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1976 in Canada
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Events from the year
1976 in Canada
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Incumbents
Crown
Monarch
–
Elizabeth II
[
1
]
Federal government
Governor General
–
Jules Léger
[
2
]
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
(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
Territorial governments
Commissioners
Commissioner of Yukon
–
James Smith
(until July 1) then
Arthur MacDonald Pearson
Commissioner of Northwest Territories
–
Stuart Milton Hodgson
Events
Toronto's
CN Tower
opens to the public
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
.
[
3
]
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.
[
4
]
October 14 – the
1976 Canadian general strike
saw 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
Arts and literature
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
Main article:
1976 in Canadian television
Sport
February 7 –
Toronto Maple Leafs
star
Darryl Sittler
scores ten points in one game.
March 14 – The
Toronto Varsity Blues
win the
University Cup
by defeating the
Guelph Gryphons
7–2 at
Varsity Arena
in
Toronto
May 16 – The
Montreal Canadiens
win their nineteenth
Stanley Cup
by defeating the
Philadelphia Flyers
4 games to 0.
Riverton, Manitoba
's
Reggie Leach
becomes the first player to be awarded the
Conn Smythe Trophy
in a losing effort.
May 16 – The
Hamilton Fincups
win their only
Memorial Cup
by defeating the
New Westminster Bruins
5–2. All games were played at the
Montreal Forum
July 17 – Canada hosts its first
Olympics
when the
1976 Summer Olympics
opens at
Olympic Stadium
in
Montreal
May 27 – The
Winnipeg Jets
win 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
win their only
Soccer Bowl
, defeating the
Minnesota Kicks
3–0 at
Soccer Bowl '76
played at the
Kingdome
, in
Seattle, Washington
November 19 – The
Western Ontario Mustangs
win their third
Vanier Cup
by defeating the
Acadia Axemen
29–13 in the
12th Vanier Cup
played at
Varsity Stadium
in Toronto
November 28 – The
Ottawa Rough Riders
win 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
.
Births
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
, actress
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
[
5
]
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
[
6
]
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
Deaths
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
)
See also
1976 in Canadian television
List of Canadian films of 1976
References
↑
"Queen Elizabeth II | The Canadian Encyclopedia"
.
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca
. Retrieved
4 December
2022
.
↑
Lentz, Harris M. (4 February 2014).
Heads of States and Governments Since 1945
. Routledge. p.
143.
ISBN
978-1-134-26490-2
.
↑
"Towering over us for 40 years"
.
Toronto Sun
. 25 June 2016
. Retrieved
6 February
2018
.
↑
"1976: African countries boycott Olympics"
.
BBC
. 17 July 1976
. Retrieved
6 February
2018
.
↑
"Kasia KULESZA - Olympic Synchronized Swimming | Canada"
.
International Olympic Committee
. 18 June 2016
. Retrieved
20 June
2019
.
↑
"Artist Information: Lisa Simes"
. Cirque Tribune. Archived from
the original
on 28 September 2011
. Retrieved
6 December
2011
.
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