# 1982 in Canada

Events from the year 1982 in Canada.

## Incumbents
### Crown

* Monarch – Elizabeth II

### Federal government

* Governor General – Edward Schreyer
* Prime Minister – Pierre Trudeau
* Chief Justice – Bora Laskin (Ontario)
* Parliament – 32nd

### Provincial governments
#### Lieutenant governors

* Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Francis Charles Lynch-Staunton
* Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Henry Pybus Bell-Irving
* Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Pearl McGonigal
* Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – George Stanley
* Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland – William Anthony Paddon
* Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – John Elvin Shaffner
* Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – John Black Aird
* Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – 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 – Howard Pawley
* 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 – James Lee
* Premier of Quebec – René Lévesque
* Premier of Saskatchewan – Allan Blakeney (Until May 8) then Grant Devine

### Territorial governments
#### Commissioners

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

#### Premiers

* Premier of the Northwest Territories – George Braden
* Premier of Yukon – Chris Pearson

## Events
### January to June

* January 11 – CBC's The National moves to 10 p.m. and The Journal debuts at 10:22 p.m.
* January 15 – Striking Quebec transit workers are forced back to work.
* February – First reported cases of AIDS in Canada.
* February 15 – 84 are killed when the Ocean Ranger oil platform capsizes.
* March 4 – Bertha Wilson is appointed Canada's first female Supreme Court justice.
* March 8 – The Canada Act is passed by the British House of Commons.
* April 14 – 1982 Northwest Territories division plebiscite
* April 17 – In an outdoor ceremony in Ottawa, Queen Elizabeth II signs a royal proclamation that completes patriation of the constitution, and the Constitution Act, 1982, including the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, comes into effect.
* April 26 – Saskatchewan election: Grant Devine's PCs win a landslide majority, defeating Allan Blakeney's NDP.
* May 5 – Peru requests Canadian intervention in the ongoing Falklands War.
* May 8 – Grant Devine becomes Premier of Saskatchewan after defeating Allan Blakeney's NDP.
* May 23 – André Besette beatified by the Pope.
* June 12 – The first drawing of Lotto 6/49 occurs with a jackpot of CA$500,000 (equivalent to $1,400,000 in 2023). Winning numbers are 03, 11, 12, 14, 41, 43, bonus 13.
* June 28 – Access to Information Act passed.

### July to December

* July 15 – Anik 1, Canada's first communications satellite, is retired after ten years' service.
* July 26 – Karen Baldwin is crowned Miss Universe in Lima, Peru, becoming the first Canadian to win this award.
* August 16 – Communications satellite Anik D launched.
* August 23 – Turkish military attaché to Canada, Colonel Atilla Altıkat, is assassinated by Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide in Ottawa.
* October 5 – Laurie Skreslet becomes the first Canadian to climb Mount Everest.
* October 27 – Dominion Day renamed Canada Day.
* October 31 – Marguerite Bourgeoys becomes Canada's first female saint.
* November 2 – Alberta election: Peter Lougheed's PCs win a fourth consecutive majority.
* December 10 – Canada's 200 nautical mile (370 km) limit is officially recognized.

### Full date unknown

* The year sees a severe recession in the economy.
* In a case concerning the development of the Hibernia Oil Field the Supreme Court rules that the continental shelf falls under federal jurisdiction.
* Ed Mirvish purchases London's Old Vic theatre.
* Colin Thatcher is elected to his third term in the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly, where he is appointed Minister of Energy and Mines.

## Arts and literature
### New books

* Dig up My Heart: Milton Acorn

### Awards

* See 1982 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
* Books in Canada First Novel Award: Joy Kogawa, Obasan
* Gerald Lampert Award: Abraham Boyarsky, Schielber and Edna Alford, A Sleep Full of Dreams
* Pat Lowther Award: Rona Murray, Journey
* Stephen Leacock Award: Mervyn J. Huston, Gophers Don't Pay Taxes Tree
* Vicky Metcalf Award: Janet Lunn

### Film

* 'E' released

### Dance

* Arnold Spohr wins the Dancemagazine Award

## Sports

* March 14 – The Moncton Aigles Bleus win their second (consecutive) University Cup be defeating the Saskatchewan Huskies 3 to 2. The final game was played in the Moncton Coliseum in Moncton, New Brunswick
* May 9 – Gilles Villeneuve is killed at the Belgian Grand Prix.
* May 15 – The Kitchener Rangers win their first Memorial Cup by defeating the Sherbrooke Castors 7 to 4. The final game was played at Robert Guertin Arena in Hull, Quebec
* May 16 – The New York Islanders win their third (consecutive) Stanley Cup by defeating the Vancouver Canucks 4 games to 0. The deciding Game 4 was played at Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver. Montreal's Mike Bossy was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy
* November 20 – The UBC Thunderbirds win their first Vanier Cup by defeating the Western Ontario Mustangs by a score of 39–14 in the 18th Vanier Cup played at Varsity Stadium in Toronto
* November 28 – The Edmonton Eskimos win their ninth (fifth consecutive) Grey Cup by defeating the Toronto Argonauts in the 70th Grey Cup played at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto

## Births

* January 5 – Tiiu Nurmberg, skier
* January 12 – Shawn Desman, pop musician
* January 31 – Jay Malinowski musician
* March 10 – Kathleen Stoody, swimmer
* March 18 – Matthew Lombardi, ice hockey player
* March 30 – A-Trak, DJ and turntablist
* April 3 – Cobie Smulders, actress and model
* April 9 – Jay Baruchel, actor and comedian
* April 14 – Lise Leveille, gymnast
* April 15 – Seth Rogen, actor, comedian, and filmmaker
* April 16 – Aaron Feltham, water polo player
* April 24 – Shayna Nackoney, synchronized swimmer
* May 6 – Kyle Shewfelt, gymnast
* May 10 – Adam Sioui, swimmer
* May 11 – Cory Monteith, actor (d. 2013)
* May 12 – Rhian Wilkinson, soccer player
* May 16 – Melissa Altro, actress
* May 23 – Linda Consolante, soccer player
* May 27 – Natalya Neidhart, pro wrestler
* June 9 – Rachel Schill, softball player
* June 16 – Kathy Tremblay, triathlete
* June 23 – Derek Boogaard, hockey player (d. 2011)
* June 24 – Jarret Stoll, ice hockey player
* July 6 – Kelly Stefanyshyn, swimmer
* July 8 – Ariel Helwani, combat sports commentator
* July 9 – Viola Yanik, wrestler
* July 17 – Jessi Cruickshank, television host
* August 20 – Meghan Ory, actress
* August 21 – Omar Sachedina, journalist and news anchor
* September 1 – Jeffrey Buttle, figure skater, Olympic bronze medallist and World Champion
* September 2 – Kelly Haxton, soccer player
* September 21 – Cindy Eadie, softball player
* September 23 – Shyla Stylez, porn actress (d. 2017)
* October 29 – Chelan Simmons, actress
* October 31 – Justin Chatwin, actor
* November 26 – Alison Braden, water polo player
* November 29 – Elizabeth Collins, swimmer
* December 22 – Brooke Nevin, actress
* December 29 – Brian Hill, Paralympic swimmer
* December 30 – Kristin Kreuk, actress

### Full date unknown

* July – Gregory Despres, murderer
* Ryan Riordon, politician

## Deaths
### January to June

* January 5 – Elizabeth Bagshaw, doctor (b.1881)
* March 28 – William Giauque, chemist and Nobel laureate (b.1895)
* May 8 – Gilles Villeneuve, motor racing driver (b.1950).
* June 10 – Elizabeth Goudie, writer (b.1902).
* June 28 – Igor Gouzenko, Russian defector (b.1919)

### July to December

* July 25 – Hal Foster, cartoonist (b.1892)
* October 4 – Glenn Gould, pianist (b.1932)
* October 16 – Hugh John Flemming, politician and 24th Premier of New Brunswick (b.1899)
* October 16 – Hans Selye, endocrinologist (b.1907)
* October 18 – John Robarts, lawyer, politician and 17th Premier of Ontario (b.1917)
* November 2 – J. Dewey Soper, Arctic explorer, zoologist, ornithologist and author (b.1893)
* November 19 – Erving Goffman, sociologist and writer (b.1922)
* November 29 – Percy Williams, athlete and double Olympic gold medallist (b.1908)
* December 2 – Honore Brenot, professional ice hockey player (b. 1899)
* December 7 – Harry Jerome, track and field runner (b.1940)
* December 19 – George Isaac Smith, lawyer, politician and Premier of Nova Scotia (b.1909)