1950 in Canada

• January 14 - The first non-stop trans-Canada flight is made
• February 14 - Nancy Hodges of British Columbia becomes the first woman in the Commonwealth elected speaker of a legislature in Canadian history.
• Early May - The Winnipeg Flood along the Red River causes immense damage and one death in Winnipeg
• May 29 - The St. Roch becomes the first vessel to circumnavigate North America
• August 7 - Canada joins a United Nations force to fight in Korean War
• August 22 – August 30 - Rail workers strike shuts down much of the Canadian economy
• October 31 - The oil pipeline linking Edmonton to Sarnia is completed
• November 28 - Canada joins onto the Colombo Plan
• December 18 - Korean War: First Canadian troops arrive in Korea.

• April 23 - The Detroit Red Wings win their fourth Stanley Cup by defeating the New York Rangers 4 games to 3. Due to scheduling conflicts at Madison Square Garden, all of the Rangers' home games were played at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto
• May 6 - The Quebec Junior Hockey League's Montreal Junior Canadiens win their first Memorial Cup by defeating the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League's Regina Pats 4 games to 1. All games were held at Montreal Forum.
• November 25 - The Toronto Argonauts win their ninth Grey Cup by defeating the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 13-0 in the 38th Grey Cup played at Varsity Stadium in Toronto

• List of Canadian films

North Korea invades South and Opposition Leader says Canada is involved through UN role and because of immediacy of modern world [3]

Moral, not strategic, stakes require defeat of North Korea, so that "naked aggression" will not destroy state created by UN [4]

Film: newsreel of Canadian airmen leaving for Korea as U.S. troops fight on defensive near Pusan invasion beachhead [5]

Canada and U.S.A. agree to further defence industry mobilization at level of cooperation seen in Second World War [6]

"It is the function of diplomacy to seek accommodation" - Canada and allies send in diplomats as well as military to end Korean War [7]

Canadian troops arrive by ship at Pusan, Korea and U.S. Army band plays "If I Knew You Were Coming I'd Have Baked a Cake" [8]

"Uneasy equilibrium" - In countering Chinese attack in Korean War, Canada and allies must not provoke U.S.S.R. to start world war [9]

"Growing atmosphere of fear, suspicion, frustration, and isolation" - Authorities in Eastern Bloc countries harass diplomats [10]

"Our first duty to civilization is[...]sufficient military strength" - Prime Minister St. Laurent on liberalism against totalitarianism [11]

For federal-provincial accord on bill of rights, Senate committee says "control within Canada of the Canadian Constitution" is required[12]

Though "coloured troops introduced venereal disease[...]during the war," Canada can hardly refuse Black GIs since U.S. military integration [13]

"There is discrimination against Indians in the matter of immigration[...]and admission of relatives of Indians already settled" [14]

With Canada's "serious shortage of female domestics and nurses' aids," loans should go to Europeans in "this class of immigrant" [15]

"We can ASK...CRUSADE...DEMAND...and WIN" - Alton C. Parker and other Windsor, Ont. Blacks organize to oppose segregation [16]

Photo: Emily General from Six Nations of the Grand River shows Haldimand Treaty to members of UN Commission on Human Rights [17]

"Vast volume of water into every stream" - Signs of major flood event noted before Red River flood surge enters Manitoba [18]

Film: newsreel of Winnipeg flood extent and evacuations [19]

"Small measure of our gratitude for all the help we have had" - Britons donate unique household items to flood victims [20]

"Too willing to accept people at their face value" - RCMP security report on Canadian diplomat Herbert Norman [21]

Film: newsreel of parachute personnel jumping from Dakota aircraft on practice rescue mission out of RCAF Station Trenton [22]