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1964 in Canada

Events from the year 1964 in Canada.

Crown

 * Monarch – Elizabeth II

Federal government

 * Governor General – Georges Vanier
 * Prime Minister – Lester B. Pearson
 * Chief Justice – Robert Taschereau (Quebec)
 * Parliament – 26th

Lieutenant governors

 * Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – John Percy Page
 * Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – George Pearkes
 * Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Errick Willis
 * Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Joseph Leonard O'Brien
 * Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland – Fabian O'Dea
 * Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Henry Poole MacKeen
 * Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – William Earl Rowe
 * Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Willibald Joseph MacDonald
 * Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Paul Comtois
 * Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Robert Hanbidge

Premiers

 * Premier of Alberta – Ernest Manning
 * Premier of British Columbia – W.A.C. Bennett
 * Premier of Manitoba – Dufferin Roblin
 * Premier of New Brunswick – Louis Robichaud
 * Premier of Newfoundland – Joey Smallwood
 * Premier of Nova Scotia – Robert Stanfield
 * Premier of Ontario – John Robarts
 * Premier of Prince Edward Island – Walter Shaw
 * Premier of Quebec – Jean Lesage
 * Premier of Saskatchewan – Woodrow Lloyd (until May 2) then Ross Thatcher

Commissioners

 * Commissioner of Yukon – Gordon Robertson Cameron
 * Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Bent Gestur Sivertz

Events

 * March 13 – Canada begins a decades-long peacekeeping mission in Cyprus
 * March 23 – George Stanley first describes and sketches the proposal for Canada's new flag that is eventually accepted
 * March 26 – The White Paper on Defence is tabled.
 * March 27 – Several towns in coastal British Columbia, including Prince Rupert, Tofino, Port Alberni and Zeballos, suffer damage from tsunamis associated with the Good Friday earthquake in Alaska. Overall damage is estimated at $10 million.
 * April – Canadians are issued Social Insurance cards for the first time
 * April 22 – Saskatchewan election: Ross Thatcher's Liberals win a majority, defeating Woodrow Lloyd's Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, ending almost 20 years of CCF rule over the province.
 * May 2 – W. Ross Thatcher is sworn in as Premier of Saskatchewan
 * May 17 – The first Tim Hortons restaurant was opened, making its debut on the corner of Ottawa Street North and Dunsmore Street in Hamilton, Ontario, as Tim Horton Donuts.
 * May 27 – The Prime Minister unveils the "Pearson Pennant", his preferred, but ultimately unsuccessful, design for a new national flag.
 * June 15 – The Great Canadian Flag Debate begins in the House of Commons.
 * June 19 - The Hall Commission Report recommending the creation of Canada's medicare programme was tabled in the House of Commons.
 * July 16 – Canada extends its exclusive fishing zone to 12 nmi off-shore
 * July 17 – Operation Snowball, a 0.5 kiloton conventional explosive test at Suffield Experimental Station in Alberta
 * August 22 – The Beatles play at Empire Stadium in Vancouver, their first performance in Canada.
 * September 7 – The Beatles play at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto
 * September 8 – The Beatles play at the Montreal Forum
 * September 10 – After almost three months of debate in the Commons, the flag question is referred to an all-party committee.
 * September 17 – The flag committee meets for the first time.
 * October 5 – Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, begin an eight-day visit to Canada.
 * October 22 – The flag committee makes its final selection of the design that will become the national flag.
 * November 9 - Max Saltsman wins Waterloo South by-election, campaigning against a mere flag taking priority over important social issues such as medicare
 * November 30 – John Diefenbaker launches a filibuster to try to prevent the introduction of a new Canadian flag
 * December 16 – A resolution creating the new Flag of Canada is passed in the House of Commons after much controversy.

Full date unknown

 * Canada pulls its peacekeepers out of Zaire
 * Glenn Gould gives up doing live performances
 * Governor General Georges Vanier hosts the "Canadian Conference of the Family"
 * Innis College founded at the University of Toronto
 * Canada passes act to change Air Canada's name.

New books

 * Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man: Marshall McLuhan
 * The Circle Game: Margaret Atwood
 * The Laughing Rooster: Irving Layton
 * Flowers for Hitler: Leonard Cohen
 * The Stone Angel: Margaret Laurence

Awards

 * See 1964 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
 * Stephen Leacock Award: Harry J. Boyle, Homebrew and Patches Clarke Irwin
 * Vicky Metcalf Award: John F. Hayes

Television

 * October 4 – The controversial news show This Hour Has Seven Days premieres on CBC.

Sport

 * March 14 – The Alberta Golden Bears win their first University Cup by defeating Sir George Williams Georgians 9 to 1. The final game was played at the Kingston Memorial Centre
 * May 2 – Northern Dancer wins the Kentucky Derby.
 * Summer – At the Olympic Games held in Tokyo, Japan, Canada wins one gold medal.
 * April 25 – The Toronto Maple Leafs win their twelfth Stanley Cup by defeating the Detroit Red Wings 4 games to 3. The deciding Game 7 was played at Maple Leaf Gardens
 * November 28 – In a rematch of the 51st Grey Cup, the BC Lions win their first Grey Cup by defeating the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 34–24 in the 52nd Grey Cup at Toronto's Exhibition Stadium

January to June

 * January 8 – Ron Sexsmith, singer-songwriter
 * January 10 – Brad Roberts, lead singer and guitarist
 * January 31 – Sylvie Bernier, diver and Olympic gold medallist
 * February 1 – Sharon Bruneau, bodybuilder and fitness competitor
 * February 10
 * Victor Davis, swimmer, Olympic gold medallist and World Champion (d.1989)
 * Gregory Edgelow, wrestler
 * February 17 – Sherry Hawco, artistic gymnast (d. 1991)
 * April 1 – Scott Stevens, ice hockey player
 * April 7 – Steve Graves, ice hockey player
 * April 13 – Caroline Rhea, stand-up comedian and actress
 * April 17 – Rachel Notley, politician and 17th Premier of Alberta
 * May 3 – Ron Hextall, ice hockey player
 * May 13 – Robert Marland, rower and Olympic gold medallist
 * May 17 - Elfi Schlegel, gymnast
 * May 20 - Petr Kellner, entrepreneur (d. 2021)
 * May 24 – Clayton Gerein, Paralympic athlete
 * May 26 – Paul Okalik, politician and 1st Premier of Nunavut
 * June 9 – Gloria Reuben, singer and actress
 * June 14 – Randall Thompson, boxer
 * June 16 – Brad Fay, sportscaster
 * June 21 – Rick Duff, boxer
 * June 22 – Angelo Tsarouchas, comedian/actor
 * June 26 – Ian Tracey, actor
 * June 28 – Christina Ashcroft, sport shooter

July to December

 * July 24 - Stéphan Bureau, journalist, TV interviewer and producer
 * July 14 - Craig McKinley, physician and aquanaut (NEEMO 7 mission) (d. 2013)
 * July 24 – Erminia Russo, volleyball player
 * July 25 – Lisa LaFlamme, journalist and news anchor
 * August 6 – Alison Baker, racewalker
 * August 9 – Brett Hull, ice hockey player and coach
 * August 17 – Colin James, singer, guitarist and songwriter
 * August 26
 * Dave Boyes, rower and Olympic silver medallist
 * Bobby Jurasin, Canadian football defensive lineman
 * August 27 – Paul Bernardo, serial killer and rapist
 * August 30 – Milena Gaiga, field hockey player
 * September 1 – Brian Bellows, ice hockey player
 * September 2 – Keanu Reeves, actor
 * September 12 – Greg McConnell, indie rock musician (d. 1999)
 * September 14 – Terrence Paul, rower and Olympic gold medallist
 * September 18 – Kelly-Ann Way, track cyclist and road bicycle racer
 * September 22 – Wayne Yearwood, basketball player and coach
 * September 24 – That Vegan Teacher, activist, educator, and influencer
 * September 23 – Diana Dutra, female boxer
 * September 25 – Ray Lazdins, discus thrower
 * September 26 – Marc Lépine, mass murderer (d. 1989)
 * October 9 – John Ralston, actor
 * October 14 – David Kaye, actor and voice actor
 * October 23 – David Sobolov, voice actor and director
 * October 24
 * Linda Ballantyne, voice actress
 * Paul Bonwick, Canadian House of Commons member
 * October 26 – Marc Lépine, murderer responsible for the École Polytechnique massacre (d. 1989)
 * October 29 – May Allison, long-distance runner
 * November 3 – Christian Mistral, Canadian novelist, poet, and songwriter (d. 2020)
 * November 9 – Leah Pells, track and field athlete
 * November 10 – Stephen McNeil, politician and 28th Premier of Nova Scotia
 * November 14 – Silken Laumann, rower
 * November 15 – David Caplan, politician and Minister
 * November 16 – Diana Krall, jazz pianist and singer
 * December 11 – Carolyn Waldo, synchronized swimmer
 * December 19 – Lorie Kane, golfer
 * December 27 – Kevin Patterson, medical doctor and writer

Full date unknown

 * Gary Barwin, poet, author and musician
 * Maurice Vellekoop, artist and illustrator

Deaths

 * January 1 – William Herbert Burns, politician (b. 1878)
 * January 12 – Byron Ingemar Johnson, politician and 24th Premier of British Columbia (b. 1890)
 * February 18 – Joseph-Armand Bombardier, inventor, businessman and founder of Bombardier Inc. (b. 1907)
 * March 3 – Angus MacInnis, politician (b. 1884)
 * April 4 – Sarah Ramsland, politician, first woman elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (b. 1882)
 * April 20 – Joseph-Alphida Crete, politician (b. 1890)
 * April 26 – E. J. Pratt, poet (b. 1882)
 * June 9 – Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, business tycoon, politician and writer (b. 1879)
 * June 12 – Paul Carpenter, actor (b. 1921)
 * August 7 – Arsène Gagné, Quebec politician (b. 1910)
 * September 5 – William Sherring, marathon runner and Olympic gold medallist (b. 1878)
 * December 9 – Elmore Philpott, journalist and politician (b. 1896)
 * December 14 – Roland Beaudry, politician, journalist, publicist and publisher (b. 1906)

Full date unknown

 * Léo Gauthier, politician (b. 1904)

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1966 in Canada

Events from the year 1966 in Canada.

Crown

 * Monarch – Elizabeth II

Federal government

 * Governor General – Georges Vanier
 * Prime Minister – Lester B. Pearson
 * Chief Justice – Robert Taschereau (Quebec)
 * Parliament – 27th

Lieutenant governors

 * Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – John Percy Page (until January 6) then Grant MacEwan
 * Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – George Pearkes
 * Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Richard Spink Bowles
 * Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – John B. McNair
 * Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland – Fabian O'Dea
 * Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Henry Poole MacKeen
 * Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – William Earl Rowe
 * Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Willibald Joseph MacDonald
 * Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Paul Comtois (until February 22) then Hugues Lapointe
 * Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Robert Hanbidge

Premiers

 * Premier of Alberta – Ernest Manning
 * Premier of British Columbia – W.A.C. Bennett
 * Premier of Manitoba – Dufferin Roblin
 * Premier of New Brunswick – Louis Robichaud
 * Premier of Newfoundland – Joey Smallwood
 * Premier of Nova Scotia – Robert Stanfield
 * Premier of Ontario – John Robarts
 * Premier of Prince Edward Island – Walter Shaw (until July 28) then Alexander B. Campbell
 * Premier of Quebec – Jean Lesage (until June 16) then Daniel Johnson, Sr.
 * Premier of Saskatchewan – Ross Thatcher

Commissioners

 * Commissioner of Yukon – Gordon Robertson Cameron (until November 7) then James Smith
 * Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Bent Gestur Sivertz

Events

 * January 1: The Canada Pension Plan and the Quebec Pension Plan both begin operation
 * February 25: Toronto Transit Commission inaugurates the Bloor-Danforth Subway line.
 * March 4: The Munsinger Affair is Canada's first major political sex scandal
 * May 1: Army camps, RCAF stations, and the RCN's land-based installations become Canadian Forces bases. Training schools and the pay system are unified.
 * May 18: Paul Joseph Chartier is killed when a bomb he is carrying goes off on Parliament Hill
 * June 5: The Union Nationale under Daniel Johnson, Sr. is elected in Quebec.
 * June 16: Daniel Johnson, Sr., becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Jean Lesage
 * July 28: Alexander B. Campbell becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Walter Shaw
 * September 1: The CBC becomes the first Canadian television network to broadcast in colour, followed within days by the private-sector CTV Television Network.
 * October 14: Montreal inaugurates its metro system (see Montreal Metro).
 * October 17: The Montreal Metro opens
 * November 4: Bill C-243, The Canadian Forces Reorganization Act, is introduced in Parliament.
 * December 31: The Centennial Flame in front of Parliament Hill is lit
 * The Revolutionary Strategy and the Role of the Avant-Garde outlining the strategy of the FLQ is written.
 * The Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program is established.
 * The Medical Care Act is passed, helping set up the Medicare system

Unknown

 * The first Brazilian Carnival Ball is held in Toronto.
 * The Glenbow Museum opens in Calgary.

New works

 * Cold Mountain. Singing Hands Series 3 by B. P. Nichol
 * The Circle Game by Margaret Atwood
 * Expeditions by Margaret Atwood
 * Speeches for Doctor Frankenstein by Margaret Atwood
 * Beautiful Losers by Leonard Cohen

Awards

 * See 1966 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
 * Stephen Leacock Award: George Bain, Nursery Rhymes to Be Read Aloud by Young Parents with Old Children
 * Vicky Metcalf Award: Fred Savage

Music

 * March 3: Canadian Neil Young, joins Stephen Stills and Richie Furay to form Buffalo Springfield.

Television

 * Star Trek premieres starring Montreal actor William Shatner

Sports

 * January 7 – Gene Kiniski wins his first (and only) NWA World Heavyweight Championship title by defeating Lou Thesz. Kiniski becomes the third Canadian to win the NWA title
 * March 5 – The Toronto Varsity Blues win their first University Cup by defeating the Alberta Golden Bears 8–1, The final game was played at Sudbury Community Arena
 * March 12 – Bobby Hull sets the record for the most goals in a National Hockey League (NHL) season.
 * May 5 – The Montreal Canadiens win their 14th Stanley Cup by defeating the Detroit Red Wings 4 games to 2. Bracebridge, Ontario's Roger Crozier won the Conn Smythe Trophy in a losing effort.
 * May 15 – The Central Alberta Hockey League's Edmonton Oil Kings win their second Memorial Cup by defeating the Ontario Hockey Association's Oshawa Generals 4 games 2. All games were played Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto
 * November 19 – The St. Francis Xavier X-Men win their first Vanier Cup by defeating the Waterloo Lutheran Golden Hawks 40–14 in the 2nd Vanier Cup played at Varsity Stadium in Toronto
 * November 26 – The Saskatchewan Roughriders win their first Grey Cup by defeating the Ottawa Rough Riders 29–14 in the 54th Grey Cup played at Empire Stadium in Vancouver

January to March

 * January 2 – James Cantor, clinical psychologist and sexologist
 * January 14 – Rene Simpson, tennis player (d. 2013)
 * January 23 – Bernadette Bowyer, field hockey player
 * January 24 – Michael Forgeron, rower and Olympic gold medallist
 * January 30 – Doug Wood, pole vaulter
 * February 17 – Luc Robitaille, ice hockey player
 * February 20 – Louis Ferreira, actor
 * February 27 – Donal Logue, actor
 * March 1 – Susan Auch, speed skater and double Olympic silver medallist
 * March 16 – Chrissy Redden, cyclist
 * March 20 – Chris Gifford, field hockey player
 * March 25 – Jeff Healey, jazz and blues-rock guitarist and vocalist (d. 2008)
 * March 25 – David Hohl, wrestler
 * March 29 – Pamela Rai, Olympic swimmer
 * March 31 – Nathalie Gosselin, judoka

April to June

 * April 14 – André Boisclair, politician
 * April 15 – Beverly Thomson, television personality, journalist, and correspondent for CTV Television Network
 * April 19 – David La Haye, actor
 * April 20 – Vincent Riendeau, ice hockey player and coach
 * April 24 – David Usher, rock singer-songwriter
 * May 2 – Belinda Stronach, politician and Minister, businessperson and philanthropist
 * May 11 – Michelle MacPherson, swimmer and Olympic bronze medallist
 * May 12 – Anne Ottenbrite, swimmer and Olympic gold medallist
 * May 23 – Gary Roberts, ice hockey player
 * June 5 – Dwayne Hill, voice actor
 * June 12 – Michael Redhill, poet, playwright and novelist
 * June 18 – Kurt Browning, figure skater and four-time World Champion, choreographer
 * June 24 – Debbie Fuller, diver
 * June 26 – Kirk McLean, ice hockey player
 * June 29 – John Part, darts player
 * June 30 – Peter Outerbridge, actor

July to September

 * August 3 – Brent Butt, comedian and TV producer
 * August 27 – Gianni Vignaduzzi, track cyclist
 * September 10 – Joe Nieuwendyk, ice hockey player and manager
 * September 27 – Gerry Byrne, politician

October to December

 * October 17 – Peter Milkovich, field hockey player and coach
 * October 24 – Conrad Pla, kickboxer and actor
 * October 25 – Wendel Clark, ice hockey player
 * November 8 – Michael Soles, footballer (d. 2021)
 * November 9 – Lisa Faust, field hockey player
 * November 11 – Peaches, musician
 * November 14 – André Gingras, dancer and choreographer (d. 2013)
 * November 16 – Dean McDermott, Canadian-American actor
 * November 21 – Christopher Bowie, swimmer
 * December 1 – Larry Walker, baseball player
 * December 5 – Deb Whitten, field hockey player
 * December 8 – Tyler Mane, actor and wrestler
 * December 10 – Dana Murzyn, ice hockey player
 * December 14 – Bill Ranford, ice hockey player
 * December 19 – Darren Dutchyshen, sportscaster (d. 2024)
 * December 21 – Kiefer Sutherland, actor

Full date unknown

 * Stéphane Demers, actor

Deaths

 * January 22 – Morris Gray, politician (b.1889)
 * February 6 - R.T.M. Scott, author
 * April 8 – Robert Methven Petrie, astronomer (b.1906)
 * July 11 – Andrew McNaughton, army officer, politician and diplomat (b.1887)
 * September 5 – William Murdoch Buchanan, politician (b.1897)
 * September 10 – Blodwen Davies, writer (b.1897)
 * September 15 – Leonard Brockington, lawyer, civil servant and first head of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) (b.1888)
 * October 18 – Elizabeth Arden, businesswoman (b.1884)
 * November 23 - Jean Baptiste Paul, Canadian First Nations wrestler (b.1896)
 * December 2 - Ralph Allen, author and journalist (b.1913)

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1967 in Canada

1967 is remembered as one of the most notable years in Canada. It was the centenary of Canadian Confederation and celebrations were held throughout the nation. The most prominent event was Expo 67 in Montreal, the most successful World's Fair ever held up to that time, and one of the first events to win international acclaim for the country. The year saw the nation's Governor General, Georges Vanier, die in office; and two prominent federal leaders, Official Opposition Leader John Diefenbaker, and Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson announced their resignations. The year's top news-story was French President Charles de Gaulle's "Vive le Québec libre" speech in Montreal. The year also saw major changes in youth culture with the "hippies" in Toronto's Yorkville area becoming front-page news over their lifestyle choices and battles with Toronto City Council. A new honours system was announced, the Order of Canada. In sports, the Toronto Maple Leafs won their 13th and last Stanley Cup.

In mountaineering, the year saw the first ascents of the highest peak in the remote Arctic Cordillera.

Overview
The nation began to feel far more nationalistic than before, with a generation raised in a country fully detached from Britain. The new Canadian flag served as a symbol and a catalyst for this. In Quebec, the Quiet Revolution was overthrowing the oligarchy of francophone clergy and anglophone businessmen, and French Canadian pride and nationalism were becoming a national political force.

The Canadian economy was at its post-war peak, and levels of prosperity and quality of life were at all-time highs. Many of the most important elements of Canada's welfare state were coming on line, such as Medicare and the Canada Pension Plan (CPP).

These events were coupled with the coming of age of the baby boom and the regeneration of music, literature, and art that the 1960s brought around the world. The baby boomers, who have since dominated Canada's culture, tend to view the period as Canada's halcyon days.

1967 was an exciting year for Canadians. Communities across the country planned celebrations to mark the 100th anniversary of confederation. The Federal Government sponsored events from coast to coast and provided funding and organization for such things as the Centennial Train and the Centennial Voyageur Canoe Pageant. Even Canada's military got the spirit by producing the Canadian Armed Forces Tattoo 1967 that toured the country from coast to coast with over 150 shows from St. John's, Newfoundland to Victoria, BC with a two week long production at EXPO 67 in Montreal. Tattoo 1967 was so successful, there were calls to have the show tour the world as a representative of Canadian culture. The show set a world's record for the longest running military tattoo, a record that has never been equaled.

While to Montreal it was the year of Expo, to Toronto it was the culmination of the Toronto Maple Leafs dynasty of the 1960s, with the team winning its fourth Stanley Cup in six years by defeating its arch-rival, the Montreal Canadiens, in the last all-Canadian Stanley Cup Finals until 1986.

Author and historian Pierre Berton famously referred to 1967 as Canada's last good year. In his analysis, the years following saw much of 1967's hopefulness disappear. In the early 1970s, the oil shock and other factors hammered the Canadian economy. Quebec separatism led to divisive debates and an economic decline of Montreal and Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) terrorism. The Vietnam War and Watergate Scandal in the United States also had profound effects on Canadians. Berton reported that Toronto hockey fans also note that the Maple Leafs have not won a Stanley Cup since.

Crown

 * Monarch – Elizabeth II

Federal government

 * Governor General – Georges Vanier (until March 5) then Roland Michener (from April 17)
 * Prime Minister – Lester B. Pearson
 * Chief Justice – Robert Taschereau (Quebec) (until September 1) then John Robert Cartwright (Ontario)
 * Parliament – 27th

Lieutenant governors

 * Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Grant MacEwan
 * Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – George Pearkes
 * Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Richard Spink Bowles
 * Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – John B. McNair
 * Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland – Fabian O'Dea
 * Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Henry Poole MacKeen
 * Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – William Earl Rowe
 * Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Willibald Joseph MacDonald
 * Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Hugues Lapointe
 * Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Robert Hanbidge

Premiers

 * Premier of Alberta – Ernest Manning
 * Premier of British Columbia – W.A.C. Bennett
 * Premier of Manitoba – Dufferin Roblin (until November 27) then Walter Weir
 * Premier of New Brunswick – Louis Robichaud
 * Premier of Newfoundland – Joey Smallwood
 * Premier of Nova Scotia – Robert Stanfield (until September 13) then G.I. Smith
 * Premier of Ontario – John Robarts
 * Premier of Prince Edward Island – Alexander B. Campbell
 * Premier of Quebec – Daniel Johnson, Sr.
 * Premier of Saskatchewan – Ross Thatcher

Commissioners

 * Commissioner of Yukon – James Smith
 * Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Bent Gestur Sivertz (until March 2) then Stuart Milton Hodgson

January to June

 * January 1: Several municipalities such as Forest Hill and Swansea are merged into Toronto
 * January 7: Robert Nixon is elected leader of the Ontario Liberal Party
 * March 25: After the death of Georges Vanier, Roland Michener becomes Governor General
 * April 17: The Order of Canada is created
 * April 27: Expo 67 Official Opening Ceremony broadcast in colour live via satellite to an estimated worldwide audience of 700 million viewers and listeners.
 * April 28: Expo 67 opens to the public at 9:30 a.m. in Montreal
 * April: Bill C-243, The Canadian Forces Reorganization Act, is given third and final reading in the House of Commons
 * May: The GO Transit service begins in Toronto
 * May 23: Alberta election: Ernest Manning's Social Credit Party wins a ninth consecutive majority
 * June 5: Geoffrey Hattersley-Smith becomes the first person to climb Barbeau Peak, the highest point in the Arctic Cordillera
 * June 20: The National Library of Canada opens

July to December

 * July 1: Canada celebrates its centennial
 * 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 and was voted as the top news story from Canada by newspaper and radio journalists.
 * 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 carnival in the world, drawing over 1 million spectators and 250,000 visitors a year.
 * August 5: A man with schizophrenia, Victor Hoffman, kills nine near Shell Lake, Saskatchewan
 * September 9: Robert Stanfield wins the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party
 * September 13: G.I. Smith becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing Robert Stanfield
 * October 5–6: Ucluelet records Canada's heaviest ever 24-hour rainfall with 489.2 mm.
 * 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 29: Expo 67 closes, setting attendance records.
 * November 5: Robert Stanfield becomes head of the federal Progressive Conservative Party
 * November 16: The Museum of Science and Technology opens in Ottawa
 * November 27: Walter Weir becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing Dufferin Roblin
 * November 27: A conference organized by John Robarts of Ontario brings together all the provincial premiers to discuss the constitution
 * December 14: 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 will, among other things, decriminalize homosexual acts.
 * December 29: Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism delivers first volume its report.

Full date unknown

 * Mary Walker-Sawka becomes the first woman to be nominated as a candidate for the leadership of a federal political party.
 * The University of Lethbridge is founded

New books

 * Morley Callaghan: Stories
 * Timothy Findley: The Last of the Crazy People
 * Hugh Hood: The Camera Always Lies
 * Farley Mowat: The Polar Passion

Poetry

 * Margaret Atwood, The Circle Game, won a Governor General's award and "sold out immediately"
 * John Robert Colombo, Abracadabra
 * D. G. Jones, Phrases from Orpheus
 * Dorothy Livesay, The Unquiet Bed, Canadian and African experiences
 * Eli Mandel, An Idiot Joy
 * Michael Ondaatje, The Dainty Monsters, Toronto: Coach House Press
 * P. K. Page, Cry Ararat!: Poems New and Selected
 * Al Purdy, North of Summer, a diary in verse recounting his stay on Baffin Island
 * A. J. M. Smith:
 * Editor, A Book of Modern Canadian Verse, anthology
 * Poems: New and Collected
 * Raymond Souster, editor, New Wave Canada anthology of younger poets
 * Miriam Waddington, The Glass Trumpet
 * George Woodcock, Selected Poems of George Woodcock, Toronto: Clarke, Irwin, Canada

Awards

 * See 1967 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
 * Stephen Leacock Award: Richard J. Needham, Needham's Inferno
 * Vicky Metcalf Award: John Patrick Gillese

Film

 * Norman Jewison's In the Heat of the Night premieres
 * Michael Snow's Wavelength premieres and starts the structural film movement.

Sport

 * March 11 – The Toronto Varsity Blues win their second University Cup by defeating the Laurentian Voyageurs 16 to 2. The final game is played at Edmonton Gardens
 * May 2 – The Toronto Maple Leafs win their 13th (and last ) Stanley Cup by defeating the Montreal Canadiens. The deciding game 6 was played at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Ontario. Dave Keon of Noranda, Quebec, won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player to the in the playoffs, largely for his defensive play.
 * May 11 – The Ontario Hockey Association's Toronto Marlboros win their fifth Memorial Cup by defeating the Thunder Bay Junior Hockey League's Port Arthur Marrs 4 games to 1. All the games were played at Fort William Gardens
 * July 23 – The fifth Pan American Games commence in Winnipeg.
 * November 25 – The Alberta Golden Bears win their first Vanier Cup by defeating the McMaster Marauders 10–9 in the 3rd Vanier Cup played at Varsity Stadium in Toronto
 * December 2 – The Hamilton Tiger-Cats win their fifth Grey Cup by defeating Saskatchewan Roughriders 24 to 1 in the 55th Grey Cup played at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa.

January to March

 * January 27 – Susan Aglukark, singer-songwriter
 * January 29 – Sean Burke, ice hockey player
 * February 26 – Gene Principe, sports reporter
 * March 16 – Kevin Draxinger, swimmer

April to June

 * April 5 – Gary Gait, lacrosse player
 * April 5 – Paul Gait, lacrosse player and coach
 * April 14
 * Steve Chiasson, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1999)
 * Alain Côté, Canadian ice hockey player
 * April 29 – Curtis Joseph, ice hockey player
 * May 1 – Tom Hanson, photojournalist (d. 2009)
 * May 1 – Marie Moore, swimmer
 * May 4 – John Child, beach volleyball player and Olympic bronze medalist
 * May 5 – Stephane Provost, National Hockey League linesman (d. 2005)
 * May 10 – Scott Brison, politician and Minister
 * May 15 – Ron Pardo, actor and comedian
 * May 21 – Chris Benoit, wrestler (d. 2007)
 * May 25 – Andrew Sznajder, tennis player
 * May 29 – Mike Keane, ice hockey player
 * June 1 – Murray Baron, ice hockey player
 * June 10 – Elizabeth Wettlaufer, nurse and serial killer
 * June 24 – Bill Huard, ice hockey player
 * June 27 – Sylvie Fréchette, synchronized swimmer and Olympic gold medalist
 * June 28 – Gil Bellows, film and television actor
 * June 30 – Gareth Rees, rugby union player

July to December

 * July 1 – Pamela Anderson, actress, glamour model, producer, author and activist
 * July 7 – Andy Walker, television personality
 * July 12 – Bruny Surin, sprinter, Olympic gold medalist and World Champion
 * August 6 – Julie Snyder, TV host and producer
 * August 12 – Pascale Grand, racewalker
 * August 21 – Carrie-Anne Moss, actress
 * August 23 – Jody Vance, sports anchor
 * September 1 – David Whissell, politician
 * September 17 – Kevin Boyles, volleyball player and coach
 * September 25 – Kim Issel, Canadian ice hockey player
 * September 30 – Paul Boyd, American-born Canadian animator (d. 2007)
 * October 3 – Denis Villeneuve, film director and writer
 * October 9 – Carling Bassett-Seguso, tennis player
 * October 9 – Guylaine Dumont, beach volleyball player
 * October 17 – Venus Terzo, actress and voice actress
 * October 30 – Brad Aitken, ice hockey player
 * November 8 – Christopher Chalmers, swimmer
 * December 14 – Dominic LeBlanc, politician
 * December 15 – Christine Larsen, synchronised swimmer
 * December 16 – Donovan Bailey, sprinter, double Olympic gold medalist and World Champion
 * December 17 – Vincent Damphousse, ice hockey player
 * December 29 – Ashleigh Banfield, journalist and television host

Deaths

 * January 9 – Errick Willis, politician (b.1896)
 * January 14 – James Lorimer Ilsley, politician, Minister and jurist (b.1894)
 * January 26 – Crawford Gordon, businessman (b.1914)
 * January 31 – Geoffrey O'Hara, composer, singer and music professor (b.1882)
 * February 10 – Thomas Ricketts, soldier and Victoria Cross recipient in 1918 (b.1901)
 * March 5 – Georges Vanier, soldier, diplomat and Governor General of Canada (b.1888)
 * March 23 - Jack Humphrey, painter (b.1901)
 * April 20 - Léo-Paul Desrosiers, journalist, writer (b.1896)
 * April 30 – Gladys Porter, politician and first female Member of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia (b.1894)
 * May 13 – Dana Porter, politician and jurist (b.1901)
 * May 23 – Lionel Groulx, priest, historian, Quebec nationalist and traditionalist (b.1878)
 * August 2 – Adrien Arcand, journalist and fascist (b.1899)
 * August 28 - Charles Edward Bothwell, politician and barrister (b.1882)
 * December 30 – Vincent Massey, lawyer, diplomat and Governor General of Canada (b.1887)

Full date unknown

 * Malcolm Norris, Métis leader (b.1900)

title: 1967 in Canada


text:
1970 in Canada

Events from the year 1970 in Canada.

Crown

 * Monarch – Elizabeth II

Federal government

 * Governor General – Roland Michener
 * Prime Minister – Pierre Trudeau
 * Chief Justice – John Robert Cartwright (Ontario) (until 23 March) then Gérald Fauteux (Quebec)
 * Parliament – 28th

Lieutenant governors

 * Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Grant MacEwan
 * Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – John Robert Nicholson
 * Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Richard Spink Bowles (until September 2) then William John McKeag
 * Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Wallace Samuel Bird
 * Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland – Ewart John Arlington Harnum
 * Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Victor de Bedia Oland
 * Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – William Ross Macdonald
 * Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – John George MacKay
 * Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Hugues Lapointe
 * Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Robert Hanbidge (until February 2) then Stephen Worobetz

Premiers

 * Premier of Alberta – Harry Strom
 * Premier of British Columbia – W.A.C. Bennett
 * Premier of Manitoba – Edward Schreyer
 * Premier of New Brunswick – Louis Robichaud (until November 12) then Richard Hatfield
 * Premier of Newfoundland – Joey Smallwood
 * Premier of Nova Scotia – G.I. Smith (until October 28) then Gerald Regan
 * Premier of Ontario – John Robarts
 * Premier of Prince Edward Island – Alexander B. Campbell
 * Premier of Quebec – Jean-Jacques Bertrand (until May 12) then Robert Bourassa
 * Premier of Saskatchewan – Ross Thatcher

Commissioners

 * Commissioner of Yukon – James Smith
 * Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Stuart Milton Hodgson

January to June

 * January 1 - The cities Fort William and Port Arthur are merged to create Thunder Bay, Ontario
 * January 16 - The federal government announces plans to convert the nation to the metric system
 * February 2 - Canada becomes an official observer at the Organization of American States
 * February 5 - An oil tanker runs aground in Chedabucto Bay (Nova Scotia) causing a major oil spill
 * February 17 - The use of phosphates in laundry detergent is banned
 * March 2 - Keith Spicer is appointed as the first Official Languages Commissioner
 * March 7 - A total solar eclipse affects the Maritimes
 * March 20 - The Francophonie is established with Canada as a founding member
 * May 1 - The Capitol Cinema, Ottawa's only movie palace, is closed and later demolished
 * May 12 - Robert Bourassa becomes Premier of Quebec after his Liberals defeat the Union Nationale party
 * May 22 - The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission issues the first Canadian content rules for television and radio
 * May 29 - The Hudson's Bay Company moves its headquarters from London to Winnipeg, Manitoba
 * June 26 - The federal voting age is lowered from 21 to 18

July to December

 * July 5 - 109 people are killed in the crash of an Air Canada DC-8.
 * August 2 - Three Canadians are killed when a ferry collides with a Soviet freighter off British Columbia
 * August 17 - Arthur Erickson is awarded at Expo '70 for his design of the Canadian pavilion
 * August 20 - The Sudbury, Ontario tornado event, with winds up to 100 miles per hour, hits Sudbury and Field, Ontario. It was one of the worst tornadoes in Canadian history — killing six people, injuring 200, and causing C$17 million dollars in property damage.
 * September 24 - Deb was born
 * September 27 - TVOntario begins broadcasting
 * October - Canada establishes formal relations with the People's Republic of China.
 * October 5 - October Crisis: British Trade Commissioner James Cross is kidnapped by the FLQ.
 * October 5 - Award-winning news & current affairs program, 24Hours starts on CBWT in Winnipeg.
 * October 10 - October Crisis: Quebec Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte is kidnapped by FLQ.
 * October 13 - Canada and the People's Republic of China establish diplomatic relations.
 * October 16 - October Crisis: Pierre Trudeau introduces the War Measures Act to deal with the FLQ threat. Trudeau also addresses the nation in a televised speech explaining why he invoked the War Measures Act.
 * October 17 - October Crisis: The body of Pierre Laporte is found in the trunk of a car.
 * October 28 - Gerald Regan becomes Premier of Nova Scotia after his Liberals defeat George Smith's Conservatives in the 1970 election.
 * November 6 - Police raid the hiding place of the FLQ's Chenier cell, arresting Bernard Lortie for the kidnapping and murder of Pierre Laporte.
 * November 12 - Richard Hatfield becomes Premier of New Brunswick after his Conservatives defeat Louis Robichaud's Liberals in the 1970 election.
 * December 3 - October Crisis: James Cross is released unharmed by FLQ
 * December 28 - October Crisis: The FLQ kidnappers of Pierre Laporte are caught.

Full date unknown

 * The Royal Commission on the Status of Women reports to Parliament
 * INCO builds the world's tallest smokestack at Copper Cliff, Ontario
 * The Pierre Laporte Bridge opens in Quebec City, at the time it is Canada's longest bridge
 * The Don't Make a Wave Committee, the predecessor organization to Greenpeace, is founded in Vancouver
 * The first ACTRA Awards are held
 * Louis Cyr Monument

New books

 * The Collected Works of Billy the Kid - Michael Ondaatje
 * S th story I to: trew adventure - bill bissett
 * Fifth Business - Robertson Davies
 * The Journals of Susanna Moodie - Margaret Atwood
 * Il est par là, le soleil - Roch Carrier
 * The National Dream - Pierre Berton
 * La Rivière sans repos - Gabrielle Roy
 * Counterblast - Marshall McLuhan

New plays

 * The Ecstasy of Rita Joe - George Ryga

Awards

 * See 1970 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
 * Stephen Leacock Award: Farley Mowat, The Boat Who Wouldn't Float
 * Vicky Metcalf Award: Farley Mowat

Film

 * Paul Almond's Act of the Heart opens

Music

 * June 23 - The first Juno Awards for Canadian music are held.

Sport

 * February 16 - Police recover the Grey Cup after it was stolen the previous December.
 * March 7 - Toronto Varsity Blues won their Fourth University Cup by defeating the Saint Mary's Huskies 3 to 2. The Final game was played in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
 * April 5 - Bobby Orr becomes the first National Hockey League (NHL) defenceman to win the scoring title.
 * May 2 - Montreal is awarded the 1976 Summer Olympics.
 * May 10 - Parry Sound, Ontario's Bobby Orr is awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy
 * May 12 - Ontario Hockey Association's Montreal Jr. Canadiens won their fourth and final Memorial Cup by defeating the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League'sWeyburn Red Wings 4 games to 0. All games were played at the Montreal Forum
 * May 22 - The National Hockey League adds a third Canadian team as the Vancouver Canucks are established.
 * November 21 - Manitoba Bisons won their second consecutive Vanier Cup by defeating the Ottawa Gee-Gees 38–11 in the 6th Vanier Cup played at Varsity Stadium in Toronto
 * November 28 - Montreal Alouettes won their Second Grey Cup by defeating the Calgary Stampeders 23–10 in the 58th Grey Cup played at Exhibition Stadium at Toronto.
 * The first Arctic Winter Games commence in Yellowknife.

January to March

 * January 6 - David Saint-Jacques, astronaut
 * January 19 - Donald Haddow, swimmer
 * January 24 - Lynn Coady, novelist and journalist
 * February 18 - Raine Maida, singer and songwriter
 * February 22 – Nicole Oliver, actress, voice actress, and singer
 * February 23 - Marie-Josée Croze, actress
 * March 5 - Paul Whelan, detainee in Russia
 * March 18 - Ian Bird, field hockey player
 * March 20 - Andrew Kishino, actor, voice actor, and rapper

April to June

 * April 8 - J. R. Bourne, actor
 * April 11 - Trevor Linden, ice hockey player
 * May 3 - Marie-Soleil Tougas, Quebec actress and TV host (d. 1997)
 * May 4
 * Will Arnett, actor
 * Karla Homolka, convicted murderer
 * May 6 - Kavan Smith, actor
 * May 8 - Naomi Klein, author and activist
 * May 11 - Heather Stefanson, politician
 * May 12 - Mike Weir, golfer
 * May 19
 * Mario Dumont, politician
 * Jason Gray-Stanford, actor
 * May 20 - Jason York, ice hockey player
 * June 2 - Patricia Noall, swimmer and Olympic bronze medalist
 * June 3 - Julie Masse, pop singer
 * June 4 - Donald Farley, cross-country skier (d. 2016)
 * June 12 - Gordon Michael Woolvett, actor
 * June 23 - Kerri Buchberger, volleyball player

July to September

 * July 14 - Michelle Sawatzky, volleyball player
 * July 17 - Gavin McInnes, far right commentator
 * July 28 - Isabelle Brasseur, pair skater
 * July 31 - Amanda Stepto, actress
 * August 6 - Michael Strange, boxer
 * August 9 - Rod Brind'Amour, ice hockey player
 * August 16
 * Tina Connelly, track and field athlete
 * Dean Del Mastro, politician
 * Daren Millard, sportscaster
 * August 19 - James Rajotte, politician
 * August 31 - Zack Ward, actor
 * September 1 - Mitsou, pop singer, businesswoman, television and radio host and actress
 * September 7
 * Keltie Duggan, swimmer
 * Gino Odjick, ice hockey player (d. 2023)
 * September 19 - Kathryn Humphreys, CityNews sports anchor
 * September 24 - Isabelle Turcotte Baird, triathlete

October to December

 * October 5 - Tina Poitras, race walker
 * October 8 - Heather Jones, field hockey player
 * November 9 - Chris Jericho, wrestler, actor, author, radio and television host and rock musician
 * November 10 - Sue Reid, field hockey player
 * November 12 - Sarah Harmer, singer-songwriter and activist
 * November 15 - Jeff Adams, wheelchair athlete, multiple Paralympic medalist and World Champion
 * December 15 - Michael Shanks, actor
 * December 18 - Victoria Pratt, actress and model
 * December 19 - Jonathan Cleveland, swimmer and Olympic bronze medalist
 * December 20 - Nicole de Boer, actress
 * December 22 - Ted Cruz, politician, and U.S. Senator from Texas since 2013
 * December 23 - Catriona Le May Doan, speed skater, double Olympic gold medalist and World Champion
 * December 25 - Stu Barnes, ice hockey player and coach

Full date unknown

 * Maher Arar, engineer and rendition victim

Deaths

 * January 23 - Nell Shipman, actress, screenwriter, producer, and animal trainer (b.1892)
 * January 29 - Lawren Harris, Group of Seven painter (b.1885)
 * February 21 - Louis-René Beaudoin, politician and Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada (b.1912)
 * February 27 - Marie Dionne, one of the Dionne quintuplets (b.1934)
 * March 11 - William Stewart Wallace, historian
 * April 6 - Émile Coderre, French-Canadian poet
 * May 9 - Andrew Watson Myles, politician (b.1884)
 * May 31 - Terry Sawchuk, ice hockey player (b.1929)
 * June 12 - John Keiller MacKay, soldier, jurist and 19th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (b.1888)
 * June 22 - William Melville Martin, politician and Premier of Saskatchewan (b.1876)
 * October 17 - Pierre Laporte, Quebec politician and Minister, kidnapped and murdered by Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) (b.1921)
 * September 12 - Jacob Viner, economist (b.1892)

title: 1970 in Canada


text:
1975 in Canada

Events from the year 1975 in Canada.

Crown

 * Monarch – Elizabeth II

Federal government

 * Governor General – Jules Léger
 * Prime Minister – Pierre Trudeau
 * Chief Justice – Bora Laskin (Ontario)
 * Parliament – 30th

Lieutenant governors

 * Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Ralph Steinhauer
 * Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Walter Stewart Owen
 * Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – William John McKeag
 * Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Hédard Robichaud
 * Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland – Gordon Arnaud Winter
 * Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Clarence Gosse
 * Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Pauline Mills McGibbon
 * Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Gordon Lockhart Bennett
 * Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Hugues Lapointe
 * Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Stephen Worobetz

Premiers

 * Premier of Alberta – Peter Lougheed
 * Premier of British Columbia – Dave Barrett (until December 22) then Bill Bennett
 * Premier of Manitoba – Edward Schreyer
 * Premier of New Brunswick – Richard Hatfield
 * Premier of Newfoundland – Frank Moores
 * Premier of Nova Scotia – Gerald Regan
 * Premier of Ontario – Bill Davis
 * Premier of Prince Edward Island – Alexander B. Campbell
 * Premier of Quebec – Robert Bourassa
 * Premier of Saskatchewan – Allan Blakeney

Commissioners

 * Commissioner of Yukon – James Smith
 * Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Stuart Milton Hodgson

January to June

 * January 1 - Product labelling using the metric system is introduced
 * February 18 - Sylvia Ostry is appointed Canada's first female Deputy Minister.
 * March 4 - Television cameras are allowed to film in Parliament
 * March 24 - The beaver becomes an official symbol of Canada
 * March 26 - Alberta election: Peter Lougheed's PCs win a second consecutive majority
 * April 1 - Environment Canada switches to degrees Celsius
 * April 2 - The CN Tower is completed in Toronto
 * May 28 - Centennial Secondary School shooting
 * May 30 - The Yukon and the Northwest Territories are given seats in the Senate
 * June 11 - Saskatchewan election: Allan Blakeney's NDP win a second consecutive majority
 * June 18 - Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau announces the creation of the Foreign Investment Review Agency

July to December

 * July 7 - David Lewis is replaced by Ed Broadbent as leader of the NDP
 * July 23 - The Soviet Atlantic fishing fleet is banned from entering Canadian ports due to overfishing
 * July 30 - Petro-Canada, the government-owned oil and gas company, is formed.
 * September - Ontario schools begin to teach exclusively using the metric system
 * September 1 - CKND, Winnipeg's newest television station, begins broadcasting
 * September 11 - John Turner resigns from government to protest the implementation of wage and price controls.
 * September 18 - Ontario election: Bill Davis's PCs win a minority
 * October 2 – A blast at an explosives factory kills six in Beloeil, Quebec, Canada.
 * October 4 - Mirabel Airport opens
 * October 14 - Federal government introduces wage and price controls to limit inflation
 * October 27 - St. Pius X High School shooting: Robert Poulin kills one person and wounds five at St. Pius X High School in Ottawa, before shooting himself.
 * November 3 - CBC-FM rebranded as CBC Stereo
 * November 10 - The SS Edmund Fitzgerald, based in Sault Ste. Marie sinks
 * November 14 - Canada's first community-based campus radio station, CKCU-FM in Ottawa, hits the airwaves
 * November 18 - The wearing of seatbelts is made mandatory in Ontario
 * November 28 - Canadair nationalized
 * December 22 - William R. Bennett sworn in as Premier of British Columbia, replacing David Barrett.

Full date unknown

 * Izzy Asper acquires Winnipeg television station CKND, the beginning of what would become a national media empire.
 * Rohinton Mistry emigrates to Canada
 * First Canadian Place opens in Toronto
 * Colin Thatcher, who would later become famous for his involvement in the murder of his ex-wife, is elected to the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly.
 * In June, 1975 Ovivo, a water and wastewater treatment and purification company, is founded in Quebec as Laperrière & Verreault Inc. (rebranded in 2010).

New books

 * World of Wonders - Robertson Davies
 * A Fine and Private Place - Morley Callaghan
 * The Unwavering Eye: Selected Poems, 1969-1975 - Irving Layton
 * It's Me Again - Donald Jack
 * The Island Means Minago - Milton Acorn
 * Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang - Mordecai Richler
 * Un jardin au bout du monde - Gabrielle Roy
 * Jardin des délices - Roch Carrier

Awards

 * See 1975 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
 * Stephen Leacock Award: Morley Torgov, A Good Place to Come From
 * Vicky Metcalf Award: Lyn Harrington

Music

 * March 1 - Anne Murray and Oscar Peterson each win a Grammy Award.
 * Paul Anka - Times of Your Life is released
 * Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns

Television

 * Saturday Night Live, produced by Canadian Lorne Michaels and also featuring Paul Shaffer and Dan Aykroyd, premieres in the United States.

Sport

 * March 16 - Alberta Golden Bears won their Third University Cup by defeating the Toronto Varsity Blues 2 games to 1. All the games were played at Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton
 * May 11 - Toronto Marlboros won their Seventh (and Final) Memorial Cup by defeating the New Westminster Bruins 7–3. The Final game was played at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex
 * May 12 - Houston Aeros won their Second (and Final) Avco Cup by defeating the Quebec Nordiques 4 games to 0. The deciding game was played at the Colisée de Québec
 * May 27 - Montreal, Quebec's Bernie Parent of the Philadelphia Flyers is awarded his Second Conn Smythe Trophy
 * November 21 - Ottawa Gee-Gees won their First Vanier Cup by defeating the Calgary Dinos by a score of 14–9 in the 11th Vanier Cup played at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto
 * November 23 - Edmonton Eskimos won their Fourth Grey Cup by defeating the Montreal Alouettes 9 to 8 in the 63rd Grey Cup played at McMahon Stadium in Calgary

January to March

 * January 1 - Tammy Homolka, murder victim (d. 1990)
 * January 20 - Mark Allan Robinson, political activist
 * January 22 - Shean Donovan, ice hockey player
 * January 25 - Mia Kirshner, actress
 * February 2 - Todd Bertuzzi, ice hockey player
 * February 7 - Alexandre Daigle, ice hockey player
 * February 15 - Serge Aubin, ice hockey player
 * February 16 - Rebecca Shoichet, voice actress and singer
 * February 17 - Todd Harvey, ice hockey player and coach
 * February 24 - Ashley MacIsaac, fiddler
 * February 25 - Hercules Kyvelos, boxer
 * March 13 - Ollie Heald, former professional soccer player
 * March 17 - Andrew Martin, wrestler (d. 2009)

April to June

 * April 4 - Kevin Weekes, ice hockey player
 * April 7 - Owen Von Richter, swimmer
 * April 13 - Jasey-Jay Anderson, snowboarder
 * April 22 - Greg Moore, racecar driver (d. 1999)
 * May 13 - Jamie Allison, ice hockey player
 * May 16 - Simon Whitfield, triathlete
 * May 20 - Tahmoh Penikett, actor
 * May 24 - Marc Gagnon, short track speed skater, triple Olympic gold medallist and multiple World Champion
 * May 26 - Craig Hutchison, swimmer
 * May 27 - Stella Umeh, artistic gymnast
 * May 29 - Jason Allison, ice hockey player
 * June 9 - Carolyne Lepage, judoka
 * June 16 - Graham Ryding, squash player
 * June 18 - Martin St. Louis, ice hockey player
 * June 27 - Carlton Chambers, sprint athlete and Olympic gold medallist
 * June 28 - Jeff Geddis, film and television actor

July to September

 * July 2 - Éric Dazé, ice hockey player
 * July 5 - Patrick Hivon, actor
 * July 17 - Troy Amos-Ross, boxer
 * July 24 - Marnie Baizley, squash player
 * August 13 - Marty Turco, ice hockey player
 * August 14 - Dustin Hersee, swimmer
 * August 15 - Brendan Morrison, ice hockey player
 * September 1 - Scott Speedman, actor
 * September 9 - Michael Bublé, singer and actor
 * September 22 - Ethan Moreau, hockey player

October to December

 * October 2 - Michel Trudeau, student and brother of Justin Trudeau (d. 1998)
 * October 21 - Madchild, rapper
 * October 23 - Holly McNarland, musician, singer and songwriter
 * October 30 - Ian D'sa, guitarist
 * October 31 - Director X, music video director
 * November 1 - Éric Perrin, ice hockey player
 * November 4 - Éric Fichaud, ice hockey player
 * November 7 - Mike Mintenko, swimmer
 * November 12 - Kiara Bisaro, mountain biker
 * November 15 - Yannick Tremblay, ice hockey player
 * November 21 - Aaron Solowoniuk, drummer
 * December 2 - Brett Lindros, ice hockey player
 * December 9 - Damhnait Doyle, pop singer
 * December 16 – Ben Kowalewicz, vocalist
 * December 17 - Nick Farrell, boxer
 * December 18 - Trish Stratus, pro wrestler
 * December 20 - Andrew Hoskins, rower

January to June

 * January 25 - Charlotte Whitton, feminist, politician and mayor of Ottawa (b. 1896)
 * February 15 – Charles Basil Price, soldier and politician (b. 1890)
 * March 18 - Alain Grandbois, poet (b. 1900)
 * April 11 - Thomas Crerar, politician and minister (b. 1876)
 * May 28 - Michael Slobodian, murderer responsible for the Centennial Secondary School shooting (b. 1959)
 * June 13 - Merrill Denison, playwright (b. 1893)

July to December

 * August 27 - Jack Dennett, radio and television announcer (b. 1916)
 * September - Pat Lowther, poet (b. 1935)
 * October 27 - St. Pius X High School shooting
 * Kim Rabot (b. 1958), victim
 * Robert Poulin (b. 1957), murderer
 * December 4 - Graham Towers, first Governor of the Bank of Canada (b. 1897)
 * December 12 - Roy Kellock, jurist and Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (b. 1893)

title: 1975 in Canada


text:
1976 in Canada

Events from the year 1976 in Canada.

Crown

 * Monarch – Elizabeth II

Federal government

 * Governor General – Jules Léger
 * Prime Minister – Pierre Trudeau
 * Chief Justice – Bora Laskin (Ontario)
 * Parliament – 30th

Lieutenant governors

 * Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Ralph Steinhauer
 * Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Walter Stewart Owen
 * Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – William John McKeag (until March 15) then Francis Lawrence Jobin
 * Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Hédard Robichaud
 * Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland – Gordon Arnaud Winter
 * Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Clarence Gosse
 * Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Pauline Mills McGibbon
 * Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Gordon Lockhart Bennett
 * Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Hugues Lapointe
 * Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Stephen Worobetz (until February 29) then George Porteous

Premiers

 * Premier of Alberta – Peter Lougheed
 * Premier of British Columbia – Bill Bennett
 * Premier of Manitoba – Edward Schreyer
 * Premier of New Brunswick – Richard Hatfield
 * Premier of Newfoundland – Frank Moores
 * Premier of Nova Scotia – Gerald Regan
 * Premier of Ontario – Bill Davis
 * Premier of Prince Edward Island – Alexander B. Campbell
 * Premier of Quebec – Robert Bourassa (until November 25) then René Lévesque
 * Premier of Saskatchewan – Allan Blakeney

Commissioners

 * Commissioner of Yukon – James Smith (until July 1) then Arthur MacDonald Pearson
 * Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Stuart Milton Hodgson

Events

 * January 14 – The Eaton's catalogue is discontinued.
 * January 28 – The government of Saskatchewan takes over the province's potash industry.
 * February 4 – The Supreme Court rules provinces cannot censor movies.
 * February 7 – Joe Clark is elected leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, replacing Robert Stanfield.
 * March 23 – The Norman Bethune Memorial unveiled in Montreal
 * April 1 – The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission is given the power to regulate Canadian television and radio.
 * April 15 – Dome Petroleum is given approval to drill for oil in the Beaufort Sea.
 * May 2 – Time's Canadian edition is discontinued.
 * June 25 – The CN Tower opens to the public in Toronto.
 * June 30 – St. Anne's Residential School closes.
 * June 30 – Parliament votes to abolish the death penalty.
 * July 17 – Opening Ceremony of the Montreal Summer Olympic.
 * October 14 – Over a million workers stage a one-day strike to protest wage and price controls.
 * November 15 – In the Quebec election, René Lévesque's Parti Québécois wins a majority, defeating Robert Bourassa's Parti libéral du Québec.
 * November 25 – René Lévesque becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Robert Bourassa.

Full date unknown

 * The Timbit is introduced (April 1976)
 * L'Express de Toronto is created
 * Tannereye Ltd company is established

New works

 * Marian Engel: Bear
 * Hugh Hood: Dark Glasses
 * Joy Fielding: The Transformation
 * Farley Mowat: Canada North Now: The Great Betrayal

Awards

 * See 1976 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
 * Stephen Leacock Award: Harry J. Boyle, The Luck of the Irish
 * Vicky Metcalf Award: Suzanne Martel

Film

 * The Man Who Skied Down Everest becomes the first Canadian dramatic film to win an Academy Award

Television

 * Second City Television premiers

Sport

 * February 7 - Toronto Maple Leafs star Darryl Sittler scores ten points in one game.
 * March 14 - Toronto Varsity Blues won their University Cup by defeating the Guelph Gryphons 7–2 at Varsity Arena in Toronto
 * May 16 - Montreal Canadiens won their nineteenth Stanley Cup by defeating the Philadelphia Flyers 4 games to 0. Riverton, Manitoba's Reggie Leach became the first player to be awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy in a losing effort.
 * May 16 - Hamilton Fincupswon their only Memorial Cup by defeating the New Westminster Bruins 5–2. All games were played at the Montreal Forum
 * July 17 - Canada hosted its First Olympics when the 1976 Summer Olympics opened at Olympic Stadium in Montreal
 * May 27 - Winnipeg Jets won their First Avco Cup by defeating the Houston Aeros 4 games to 0. The deciding Game 4 was played at Winnipeg Arena
 * August 28 - Toronto Metros-Croatia won their only Soccer Bowl defeating the Minnesota Kicks 3–0 at Soccer Bowl '76 played at the Kingdome, in Seattle, Washington
 * November 19 - Western Ontario Mustangs won their Third Vanier Cup by defeating the Acadia Axemen 29–13 in the 12th Vanier Cup played at Varsity Stadium in Toronto
 * November 28 - Ottawa Rough Riders won their Ninth (and Final) Grey Cup by defeating the Saskatchewan Roughriders by the score 23 to 20 in the 64th Grey Cup played at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto.

Full date unknown

 * Walter Wolf Racing becomes first Canadian Formula One constructor.

January to March

 * January 7 - Éric Gagné, baseball player
 * January 23 - Phillip Boudreault, boxer
 * February 19 - Brian Price, coxswain, Olympic gold medallist and World Champion
 * February 23 - Jeff O'Neill, ice hockey player
 * February 27 - Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge, actor
 * March 9 - Ben Mulroney, television host
 * March 15 - Cara Pifko, actor
 * March 19 - Rachel Blanchard, actress
 * March 23 - Nolan Baumgartner, ice hockey player

April to June

 * April 3 - Daniel Lewis, volleyball player
 * April 15 - Jason Bonsignore, ice hockey player
 * April 16 - Maxime Giroux, film director
 * May 8 - Martha Wainwright, American folk-pop singer
 * May 10 - Kristen French, murder victim (d.1992)
 * May 11 - Kardinal Offishall, rap musician and producer
 * May 13 - Bobbi Jo Steadward, field hockey player
 * May 19 - Jason Botterill, ice hockey player and manager
 * June 5 - Marc Worden, voice actor
 * June 6 - Emilie-Claire Barlow, actress and singer
 * June 10 - James Moore, politician and Minister
 * June 13 - Mark Versfeld, swimmer
 * June 25 - Michelle Bowyer, field hockey player
 * June 26 - Ed Jovanovski, ice hockey player

July to September

 * July 3 - Wade Belak, ice hockey player
 * July 5
 * Leslie Mahaffy, murder victim (d.1991)
 * Jamie Elman, American actor
 * July 12 - Dan Boyle, ice hockey player
 * July 13 - Sheldon Souray, ice hockey player
 * August 4 - David Lewis, actor
 * August 5 - Jeff Friesen, ice hockey player
 * August 17 - Eric Boulton, ice hockey player
 * August 27 - Sarah Chalke, actress
 * August 29 - Kasia Kulesza, Polish-born synchronised swimmer
 * September 5 - Pat Thornton, comedian
 * September 13 - José Théodore, ice hockey player
 * September 17 - Zac Bierk, ice hockey player
 * September 20 - Enuka Okuma, actress
 * September 26 - Jean-François Marceau, judoka

October to December

 * October 1 - Denis Gauthier, ice hockey player
 * October 10 - Shane Doan, ice hockey player
 * October 19 - Dan Smith, ice hockey player
 * October 22 - Lisa Simes, artistic gymnast
 * October 23 - Ryan Reynolds, actor
 * November 6 - Catherine Clark, television broadcaster
 * November 20 - Laura Harris, actress
 * November 24 - Christian Laflamme, ice hockey player
 * November 26 - Mathieu Darche, ice hockey player
 * December 7 - Georges Laraque, ice hockey player
 * December 26
 * Nadia Litz, actress
 * Jake Wetzel, rower, Olympic gold medallist and World Champion
 * December 27 - Fernando Pisani, ice hockey player
 * December 27 - Fernando Pisani, ice hockey player

January to June

 * February 9 - Percy Faith, band-leader, orchestrator and composer (b.1908)
 * March 3 - Alexander Wallace Matheson, politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island (b.1903)
 * April 5 - Wilder Penfield, neurosurgeon (b.1891)
 * April 11 - Art Alexandre, ice hockey player (b.1909)
 * May 28 - William Ross Macdonald, politician, Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada and 21st Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (b.1891)
 * June 10 - William John Patterson, politician and 6th Premier of Saskatchewan (b.1886)

July to December

 * August 4 - Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet, newspaper proprietor and media entrepreneur (b.1894)
 * August 8 - Wilson Duff, anthropologist (b.1925)
 * August 28 - Lloyd Stinson, politician (b.1904)
 * September 28 - Raymond Collishaw, World War I flying ace (b.1893)
 * November 14 - Jean-Paul Beaulieu, politician and chartered accountant (b.1902)
 * November 29 - Steve Peters, politician (b.1912)
 * December 4 - Paul Gouin, politician (b.1898)
 * December 16 - Réal Caouette, politician (b.1917)
 * December 22 - Olive Diefenbaker, wife of John Diefenbaker, 13th Prime Minister of Canada (b.1902)

title: 1976 in Canada


text:
1978 in Canada

Events from the year 1978 in Canada.

Crown

 * Monarch – Elizabeth II

Federal government

 * Governor General – Jules Léger
 * Prime Minister – Pierre Trudeau
 * Chief Justice – Bora Laskin (Ontario)
 * Parliament – 30th

Lieutenant governors

 * Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Ralph Steinhauer
 * Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Walter Stewart Owen (until May 18) then Henry Pybus Bell-Irving
 * Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Francis Lawrence Jobin
 * Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Hédard Robichaud
 * Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland – Gordon Arnaud Winter
 * Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Clarence Gosse (until December 23) then John Elvin Shaffner
 * Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Pauline Mills McGibbon
 * Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Gordon Lockhart Bennett
 * Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Hugues Lapointe (until April 27) then Jean-Pierre Côté
 * Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – George Porteous (until February 6) then Irwin McIntosh (from February 22)

Premiers

 * Premier of Alberta – Peter Lougheed
 * Premier of British Columbia – Bill Bennett
 * Premier of Manitoba – Sterling Lyon
 * Premier of New Brunswick – Richard Hatfield
 * Premier of Newfoundland – Frank Moores
 * Premier of Nova Scotia – Gerald Regan (until October 5) then John Buchanan
 * Premier of Ontario – Bill Davis
 * Premier of Prince Edward Island – Alexander B. Campbell (until September 18) then Bennett Campbell
 * Premier of Quebec – René Lévesque
 * Premier of Saskatchewan – Allan Blakeney

Commissioners

 * Commissioner of Yukon – Arthur MacDonald Pearson (until November 1) then Frank Fingland (interim)
 * Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Stuart Milton Hodgson

Premiers

 * Premier of Yukon – Chris Pearson (from November 20)

Events

 * January 12 – Via Rail Canada is established as a Crown corporation
 * January 24 – Cosmos 954, a Soviet satellite, breaks up over northern Canada.
 * June 26 – An Air Canada DC-9 overruns a runway in Toronto. Two people die.
 * August 4 – 41 are killed when a bus plunges into a lake near Eastman, Quebec.
 * September 15 – The Sudbury Strike of 1978 begins.
 * September 18 – Bennett Campbell becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Alexander B. Campbell
 * October 5 – John MacLennan Buchanan becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing Gerald Regan
 * October 16 – At midnight after a year and a half of conciliation the Canadian Union of Postal Workers goes on strike.
 * October 16 – Fifteen federal by-elections are held across the country. The governing Liberals lose five seats, which leads to a general election the following May.
 * October 17 – Parliament votes to force the postal workers back to work.
 * October 18 – Saskatchewan election: Allan Blakeney's NDP win a third consecutive majority. Despite accusations of marital infidelity, Colin Thatcher, who would later be involved in the murder of his ex-wife, is re-elected to the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly.
 * December 14 – Chris Pearson becomes government leader of Yukon as responsible government is instituted

Full date unknown

 * Rexdale Women's Centre is founded in Toronto.
 * Supreme Court of Canada declares unilingual legislatures and courts unconstitutional
 * Under the new immigration act homosexuals are no longer an inadmissible class

New works

 * Margaret Atwood: Up in the Tree
 * Mordecai Richler: The Great Comic Book Heroes and Other Essays
 * John Newlove: The Fat Man: Selected Poems (1962–1972)
 * John Gray and Eric Peterson: Billy Bishop Goes to War
 * Henry Beissel: Goya

Awards

 * Alice Munro's Who Do You Think You Are? is nominated for the Booker Prize
 * See 1979 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
 * Stephen Leacock Award: Ernest Buckler, Whirligig
 * Vicky Metcalf Award: Lyn Cook

Sport

 * March 19 – Alberta Golden Bears win their fourth University Cup by defeating the Toronto Varsity Blues 6–5. The final game was played at Moncton Coliseum
 * May 13 – New Westminster Bruins win the second (consecutive) Memorial Cup by defeating the Peterborough Petes 7–4. The final game was played at Sudbury Community Arena
 * May 22 – Winnipeg Jets win their second Avco Cup by defeating the New England Whalers 4 games to 0.
 * May 25 – Montreal Canadiens win their 21st (third consecutive) Stanley Cup by defeating the Boston Bruins 4 games to 2. Winchester, Ontario's Larry Robinson was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy
 * July 15 – Commonwealth Stadium opens in Edmonton
 * August 3 to 12 – The Commonwealth Games are held in Edmonton
 * October 10 – Wayne Gretzky plays his first professional game for the Indianapolis Racers and would be traded to the Edmonton Oilers after 25 games
 * November 18 – Queen's Golden Gaels win their second Vanier Cup by defeating the UBC Thunderbirds 16–3 in the 14th Vanier Cup played at Varsity Stadium in Toronto
 * November 26 – Edmonton Eskimos win their fifth Grey Cup by defeating the Montreal Alouettes 20–13 in the 66th Grey Cup played at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto. Hamilton, Ontario's Angelo Santucci was named the game's Most Valuable Canadian

January to March

 * January 3 - Daryn Jones, comedian and television and radio personality
 * January 6 - Nikki Einfeld, operatic soprano and actress
 * January 24 – Mark Hildreth, actor
 * January 25 – Gordie Dwyer, ice hockey player and coach
 * January 27 - Pete Laforest, Canadian-American baseball player and manager
 * February 20 - Andrea Moody, swimmer
 * February 26 - Kyle Hamilton, rower, Olympic gold medallist and World Champion
 * March 9 - Chris Phillips, ice hockey player
 * March 9 - Chris Phillips, ice hockey player

April to June

 * April 1 - Jean-Pierre Dumont, ice hockey player
 * April 6 - Thomas Herschmiller, rower, Olympic silver medallist and World Champion
 * April 18 - Alexis Mazurin, comedian and radio personality (d.2005)
 * April 29 - Tyler Labine, actor
 * May 3 - Autumn Kelly the wife of Peter Phillips
 * May 12
 * Aaron Abrams, actor
 * Amy Sloan, actress
 * May 15
 * Dwayne De Rosario, soccer player
 * Caroline Dhavernas, actress
 * May 25 - Adam Gontier, singer and guitarist
 * June 2 - Shane Niemi, sprint athlete
 * June 11 - Joshua Jackson, Canadian actor
 * June 13 - Matt Bradley, ice hockey player
 * June 14 - Steve Bégin, ice hockey player
 * June 21 – Erica Durance, actress
 * June 24 – Geoff Keighley, video game journalist
 * June 28 - Simon Larose, tennis player
 * June 24 – Geoff Keighley, video game journalist
 * June 28 - Simon Larose, tennis player

July to December

 * July 4 - Marie Luc Arpin, water polo player
 * July 11 - Kathleen Edwards, singer-songwriter
 * July 19 - Chiara Zanni, Italian actor
 * July 22 - A. J. Cook, actress
 * August 4 - Karine Legault, swimmer
 * August 24 – Derek Morris, ice hockey player
 * August 28 – Karine Turcotte, weightlifter
 * September 1 - Joe Stankevicius, rower and World Champion
 * September 5 - Laura Bertram, actress
 * September 6 - Amy Agulay, field hockey player
 * September 7 - Matt Cooke, ice hockey player
 * September 7 - Devon Sawa, actor
 * September 17 -
 * Shawn Horcoff, ice hockey player
 * Nick Cordero, actor and singer
 * September 20 - Jason Bay, baseball player
 * September 21 - Paulo Costanzo, actor
 * September 22 - Steve Moore, ice hockey player
 * October 17 - Erin Karpluk, actress
 * November 16 - Steve Omischl, freestyle skier
 * November 17 - Rachel McAdams, actress
 * December 2 - Nelly Furtado, singer-songwriter, record producer and actress
 * December 23 - Esthero, singer-songwriter
 * December 23 - Esthero, singer-songwriter

Deaths

 * March 25 - Charles Alexander Best, politician (b. 1931)
 * March 31 - Charles Best, medical scientist, co-discoverer of insulin (b. 1899)
 * April 13 - Jack Chambers, artist and filmmaker (b. 1931)
 * July 18 - Claude P. Dettloff, photographer (b. 1899)
 * September 9 - Jack L. Warner, studio mogul (b. 1892)
 * September 28 - Thane Campbell, jurist, politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island (b. 1895)
 * October 23 - Joe Greene, politician (b. 1920)

Full date unknown

 * Carl Ray, artist (b. 1943)

title: 1978 in Canada


text:
1979 in Canada

Events from the year 1979 in Canada.

Crown

 * Monarch – Elizabeth II

Federal government

 * Governor General – Jules Léger (until January 22) then Edward Schreyer
 * Prime Minister – Pierre Trudeau (until June 4) then Joe Clark
 * Chief Justice of Canada – Bora Laskin (Ontario)
 * Parliament – 30th (until 26 March) then 31st (11 June–14 December)

Lieutenant governors

 * Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Ralph Steinhauer (until October 18) then Francis Charles Lynch-Staunton
 * Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Henry Pybus Bell-Irving
 * Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Francis Lawrence Jobin
 * Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Hédard Robichaud
 * Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland – Gordon Arnaud Winter
 * Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – John Elvin Shaffner
 * Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Pauline Mills McGibbon
 * Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Gordon Lockhart Bennett
 * Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Jean-Pierre Côté
 * Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Irwin McIntosh

Premiers

 * Premier of Alberta – Peter Lougheed
 * Premier of British Columbia – Bill Bennett
 * Premier of Manitoba – Sterling Lyon
 * Premier of New Brunswick – Richard Hatfield
 * Premier of Newfoundland – Frank Moores (until March 26) then Brian Peckford
 * Premier of Nova Scotia – John Buchanan
 * Premier of Ontario – Bill Davis
 * Premier of Prince Edward Island – Bennett Campbell (until May 3) then Angus MacLean
 * Premier of Quebec – René Lévesque
 * Premier of Saskatchewan – Allan Blakeney

Commissioners

 * Commissioner of Yukon – Frank Fingland (interim) (until January 20) then Ione Christensen (January 29 to October 6) then Douglas Bell
 * Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Stuart Milton Hodgson (until April 15) then John Havelock Parker

Premiers

 * Premier of Yukon – Chris Pearson

January to June

 * January 17 - Edward Richard Schreyer replaces Jules Léger as Governor General
 * February 1 - The first Winterlude is held in Ottawa
 * February 24 - An explosion rips through Number 26 Colliery in Glace Bay, Cape Breton, killing 12 men.
 * February 26 a total solar eclipse take place in the USA And Canada
 * March 14 - Alberta election: Peter Lougheed's PCs win a third consecutive majority
 * March 26 - Brian Peckford becomes premier of Newfoundland, replacing Frank Moores
 * May 3 - Angus MacLean becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Bennett Campbell
 * May 22 - Canadians go to the polls in the federal election. They defeat Pierre Trudeau's Liberals and elect Joe Clark's PCs, but only with a minority
 * June 4
 * Joe Clark becomes Canada's sixteenth, and youngest ever, prime minister.
 * Flora MacDonald becomes Canada's first female Secretary of State for External Affairs.
 * June 7 - The Sudbury Strike of 1978 ends after nine months.

July to December

 * September 5 – Canada's first gold bullion coin goes on sale
 * October 29 – Port-Harrison, Quebec, is renamed to Inukjuak
 * November 10 – The 1979 Mississauga train derailment causes the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people
 * December 13 – Supreme Court declares Quebec and Manitoba's provincial legislatures to be unconstitutional because of their use of only one language.
 * December 13 – The government is defeated on a non-confidence motion and Prime Minister Clark calls an election
 * December 31 – A fire at Le Club Opemiska in Chapais, Quebec, kills 48 at a New Year's Eve party.

Full date unknown

 * Chris Haney and Scott Abbott invent Trivial Pursuit
 * Petro-Canada buys U.S.-controlled Pacific Petroleums
 * The first women enroll in Canadian military colleges
 * Founding of Academy of Canadian Cinema

New works

 * Irving Layton: The Tightrope Dancer
 * Margaret Atwood: Life Before Man
 * Steve McCaffery: Intimate Distortions
 * Roch Carrier: Les enfants du bonhomme dans la lune
 * Joy Fielding: Trance
 * Gabrielle Roy: Courte-Queue
 * Gordon R. Dickson: The Spirit of Dorsai
 * Farley Mowat: And No Birds Sang

Awards

 * Antonine Maillet wins the French Prix Goncourt for her novel Pélagie-la-Charette
 * See 1979 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
 * Stephen Leacock Award - Sondra Gotlieb, True Confessions
 * Vicky Metcalf Award - Cliff Faulknor

Television

 * Lorne Michaels starts Broadway Video, a company that would go on to produce shows like The Kids in the Hall and Saturday Night Live
 * You Can't Do That On Television premiers

Sport

 * March 18 – The Alberta Golden Bears win their fifth (second consecutive) University Cup by defeating the Dalhousie Tigers 5–1 in Montreal
 * May 13 – The Peterborough Petes win their only Memorial Cup by defeating the Brandon Wheat Kings 2 to 1. The final game was played at Palais des Sports in Sherbrooke, Quebec
 * May 21 – The Montreal Canadiens win their 22nd (fourth consecutive) Stanley Cup by defeating the New York Rangers 4 games to 1. The deciding Game 5 was played at the Montreal Forum. Peterborough, Ontario's Bob Gainey was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy
 * June 22 – The World Hockey Association folds. Four teams – the Edmonton Oilers, Winnipeg Jets, Quebec Nordiques and Hartford Whalers – survive and move to the NHL.
 * September 1 – Pat Patterson wins the first World Wrestling Federation Intercontinental Champion
 * September 8 – The Vancouver Whitecaps win their only Soccer Bowl by defeating the Tampa Bay Rowdies 2–1 at Soccer Bowl '79 played Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey
 * November 17 – The Acadia Axemen win their first Vanier Cup by defeating the Western Ontario Mustangs 34–12 in the 15th Vanier Cup played at Varsity Stadium in Toronto
 * November 25 – The Edmonton Eskimos win their sixth (second consecutive) Grey Cup by defeating the Montreal Alouettes by the score 17 to 9 in the 67th Grey Cup played at Olympic Stadium at Montreal. Vancouver's Don Sweet is awarded his third Most Valuable Canadian award

January to June

 * January 2 - Jagmeet Singh, Canadian politician, leader of the New Democratic Party
 * January 8 - Sarah Polley, actress, singer, film director and screenwriter
 * January 9 - Jenny Johnson, field hockey player
 * January 14 - Nick Boynton, ice hockey player
 * January 24 - Tom Kostopoulos, ice hockey player
 * February 1 – Rachelle Lefevre, actress
 * February 8 - Adam Trupish, boxer
 * February 11 - Eric Cyr, baseball player
 * February 15 - Ohenewa Akuffo, freestyle wrestler
 * February 21 - Andre Noble, actor (d. 2004)
 * February 22
 * Patrick Merrill, lacrosse player
 * Jeremy Wilcox, volleyball player
 * February 23 – Maryke Hendrikse, voice actress
 * March 5 - Érik Bédard, pitcher
 * March 7 - Stephanie Anne Mills, voice actress
 * March 15 - Azelia Liu, field hockey player
 * April 2 - Lindy Booth, actress
 * April 4 - Roberto Luongo, ice hockey player
 * April 11 - Sebastien Grainger, ice hockey player
 * April 17 - Eric Brewer, ice hockey player
 * May 2 - Jason Chimera, ice hockey player
 * May 6 - Jon Montgomery, Canadian former skeleton racer and television personality; host of The Amazing Race Canada
 * May 9 - Pierre Bouvier, singer
 * May 10 - Dion Lavhey, Montreal Canadiens player
 * May 11 - Erin Lang, singer-songwriter and guitarist
 * May 12 - Adrian Serioux, soccer player
 * May 20 - Andrew Scheer, politician
 * June 1 - Craig Olejnik, actor
 * June 3 - Pierre Poilievre, politician
 * June 5 - Pete Wentz, musician
 * June 8 - Pete Orr, baseball player
 * June 18 - Chris Neil, ice hockey player
 * June 24 - Fanny Létourneau, synchronized swimmer
 * June 26 - Julia Benson, voice actress
 * June 27 - Rebecca Jane Middleton, murder victim (d. 1996)
 * June 30 - Christopher Jacot, film, television and voice actor

July to December

 * July 2 - Joe Thornton, ice hockey player
 * July 4 - Mark Twitchell, filmmaker and murderer
 * July 7 - Shane Yellowbird, musician (d. 2022)
 * July 13 - Holly Gauthier-Frankel, actress, voice director
 * July 16 - Nathan Rogers, singer-songwriter
 * August 3 - Evangeline Lilly, actress
 * August 9 - Erin Chan, synchronized swimmer
 * August 11 - Drew Nelson, actor and voice actor
 * August 12 - Cindy Klassen, speed skater
 * August 22 - Jennifer Finnigan, actress
 * August 31 - Mark Johnston, swimmer
 * September 5 - Stacey Dales, basketball player and sportscaster
 * September 15
 * Patrick Marleau, ice hockey player
 * Brett Youngberg, volleyball player
 * September 17 - Chuck Comeau, drummer
 * September 21 - Nathaniel Miller, water polo player
 * October 7
 * Aaron Ashmore, actor
 * Shawn Ashmore, actor
 * October 13 - Ryan Malcolm, singer (Low Level Flight) and winner of Canadian Idol
 * November 14 - Randee Hermus, soccer player
 * November 21 - Alex Tanguay, ice hockey player
 * November 28 - Jamie Korab, curler
 * November 30 - Diego Klattenhoff, Actor
 * December 3 - Rainbow Sun Francks, actor and singer
 * December 6 - Maxime Collin, child actor
 * December 7 - Eric Bauza, comedian and voice actor
 * December 10 - Andrea Rushton, field hockey player
 * December 15 - Eric Young, professional wrestler
 * December 27 - Pascale Dorcelus, weightlifter
 * December 28 - Bree Williamson, actress

Deaths

 * February 23 - W. A. C. Bennett, Premier of British Columbia (b. 1900)
 * March 26 - Lionel Bertrand, politician, journalist and newspaper editor (b. 1906)
 * May 9 - Cyrus S. Eaton, investment banker, businessman and philanthropist (b. 1883)
 * May 15 - Dora Mavor Moore, actor, teacher and director (b. 1888)
 * May 29 - Mary Pickford, actress and studio co-founder (b. 1892)
 * July 11 - Claude Wagner, judge and politician (b. 1925)
 * August 16 - John Diefenbaker, politician and 13th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1895)
 * September 28 - John Herbert Chapman, scientist and space researcher (b. 1921)
 * November 24 - John Robert Cartwright, jurist and Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1895)
 * December 19 - Donald Creighton, historian (b. 1902)

title: 1979 in Canada


text:
1980 in Canada

Events from the year 1980 in Canada.

Crown

 * Monarch – Elizabeth II

Federal government

 * Governor General – Edward Schreyer
 * Prime Minister – Joe Clark (until March 3) then Pierre Trudeau
 * Chief Justice – Bora Laskin (Ontario)
 * Parliament – 32nd (from April 14)

Lieutenant governors

 * Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Francis Charles Lynch-Staunton
 * Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Henry Pybus Bell-Irving
 * Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Francis Lawrence Jobin
 * Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Hédard Robichaud
 * Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland – Gordon Arnaud Winter
 * Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – John Elvin Shaffner
 * Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Pauline Mills McGibbon (until September 15) then John Black Aird
 * Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Gordon Lockhart Bennett (until January 14) then Joseph Aubin Doiron
 * Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Jean-Pierre Côté
 * Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Irwin McIntosh

Premiers

 * Premier of Alberta – Peter Lougheed
 * Premier of British Columbia – Bill Bennett
 * Premier of Manitoba – Sterling Lyon
 * Premier of New Brunswick – Richard Hatfield
 * Premier of Newfoundland – Brian Peckford
 * Premier of Nova Scotia – John Buchanan
 * Premier of Ontario – Bill Davis
 * Premier of Prince Edward Island – Angus MacLean
 * Premier of Quebec – René Lévesque
 * Premier of Saskatchewan – Allan Blakeney

Commissioners

 * Commissioner of Yukon – Douglas Bell
 * Commissioner of Northwest Territories – John Havelock Parker

Premiers

 * Premier of the Northwest Territories – George Braden (from June 16)
 * Premier of Yukon – Chris Pearson

January to June

 * January 21 – Three Soviet embassy workers are expelled after they are accused of spying
 * January 28 – Canadian ambassador to Iran, Ken Taylor, organizes the escape of American citizens from Iran
 * February 5 – Fort Chimo, Quebec, is renamed to Kuujjuaq.
 * February 18 – Federal election: Pierre Trudeau's Liberals win a majority, defeating Joe Clark's PCs
 * February 29 – Jeanne Sauvé becomes first woman Speaker of the House of Commons
 * March 3 – Pierre Trudeau becomes prime minister for the second time, replacing Joe Clark
 * April 12 – Terry Fox begins his Marathon of Hope run across Canada in support of cancer research
 * May 20 – Quebec votes against separation in the 1980 Quebec referendum
 * June 16 – George Braden becomes government leader of the Northwest Territories, as responsible government is reinstituted for the first time since 1905.

July to December

 * July 1 – "O Canada" becomes the official national anthem
 * July 30 – Elizabeth II augments the coat of arms of Alberta with a crest and supporters
 * August 14 – Dorothy Stratten, an actress, is raped and killed in Los Angeles by Paul Snider before he commits suicide.
 * August 16 to August 23 – First Session of the Youth Parliament of Canada/Parlement jeunesse du Canada held in the Senate chambers of the Canadian Parliament Buildings in Ottawa.
 * August 27 – The Winnipeg Tribune and the Ottawa Journal, two Canadian broadsheet newspapers, owned by Southam and Thomson newspapers are closed.
 * September 1 – Due to a return of his cancer Terry Fox curtails his run
 * September 1 – Saskatchewan and Alberta celebrate the 75th anniversaries of their establishment as provinces, culminating a summer full of festivals and special events
 * October 6 – The Quebec and Newfoundland governments sign the Churchill Falls hydro agreement.
 * October 6 – Trudeau announces his plan to patriate the Canadian constitution unilaterally
 * October 28 – The National Energy Program is introduced
 * November 17 – Clifford Olson rapes and kills his first victim

New Works

 * Mordecai Richler – Joshua Then and Now
 * Robert Munsch – The Paper Bag Princess

Awards

 * See 1980 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
 * Books in Canada First Novel Award: Clark Blaise, Lunar Attractions
 * Stephen Leacock Award: Donald Jack, Me Bandy, You Cissie
 * Vicky Metcalf Award: John Craig

Television

 * The Royal Canadian Air Farce makes it first television special

Film

 * April 14 – The National Film Board wins an Oscar for its animated films.

Sport

 * March 16 – The Alberta Golden Bears win their University Cup by defeating the Regina Cougars 7 to 3. The final game was played at the Regina Agridome
 * April 22 – Canada announces it will join the boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics due to the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan.
 * April 30 – Hockey player Gordie Howe retires
 * May 11 – The Cornwall Royals win their second Memorial Cup by defeating the Peterborough Petes 3 to 2. The final game was played at the Keystone Centre in Brandon, Manitoba
 * May 21 – The Atlanta Flames relocate to Calgary, to become the 8th Canadian team in the NHL as the Calgary Flames
 * May 24 – Val Marie, Saskatchewan's Bryan Trottier of the New York Islanders is awarded the Conn Smythe trophy
 * October 10 – Wayne Gretzky plays in his first NHL game when his Edmonton Oilers are defeated by the Chicago Black Hawks
 * November 8 – Quebec City's Rick Martel wins his first World Wrestling Federation Tag Team Championship (with Tony Garea) by defeating the Wild Samoans in Allentown, Pennsylvania
 * November 23 – The Edmonton Eskimos win their seventh (and third consecutive) Grey Cup by defeating the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 48 to 10 in the 68th Grey Cup played at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto
 * November 29 – The Alberta Golden Bears win their third (and last to date) Vanier Cup by defeating the Ottawa Gee-Gees 40–21 in the 16th Vanier Cup played at Varsity Stadium in Toronto

Full date unknown

 * Walter Wolf Racing, first Canadian Formula One constructor, closes, its assets sold to Emerson Fittipaldi.

Births

 * January 1 – Mark Nichols, curler
 * January 19 – Luke Macfarlane, actor and musician
 * January 20 – Philippe Gagnon, Paralympic swimmer
 * January 21 – Kevin McKenna, footballer
 * January 22 – Amy Cotton, judoka
 * January 28 – Nathan Marsters, ice hockey player (d. 2009)
 * February 6 – Kim Poirier, actress
 * February 9
 * Liam Cormier, musician
 * Michelle Currie, skater
 * February 10 – Mike Ribeiro, ice hockey player
 * February 14 – Michelle Rempel, Conservative MP
 * February 16 – Blair Betts, ice hockey player
 * February 17 – Zachary Bennett, actor and musician
 * February 21
 * Brad Fast, ice hockey player
 * Yannick Lupien, swimmer
 * February 23 – Yvonne Tousek, artistic gymnast
 * February 29 – Simon Gagné, ice hockey player
 * March 1 – Manmeet Bhullar, lawyer and politician (d. 2015)
 * March 2 – Julia Chantrey, actress
 * March 13 – Malindi Elmore, middle-distance athlete
 * March 14 – Jessica Mulroney, fashion stylist
 * March 21 – Deryck Whibley, guitarist, lead vocalist, songwriter and producer
 * March 24 – Ramzi Abid, ice hockey player
 * March 31 – Michael Ryder, ice hockey player
 * April 6 – Bardish Chagger, politician
 * April 10 – Sean Avery, ice hockey player
 * April 17 – Alaina Huffman, film and television actress
 * April 19
 * Mayko Nguyen, actress
 * Robyn Regehr, ice hockey player
 * April 21 – Vincent Lecavalier, ice hockey player
 * April 29 – Mathieu Biron, ice hockey player
 * May 1 – Robin Randall, water polo player
 * May 4 – Andrew Raycroft, ice hockey player
 * May 5 – Noah Miller, water polo player
 * May 8 – Benny Yau, entertainer
 * May 22 – Angela Whyte, hurdler
 * May 26 – Richard Green, soldier killed in Afghanistan (d. 2002)
 * May 29 – Valérie Hould-Marchand, synchronized swimmer
 * June 5 – Mike Fisher, ice hockey player
 * June 24 – Liane Balaban, actress
 * July 2 – Thomas Marks, water polo player
 * July 11 – Tyson Kidd, wrestler
 * July 15 – Jonathan Cheechoo, ice hockey player
 * July 16 – Matt Peck, field hockey player
 * July 21 – Scott Frandsen, rower and Olympic silver medallist
 * July 27 – Paul Larmand, basketball player
 * August 3 – Dominic Moore, ice hockey player
 * August 5 – Mark Bell, ice hockey player
 * August 9 – Charlie David, actor
 * August 21 – Jon Lajoie, comedian
 * August 24 – Tanya Hunks, swimmer
 * August 28 – Carly Pope, actress
 * August 29 – Perdita Felicien, hurdler
 * September 2 – Dany Sabourin, French Canadian ice hockey goaltender and coach
 * September 5 – Kevin Simm, singer (Liberty X)
 * September 9 – Félix Brillant, soccer player
 * September 17 – Brent McMahon, triathlete
 * September 19 – Adrian Cann, soccer player
 * September 26 – Kerry DuWors, violinist, chamber musician and educator
 * September 29 – Dallas Green, singer-songwriter
 * October 3 – Daniel DeSanto, film, television and voice actor
 * October 13 – Marc-André Bergeron, ice hockey player
 * October 14 – Mike Munday, volleyball player
 * October 21 – Mike Danton, ice hockey player
 * November 4 – Erin Cumpstone, softball player
 * November 9
 * Dominique Maltais, snowboarder and Olympic bronze medallist
 * Ben Rutledge, rower, Olympic gold medallist and World Champion
 * November 12 – Ryan Gosling, actor, musician, and producer
 * November 16 – Carol Huynh, freestyle wrestler and Olympic gold medallist
 * November 18
 * Dustin Kensrue, singer
 * Emanuel Sandhu, figure skater
 * November 23 – Tracy Latimer, murder victim (d. 1993)
 * December 1 – Joel A. Sutherland, author
 * December 2 – Adam Kreek, rower, Olympic gold medallist and World Champion
 * December 9 – Ryder Hesjedal, cyclist

Full date unknown

 * Kent Abbott, rock musician (Grade) (d. 2013)

January to July

 * January 1 – Ernest Cormier, engineer and architect (b. 1885)
 * March 5 – Jay Silverheels, actor (b. 1912)
 * May 17 – Harold Connolly, journalist, newspaper editor, politician and Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1901)
 * July 23 – Sarto Fournier, politician and mayor of Montreal (b. 1903)

August to December

 * August 14
 * Dorothy Stratten, model, actress and murder victim (b. 1960)
 * Paul Snider, murder (b. 1951)
 * September 25 – Antonio Talbot, politician (b. 1900)
 * October 17 – Richard Gavin Reid, politician and 7th Premier of Alberta (b. 1879)
 * October 27 – Judy LaMarsh, politician and Minister, lawyer, author and broadcaster (b. 1924)
 * November 4 – Elsie MacGill, the world's first female aircraft designer (b. 1905)
 * November 18 – Conn Smythe, ice hockey manager and owner (b. 1895)
 * November 21 – A. J. M. Smith, poet (b. 1902)
 * November 22 – Jules Léger, diplomat and Governor General of Canada (b. 1913)
 * December 7 – W. L. Morton, historian (b. 1908)
 * December 9 – Dorise Nielson, politician (b. 1902)
 * December 12 – Jean Lesage, lawyer, politician and Premier of Quebec (b. 1912)
 * December 22 – Ethel Wilson, novelist and short story writer (b. 1888)
 * December 31 – Marshall McLuhan, educator, philosopher, and scholar (b. 1911)

Full date unknown

 * Ray Lawson, 17th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (b. 1886)

title: 1980 in Canada