Toronto looked a little different when the Leafs last won the Stanley Cup
Posted May 2, 2017 3:44 pm.
Last Updated May 2, 2017 3:49 pm.
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May 2 marked a significant moment in Toronto’s history. It was 50 years ago on that day the Toronto Maple Leafs won their 13th and last Stanley Cup.
The Leafs beat long-time rival the Montreal Canadiens four games to two in a best-of-seven series.
It was the year before the NHL expanded.
Toronto looked a lot different back then. Canada looked a lot different.
The Prime Minister was Lester B. Pearson. That year the Canadian Press honoured him with the title of ‘Newsmaker of the Year’. By April of the following Pearson would step down from the post.
Toronto’s mayor was William Dennison and Scarborough’s mayor was Albert Campbell.
Forest Hill was just one of several municipalities that merged into Toronto that year.
1967 was the centenary of Canadian Confederation and people flocked to Montreal to see Expo 67.
The Yorkville “hippies” dominated the news in Toronto as they held sit-ins and battled with city council to keep the area a hippie commune and close the streets to traffic.
Transit looked a lot different too
GO Transit service began for the first time in Toronto.
TTC subway service covered a much smaller area. The Bloor-Danforth line ran from Keele to Woodbine, while the Yonge line only went as far north as Eglinton and the downtown loop ended westbound at Bloor.
Noted Canadians born in 1967:
Hockey players Curtis Joseph and Mike Keane
Actresses Pamela Anderson and Carrie-Anne Moss
Film director and writer Denis Villeneuve
Tennis player Carling Bassett
Canadain Olympic gold medal sprinter Donovan Bailey
