Westview opened in September 1967 - Canada's Centennial year. What else was going on that year?

"Ca-na-da", or "The Centennial Song"
Bobby Gimby wrote this song in 1967 to celebrate Canada's centennial and Expo 67, and was commissioned by the Centennial Commission (a special Federal Government agency). The song was written in both of Canada's official languages, English and French.

CA-NA-DA
(One little two little three Canadians)
We love thee
(Now we are twenty million)
CA-NA-DA
(Four little five little six little Provinces)
Proud and free
(Now we are ten and the Territories sea to sea)
(Chorus):
North south east west
There'll be happy times,
Church Bells will ring, ring, ring
It's the hundredth anniversary of
Confederation
Ev'rybody sing together!
CA-NA-DA...
(Verse in French begins)
(Second Chorus)
Rah! Vive le Canada!
Three cheers Hip, Hip, Hooray!
Le centenaire,
That's the order of the day
Frère Jacques Frère Jacques
Merilly we roll along
Together all the way
(Repeat second chorus)

A Place to Stand
The documentary film A Place to Stand was produced and directed by Christopher Chapman for the Ontario Pavilion at Expo 67 in Montreal. The film premiered on April 28, 1967 in a 70mm print by Technicolor, on a screen 66 feet wide by 30 feet high, with six-channel stereo surround sound.

A Place to Stand was composed by Dolores Claman, with lyrics by Richard Morris.

Give us a place to stand
And a place to grow
And call this land Ontario
A place to live.
For you and me
With hopes as high
As the tallest tree
Give us a land of lakes
and a land of snow
And we will build Ontario
A place to stand, a place to grow
Ontari-ari-ari-o !

From western hills,
To northern shores.
To Niagara Falls,
Where the waters roar.
Give us a land of peace,
Where the free winds blow.
And we will build Ontario
A place to stand, a place to grow
Ontari-ari-ari-o !

The North York Board of Education (NYBE) was the public school board for the former city of North York in Ontario, Canada.

In 1998, the provincial Government of Ontario passed legislation which amalgamated North York into the City of Toronto. As part of the amalgamation process, the NYBE ceased to exist. Today, administration of schools in North York is handled by the Toronto District School Board. The NYBE building was located at 5050 Yonge Street in the same complex as Mel Lastman Square, the former North York City Hall. This building now houses the Toronto District School Board offices.
 

1967 Timeline
January 1
Several municipalities such as Forest Hill and Swansea merge into Toronto.  Pope Paul VI established this day as World Peace Day.

January 3
Jack Ruby (55), the man who shot accused presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, dies in a Dallas hospital.

January 13
The Rolling Stones appear on Ed Sullivan Show.

January 14
Sonny and Cher release "The Beat Goes On."

January 14
NY Times reports that the US Army was conducting secret germ warfare experiments.

January 15
The first Super Bowl is played as the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League defeated the Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League, 35-10 in Los Angeles.

January 27
During a launch pad test of the Apollo I (AS-204) mission at Cape Kennedy, a flash fire suddenly breaks out in the vehicle's command module and killed its crew, Lt. Col. Edward White, II (U.S. Air Force), Lt. Col. Virgil "Gus" Grissom (U.S. Air Force) and Lt. Cmdr. Roger Chaffee (U.S. Navy). The fire consumed the command module mere seconds after the crew had reported it.

February 5
“The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour” premieres on CBS TV.

February 6
Muhammad Ali TKO’s Ernie Terrell in 15 for the heavyweight boxing title.

February 17
Beatles release "Penny Lane" & "Strawberry Fields." Strawberry Fields was a children’s home run by the Salvation Army. It was closed in 2005.

March 10
Pink Floyd release their 1st song (Arnold Layne).

March 25
After the death of Georges Vanier, Roland Michener becomes Governor General

April 12
The House of Commons votes to make "O Canada" Canada's official national anthem

April 17
The Order of Canada is created

April 27
Expo 67 Official Opening Ceremony broadcast in color live via satellite to an estimated worldwide audience of 700 million viewers and listeners.

April 28
Gen. William C. Westmoreland tell Congress the United States "would prevail in Vietnam."

May 1
The GO Transit service begins in Toronto.  Elvis Presley marries Priscilla Beaulieu.

May 2
The Toronto Maple Leafs win the sixth game of the Stanley Cup final over the Montreal Canadiens to win their last Stanley Cup to date.

May 13
NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hits career HR #500 off Stu Miller.

May 22
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood premiers on NET (later PBS).

May 23
Alberta election: Ernest Manning's Social Credit Party wins a ninth consecutive majority

May 30
Evel Knievel on his motorcycle jumps 16 automobiles.

Jun3 1
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," is released in the U.K. and the following day in the U.S. and was certified "gold" the same day of release.

June 5
The Six Day War erupts in the Middle East.

June 12
The US Supreme Court, in Loving v. Virginia, strikes down state laws prohibiting interracial marriages.

June 14
The movie "To Sir, with Love," starring Sidney Poitier, is released. The space probe Mariner 5 is launched from Cape Kennedy on a flight that will take it past Venus.

June 20
The National Library of Canada opens.

June 25
The Beatles perform their new song, "All You Need Is Love," during a live international telecast from the Abbey Road studio.

June 27
The first ATM (automated teller machine) is placed outside the Barclays PLC branch in Enfield, a north London suburb.

July 1
Canada celebrates its centennial.

July 13
Race-related rioting breaks out in Newark, N.J.; by the time the violence ended four days later, 27 people had been killed.

July 24
During an official state visit to Canada, French President Charles de Gaulle declares to a crowd of over 100,000 in Montreal: Vive le Québec libre! (Long live free Quebec!). The statement, interpreted as support for Quebec independence, delighted many francophone Quebecers but angered the Canadian government and many English Canadians.

July 30
The Caribbean community in Toronto stages the first Caribana, with only eight bands and 1,000 spectators. It later grows into the third largest carnivale in the world, drawing over 1 million spectators and 250,000 visitors a year.

August 3
President Lyndon B. Johnson announces plans to send 45,000 more troops to Vietnam.

August 13
"Bonnie and Clyde" has its US premiere.

August 30
The U.S. Senate confirms the appointment of Thurgood Marshall as the first black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.

September 5
Westview Centennial Secondary School opens.

September 9
Robert Stanfield wins the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party. "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" airs as a one-time special on NBC; its success led to a regular series beginning in January 1968.
 
September 13
George Smith becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing Robert Stanfield

October 9
Che Guevara is executed while attempting to incite revolution in Bolivia.

October 11
Saskatchewan election: Ross Thatcher's Liberals win a second consecutive majority

October 14
René Lévesque quits the Quebec Liberal Party and leaves to form the Mouvement Souveraineté-Association

October 17
Ontario election: John Robarts's PCs win a seventh consecutive majority

October 18
A Russian unmanned spacecraft makes the first landing on the surface of Venus.

November 5
Robert Stanfield becomes head of the federal Progressive Conservative Party

November 16
The Museum of Science and Technology opens in Ottawa

November 25
Walter Weir becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing Dufferin Roblin

November 26
A conference organized by John Robarts of Ontario brings together all the provincial premiers to discuss the constitution

November 27
Beatles release their "Magical Mystery Tour" album.

December 3
First human heart transplant is performed by Dr. Christiaan Barnard.

December 11
The Concorde is unveiled in Toulouse, France.

December 14
DNA is created in a test tube. Lester B. Pearson announces he will step down as prime minister early in the next year

December 27
Justice Minister Pierre Trudeau proposes sweeping reforms that, among other things, make homosexual acts legal in Canada

December 29
Star Trek's "Trouble With Tribbles" is aired for the first time.

1967 Greatest Pop Music Hits
1. Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
2. Respect - Aretha Franklin
3. Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
4. All You Need Is Love - The Beatles
5. Jimmy Mack - Martha and the Vandellas
6. I Second That Emotion - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
7. C'Mon Marianne - The 4 Seasons
8. Gimme Some Lovin' - Spencer Davis Group
9. I Heard it Through the Grapevine - Gladys Knight and the Pips
10. Soul Man - Sam and Dave

1967 Best Pictures
1. "Bonnie and Clyde"
2. "Ulysses"
3. "Blowup"
4. "The Graduate"
5. "A Man for All Seasons"
6. "The War Game"
7. "Reflections in a Golden Eye"
8. "Cool Hand Luke"
9. "Elvira Madigan"
10. "In the Heat of the Night"
11. "The Family Way"
12. "Our Mother's House"
13. "Marat/Sade"
14. "Two for the Road"
15. "El Dorado"

1967 Grammy For Best New Artist
Bobbie Gentry

1967 Grammy Record of the Year
Up, Up and Away - The 5th Dimension

1967 Top TV Shows
1. Andy Griffith Show
2. The Lucy Show
3. Gomer Pyle, USMC
4. (tie) Gunsmoke; Family Affair; Bonanza
7. Red Skelton Show
8. Dean Martin Show
9. Jackie Gleason Show
10. NBC Saturday Night at the Movies
11. Bewitched
12. Beverly Hillbillies
13. Ed Sullivan
14. The Virginian
15. (Tie) Friday Night Movies; Green Acres
17. Lawrence Welk Show
18. Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
19. Gentle Ben
20. Tuesday Night Movies

Famous people who were born in 1967

Famous people who died in 1967

Roger Chaffee (astronaut) - Apollo One fire.
Gus Grissom (astronaut) -  Apollo One fire
Edward White (astronaut) - Apollo One fire
Vivien Leigh (actress)
Spencer Tracy (actor)

1967 News from the Canadian Mint

January
A Proclamation authorizes a $20 gold coin, in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation.

Canada's first $20 gold piece is struck, intended only for use in sets of coins that year.

May
The Royal Canadian Mint begins minting .500 fine silver 10c and 25c coins.

June
A Proclamation authorizes 10c and 25c coins to be struck in pure nickel.

141,741 1967 silver dollars are melted by the Royal Canadian Mint.

August
A Proclamation curtails the use of silver in the 10c and 25c coins.

The Royal Canadian Mint stops minting 0.800 fine silver 10c and 25c coins for circulation.

September
Striking of 10c and 25c coins is changed to 50% silver and 50% copper.

The Finance Minister announces that the reverse designs of coins in 1968 will return to those used prior to 1967.

December
The Finance Minister announces that the 50c and $1 coins minted in nickel will be of a smaller size, making the nickel coins easier to strike.