# 1973 in Canada

Events from the year 1973 in Canada.

## Incumbents
### Crown

* Monarch – Elizabeth II

### Federal government

* Governor General – Roland Michener
* Prime Minister – Pierre Trudeau
* Chief Justice – Gérald Fauteux (Quebec) (until 23 December) then Bora Laskin (Ontario)
* Parliament – 29th (from January 4)

### Provincial governments
#### Lieutenant governors

* Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Grant MacEwan
* Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – John Robert Nicholson (until February 13) then Walter Stewart Owen
* Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – William John McKeag
* Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Hédard Robichaud
* Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland – Ewart John Arlington Harnum
* Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Victor de Bedia Oland (until October 1) then Clarence Gosse
* 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 – Stephen Worobetz

#### Premiers

* Premier of Alberta – Peter Lougheed
* Premier of British Columbia – Dave Barrett
* 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

### Territorial governments
#### Commissioners

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

## Events

* January 25 - The Irish Stardust runs aground north of Vancouver Island, causing a large oil spill.
* February 1 - Gerald Bouey succeeds Louis Rasminsky as Governor of the Bank of Canada.
* February 5 - Work begins on the construction of the CN Tower
* February 14- Yukon Native Brotherhood tabled "Together today for our Children Tomorrow" marking the start of the Yukon Land Claims process
* February 13 - The Gendron Report is issued; it recommends making French Quebec's only official language
* February 15 - The Lester B. Pearson United World College of the Pacific is established in Victoria, British Columbia
* April 2 - Montreal announces Canada's first lottery to help pay for the 1976 Summer Olympics
* April 20 - Anik A2 is launched.
* May 10 - The Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup 4 games to 2 over the Chicago Blackhawks, Yvan Cournoyer is voted MVP.
* May 23 – The Royal Canadian Mounted Police celebrate their 100th anniversary.
* July 7 - The Libertarian Party of Canada is founded.
* August - Pride Week 1973, a national gay rights event, takes place simultaneously in several of Canada's largest metropolitan cities, including Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa and Vancouver.
* August 20 - The 1973 Artistic Woodwork strike begins. It ends on December 5, 1973.
* October 17 - OPEC dramatically raises the price of oil. This is a boon to Alberta but hurts central Canada.
* November 1 - Waterloo Lutheran University is renamed Wilfrid Laurier University
* November 13 - A jury refuses to convict Henry Morgentaler for performing abortions
* November 29 - The Canadian Intergovernmental Conference Secretariat is established.
* December 7 - Canada sells its first CANDU Reactor to South Korea
* First Air is founded

## Arts and literature
### New works

* Farley Mowat - Tundra: Selections from the Great Accounts of Arctic Land Voyages
* Donald Jack - That's Me in the Middle
* Robert Kroetsch - Gone Indian
* Elizabeth Goudie - Woman of Labrador
* Raymond Fraser - The Black Horse Tavern

### Awards

* See 1973 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
* Stephen Leacock Award: Donald Bell, Saturday Night at the Bagel Factory
* Vicky Metcalf Award: Christie Harris

### Radio

* The Royal Canadian Air Farce is formed

### Television

* Alex Trebek moves to the United States to host The Wizard of Odds.

## Sport

* March 17 - Toronto Varsity Blues won their Seventh (and Fifth consecutive) University Cup by defeating the Saint Mary's Huskies 3 to 2. The Final game was played at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto
* May 6 - New England Whalers won the First Avco Cup by defeating the Winnipeg Jets 4 game to 1.
* May 10 - Montreal Canadiens won their Eighteenth Stanley Cup by defeating the Chicago Black Hawks 4 Games to 2. Drummondville, Quebec's Yvan Cournoyer was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy
* May 12 - Ontario Hockey Association's Toronto Marlboros won their Sixth Memorial Cup by defeating the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's Quebec Remparts 9-1. All games were played at the Montreal Forum.
* November 24 - Saint Mary's Huskies won their First Vanier Cup by defeating the McGill Redmen by a score of 14-6 in the 9th Vanier Cup played at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto
* November 25 - Ottawa Rough Riders won their Eighth Grey Cup by defeating Edmonton Eskimos 22-18 in the 61st Grey Cup played at CNE Stadium in Toronto. Edmonton, Alberta's Garry Lefebvre becomes First Canadian-born Grey Cup Most Valuable Canadian.

## Births
### January to March

* January 3 - Robert Baird, swimmer
* January 4 - Greg de Vries, ice hockey player
* January 6 - Scott Ferguson, ice hockey player and coach
* January 8 - Robert Braknis, swimmer
* January 11 - Sarah Forbes, field hockey player
* January 13 - Dana Anderson, field hockey player
* January 16 - Nathalie Giguère, swimmer
* January 26 - Larissa Lowing, artistic gymnast
* February 4 - Manny Legacé, ice hockey player
* February 5 - Marty O'Donnell, boxer
* February 12 - Tara Strong, actress and businesswoman
* February 28 - Eric Lindros, ice hockey player
* March 1 - Ryan Peake, lead guitarist and backing vocalist
* March 3 - Sean Campbell, field hockey player
* March 13 - Allison Higson, swimmer
* March 24 - Philippe Boucher, ice hockey player
* March 31 - Ian Goldberg, cryptographer and cypherpunk

### April to June

* April 5 - Kristin Topham, swimmer
* April 11 - Andrea Constand, Bill Cosby accuser
* April 23 - Derek Armstrong, ice hockey player
* April 25 - Paige Gordon, diver
* May 4
** Matthew Barnaby, ice hockey player
** John Madden, ice hockey player
* May 12 - Robert Tinkler, Canadian voice actor and screenwriter
* May 13 - Mike Beres, badminton player
* May 14 - Natalie Appleton, singer
* May 25 - Josée Corbeil, volleyball player
* June 1 - Jeff Schiebler, long-distance runner
* June 25 - René Corbet, Canadian ice hockey player

### July to September

* July 3 - Adrian Aucoin, ice hockey player
* July 3 - Melanie Jans, squash player
* July 13 - Gavin Hassett, rower and Olympic silver medallist
* July 19 - Scott Walker, ice hockey player
* July 22 - Rufus Wainwright, singer-songwriter
* July 27 - Niki Jenkins, judoka
* July 27 - David McLellan, swimmer
* August 24 - Andrew Brunette, ice hockey player
* August 28 - Kirby Morrow, voice actor (d. 2020)
* August 29 - Jessica Holmes, comedian and actress
* August 31 - Scott Niedermayer, ice hockey player
* September 6 - Greg Rusedski, tennis player
* September 18 - Paul Brousseau, ice hockey player
* September 26 – Elaine Lui, television personality, co-host of etalk

### October to December

* October 3 - Neve Campbell, actress
* October 5 – Annabelle Chvostek, singer-songwriter
* October 16 – Todd van der Heyden, journalist and news anchor
* October 18 – Alex Tagliani, racing driver
* October 23 - Scott Mosher, field hockey player
* October 30 - Adam Copeland, wrestler
* November 9 - Alyson Court, actress
* November 10 - Iain Brambell, rower and Olympic bronze medallist
* November 12 - Keith Morgan, judoka
* November 14 - Moka Only, rapper and producer (Swollen Members)
* November 22 – Cassie Campbell, Canadian ice hockey forward and CBC commentator
* November 27 - Mike Oliver, field hockey player
* November 30 - Carla Somerville, field hockey player and coach
* December 1 - Brian Froud, actor and voice actor
* December 5 - Shalom Harlow, model and actress
* December 14
** Sue Armstrong, field hockey player
** Tomasz Radzinski, soccer player
* December 20
** David Nedohin, curler
** Cory Stillman, ice hockey player and coach
* December 22 - Annie Pelletier, diver and Olympic bronze medallist
* December 25 - Alexandre Trudeau, filmmaker and journalist
* December 31 - Curtis Myden, swimmer

## Deaths
### January to June

* January 4 - George A. Drew, politician and 14th Premier of Ontario (b.1894)
* February 5 - Wilbert Ross Aylesworth, politician
* February 22 - Jean-Jacques Bertrand, politician and 21st Premier of Quebec (b.1916)
* March 2 - John Percy Page, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Alberta (b. 1887)
* March 11 - Tim Buck, politician and long-time leader of the Communist Party of Canada (b.1891)
* May 4 - Leslie Frost, politician and 16th Premier of Ontario (b.1895)
* May 6 - Ernest MacMillan, conductor and composer (b.1893)
* June 14 - Henry Herbert Stevens, politician and businessman (b.1878)

### July to December

* July 18 - Christine Demeter, murder victim (b.1940)
* July 25 - Louis St. Laurent, politician and 12th Prime Minister of Canada (b.1882)
* July 27 - James Macdonnell, soldier, lawyer and politician (b.1884)
* December - Alfred Fuller, businessman (b.1885)

### Full date unknown

* William George Bock, politician (b.1884)