en 1956 in Canadian television

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This is a list of Canadian television-related events in 1956.

Notable events

CBC-Radio Canada microwave relay reaches Winnipeg via the TransCanada Microwave System.

October 8 – Arlene Dickinson, South African-Canadian businesswoman, television personality, author and investor
October 20 – Sonja Ball, voice actress, singer and songwriter (The Busy World of Richard Scarry, Arthur)
November 26 – Don Lake, writer, producer and actor

Date	Market	Station	Channel	Affiliation	Ref.
June 21	Timmins, Ontario	CFCL-TV	6	CBC Television	Shut down October 27, 2002
July 1	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island	CFCY-TV	13	CBC Television
August 12	Sherbrooke, Quebec	CHLT-TV	7	Radio-Canada (primary) CBC Television (secondary)
December 1	Victoria, British Columbia	CHEK-TV	6	CBC Television	^[1]

Date	Market	Station	Channel	Old affiliation	New affiliation	Source
Unknown	Wingham, Ontario	CKNX-TV	8	CBC Television	CBC Television (primary) CBS (secondary)	^[2]^[3]

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