keenan - Rothesay, New Brunswick (semi-finalist, Miss America Pageant)

1961: Iris Thurlwell - Toronto, Ontario (special talent award, Miss America Pageant)

1962: Connie-Gail Feller - Ottawa, Ontario (dethroned)

1962: Nina Holden - Esquimalt, British Columbia

(1963: no winner)

1964: Carol Ann Balmer - Toronto, Ontario

1965: Linda Douma - Sidney, British Columbia

1966: Diane Landry - Saint-Boniface, Manitoba

1967: Barbara Kelly - Vancouver, British Columbia

1968: Carol MacKinnon - Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

1969: Marie-France Beaulieu - Montréal, Québec

1970: Julie Maloney - Ottawa, Ontario

1971: Caroline Commisso - Thunder Bay, Ontario

1972: Donna Sawicky - Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario

1973: Gillian Regehr - Victoria, British Columbia

1974: Blair Lancaster - Burlington, Ontario

1975: Terry Meyer - Edmonton, Ontario

1976: Sylvia McGuire - Halifax, Nova Scotia

1977: Yvonne Foster - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

1978: Catherine Swing - Toronto, Ontario

1979: Heidi Quiring - Winnipeg, Manitoba

1980: Terry MacKay - Calgary, Alberta (semi-finalist, Miss Universe Pageant)

1981: Dominique Dufour - Chomedey, Québec (2nd place, Miss Universe Pageant)

1982: Karen Baldwin - London, Ontario (winner, Miss Universe Pageant)

1983: Jodi Rutledge - Winnipeg, Manitoba

1984: Cynthia Kereluk - Edmonton, Alberta

1985: Karen Tilley - Calgary, Alberta (semi-finalist, Miss Universe Pageant)

1986: Rene Newhouse - Cranbrook, British Columbia

1987: Tina May Simpson - St. Catharine's, Ontario

1988: Mary-Melinda Gillies - London, Ontario

1989: Juliette Powell - St.-Laurent, Québec

1990: Robin Ouzunoff - Niagara Falls, Ontario

1991: Leslie McLaren - St. Albert, Alberta

1992: Nicole Dunsdon - Summerland, British Columbia

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