1975 in Canada

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.
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 17 - Todd Harvey, ice hockey player and coach
February 24 - Ashley MacIsaac, fiddler
February 25 - Hercules Kyvelos, boxer
March 17 - Andrew Martin, wrestler (d. 2009)
April to June
April 4 - Kevin Weekes, ice hockey player
April 7 - Owen Von Richter, swimmer
April 22 - Greg Moore, racecar driver (d. 1999)
May 13 - Jamie Allison, ice hockey player
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
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 9 - Michael Bublé, singer and actor
October to December
October 2 - Michel Trudeau, student and brother of Justin Trudeau (d. 1998)
October 23 - Holly McNarland, musician, singer and songwriter
November 1 - Éric Perrin, ice hockey player
November 7 - Mike Mintenko, swimmer
November 12 - Kiara Bisaro, mountain biker
November 15 - Yannick Tremblay, ice hockey player
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)
See also
1975 in Canadian television
List of Canadian films of 1975
References
Years of the 20th century in Canada
Canada
1975 in North America