# 1975 in Canada

Events from the year 1975 in Canada.

## Incumbents
### Crown

* Monarch – Elizabeth II

### Federal government

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

### Provincial governments
#### 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

### Territorial governments
#### Commissioners

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

## Events
### 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).

## Arts and literature
### 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

## Births
### 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

## Deaths
### 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)