Quick Facts
Biography
Miss Canada is a beauty pageant for young women in Canada. It was founded in Hamilton in 1945. No title was awarded from 1993 through 2008.According to the new Miss Canada and Miss Teen Canada web site, the title was re-established with a focus on personality over physical appearance.The Miss Canada competition is Canada's oldest extant beauty pageant.
The first broadcast of the Miss Canada pageant aired in 1963 on CTV with news anchors Peter Jennings and Baden Langton hosting. Jennings remained as solo host until 1966 and was replaced by game show host Jim Perry, who hosted the pageant until 1990. Dominique Dufour, the winner of the Miss Canada Pageant in 1981, co-hosted with Perry from 1982 until 1990. The final pageant, airing in late 1991, was hosted by Peter Feniak and Liz Grogan.
The show was popular in the 1970s, with up to 5 million viewers, but declined in the 1980s, until it was cancelled. Producers of the show cited mounting production costs, as the reason for cancellation.The last winner was Miss Canada 1992 Nicole Dunsdon from British Columbia.
Winnifred Blair of Saint John, New Brunswick was proclaimed the first "Miss Canada" on 11 February 1923 at an earlier, unrelated competition during the Montreal Winter Carnival. The runner-up in that event was Muriel Harper of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
The Miss Canada Pageant obtained the franchise for the Miss Universe Pageant in 1978, when that year's first runner-up, Andrea Leslie Eng, competed internationally. From 1979 to the final contest, the winners of Miss Canada went on to compete. Miss Canada 1982, Karen Baldwin, is the only Miss Canada to also win Miss Universe. Since 2003, Canada's representative to Miss Universe has been chosen by the Miss Universe Canada pageant.
Prior to Miss Universe, the Miss Canada Pageant sent delegates to the Miss America pageant. No Miss Canada has won Miss America but some have placed. Miss Canada participated in the pageant from 1947-1962.
Winners
The following is a list of winners:
| Year | Name | Region represented or hometown | 1st runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Bremiella De Guzman | Surrey, British Columbia | Jasmin Chahal |
| 2019 | Christine Jamieson | Mission, British Columbia | Marie-Hélène Mallet |
| 2018 | Maria Giorlando | Ontario | Beenu Bajwa |
| 2017 | Ciara Thompson | Huntsville, Ontario | |
| 2016 | Anabelle Côté | Sherbrooke, Quebec | |
| 2015 | Dominique Doucette | Campbellton, New Brunswick | |
| 2014 | Priya Madaan | Windsor, Ontario | |
| 2013 | Inès Gavran | Quebec | |
| 2012 | Jaclyn Miles | Amherstburg, Ontario | |
| 2011 | Tara Teng | ||
| 2010 | Mélanie Paquin | Gatineau, Quebec | |
| 2009 | Lorie Racicot | ||
| 1992 | Nicole Dunsdon | Summerland, British Columbia | |
| 1991 | Leslie McLaren | Edmonton, Alberta | |
| 1990 | Robin Lee Ouzunoff | Niagara Region, Ontario | Tanya Herman |
| 1989 | Juliette Powell | Laurentians Region, Quebec | Kari Lee Hudson |
| 1988 | Melinda Gillies | London, Ontario | Suzie Pilon |
| 1987 | Tina May Simpson | Niagara Region, Ontario | Cindy MacCallum |
| 1986 | Rene Newhouse | Cranbrook, British Columbia | Wynne Anita Kroontje |
| 1985 | Karen Elizabeth Tilley | Calgary, Alberta | Michelle Irene "Mia" Tambling |
| 1984 | Cynthia Kereluk | Edmonton, Alberta | Iris Hope Naumenko |
| 1983 | Jodi Yvonne Rutledge | Manitoba | Lilianne Pelchat |
| 1982 | Karen Dianne Baldwin | London, Ontario | Renee Louise McLoughlin |
| 1981 | Dominique Dufour | Laval, Quebec | Donna Rupert |
| 1980 | Terry MacKay | Calgary, Alberta | Marie Laurin |
| 1979 | Heidi Quiring | Manitoba | Johanne Turenne |
| 1978 | Catherine Swing | Toronto, Ontario | Andrea Leslie Eng |
| 1977 | Yvonne Foster | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | Louise Josée Mondoux |
| 1976 | Sylvia McGuire | Nova Scotia | Mary-Lu Zahalan |
| 1975 | Terry Lynne Meyer | Edmonton, Alberta | Manni Mary Fink |
| 1974 | Blair Lancaster | Burlington, Ontario | Line Renaud |
| 1973 | Gillian Regehr | Victoria, British Columbia | Kim Jeffries |
| 1972 | Donna Mary Sawicky | Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario | Patricia Alison Bain |
| 1971 | Caroline Amelia Commisso | Thunder Bay, Ontario | Betty Ann Hopner |
| 1970 | Julie Maloney | Ottawa/Hull, Ontario/Quebec | |
| 1969 | Marie-France Beaulieu | Montreal, Quebec | |
| 1968 | Carol McKinnon | Prince Edward Island | |
| 1967 | Barbara Kelly | Vancouver, British Columbia | |
| 1966 | Diane Landry | Winnipeg, Manitoba | |
| 1965 | Linda Douma | Victoria, British Columbia | |
| 1964 | Carol Ann Balmer | Toronto, Ontario | |
| 1962–63 | Helena “Nina” Holden* | Victoria, British Columbia | |
| 1961 | Iris Thurlwell | Northtown Toronto, Ontario | |
| 1960 | Rosemary Catherine Keenan | Rothesay, New Brunswick | |
| 1959 | Danica d'Hondt | Vancouver, British Columbia | |
| 1958 | Joan May Fitzpatrick | Windsor, Ontario | |
| 1957 | Dorothy Moreau | Montreal, Quebec | |
| 1956 | Miss Canada title is post-dated | ||
| 1955 | Dalyce Smith | Whitehorse, Yukon Territory | |
| 1954 | Barbara Joan Markham | Cornwall, Ontario | |
| 1953 | Kathleen Archibald | Kelowna, British Columbia | |
| 1952 | Marilyn Reddick | Toronto, Ontario | |
| 1951 | Marjorie Kelly | Courtland, Ontario | |
| 1950 | Margaret Bradford | London, Ontario | |
| 1949 | Margaret Lynn Munn | Vancouver, British Columbia | |
| 1948 | Betty Jean Ferguson | Halifax, Nova Scotia | |
| 1947 | Margaret Marshall | Toronto, Ontario | |
| 1946 | Marion Saver | North York, Ontario |
- Connie-Gail Feller won the Miss Canada 1962 title and competed at Miss America, however was dethroned on 20 September 1962.
Miss Canada at International Pageants
Miss Canada at Miss Universe
Miss Canada at Miss America
Hosts
Jim Perry- 1967-1991 Jaclyn Miles- 2016-2019