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Events from the year 1975 in Canada.

[edit] Incumbents

• Monarch - Queen Elizabeth II
• Governor General - Jules Léger
• Prime Minister - Pierre Trudeau
• Premier of Alberta - Peter Lougheed
• Premier of British Columbia - David Barrett 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

[edit] Events

[edit] January to June

Toronto's CN Tower is completed.

• January 1 - Product labeling 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 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

[edit] 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 Napier 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 4 - Mirabel Airport opens
• October 14 - Federal government introduces wage and price controls to limit inflation
• 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.

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• 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.

[edit] Arts and literature

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Television

• Saturday Night Live produced by Canadian Lorne Michaels and also featuring Paul Shaffer and Dan Aykroyd premieres.

[edit] Births

[edit] January to March

• 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 24 - Ashley MacIsaac, fiddler
• February 25 - Hercules Kyvelos, boxer
• March 17 - Andrew Martin, wrestler (d.2009)

[edit] 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 medalist and multiple World Champion
• May 26 - Craig Hutchison, swimmer
• 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 medalist

[edit] July to September

• July 2 - Éric Dazé, ice hockey player
• 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

[edit] October to December

• October 2 - Michel Trudeau, student (d.1998)
• October 23 - Holly McNarland, musician, singer and songwriter
• November 1 - Éric Perrin, ice hockey player
• November 7 - Mike Mintenko, swimmer
• December 2 - Brett Lindros, ice hockey player
• December 9 - Damhnait Doyle, pop singer
• December 17 - Nick Farrell, boxer
• December 20 - Andrew Hoskins, rower

[edit] Deaths

[edit] January to June

• January 25 - Charlotte Whitton, feminist, politician and mayor of Ottawa (b.1896)
• March 18 - Alain Grandbois, poet (b.1900)
• April 11 - Thomas Crerar, politician and Minister (b.1876)
• June 13 - Merrill Denison, playwright (b.1893)

[edit] July to December

• August 27 - Jack Dennett, radio and television announcer (b.1916)
• September - Pat Lowther, poet (b.1935)
• 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)