[2] 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.
[5] The first broadcast of the Miss Canada pageant aired on November 10, 1963 on CTV with news anchors Peter Jennings and Baden Langton hosting.
Gordon MacRae was hired to sing the first Miss Canada Pageant song.
Carol Ann Balmer of Toronto won, and Lise Mercier of Quebec City was Miss Congeniality.
Dominique Dufour, the winner of the Miss Canada Pageant in 1981, co-hosted with Perry from 1982 until 1990.
The final pageant before its initial cancellation aired in late 1991 and was hosted by Peter Feniak and Liz Grogan.