Events from the year 1980 in Canada. [edit] Incumbents [edit] Events [edit] January to June [edit] July to December [edit] Arts and literature [edit] New Works [edit] Awards [edit] Television [edit] Full date unknown [edit] Births [edit] January to March - January 22 - Amy Cotton, judoka
- January 28 - Nathan Marsters, ice hockey player (d.2009)
- February 10 - Mike Ribeiro, ice hockey player
- February 16 - Blair Betts, ice hockey player
- February 21 - Yannick Lupien, swimmer
- February 29 - Simon Gagné, ice hockey player
- March 21 - Deryck Whibley, guitarist, lead vocalist, songwriter and producer
- March 24 - Ramzi Abid, ice hockey player
- March 31 - Michael Ryder, ice hockey player
[edit] April to June [edit] July to September - July 2 - Thomas Marks, water polo player
- July 15 - Jonathan Cheechoo, ice hockey player
- July 16 - Matt Peck, field hockey player
- July 21 - Scott Frandsen, rower and Olympic silver medalist
- July 27 - Paul Larmand, basketball player
- August 5 - Mark Bell, ice hockey player
- August 24 - Tanya Hunks, swimmer
- August 29 - Perdita Felicien, hurdler and World Champion
- September 9 - Félix Brillant, soccer player
- September 19 - Adrian Cann, soccer player
[edit] October to December - October 13 - Marc-André Bergeron, ice hockey player
- October 14 - Mike Munday, volleyball player
- October 21 - Mike Danton, ice hockey player
- November 4 - Erin Cumpstone, softball player
- November 9 - Dominique Maltais, snowboarder and Olympic bronze medalist
- November 9 - Ben Rutledge, rower, Olympic gold medalist and World Champion
- November 16 - Carol Huynh, freestyle wrestler and Olympic gold medalist
- November 18 - Emanuel Sandhu, figure skater
- December 2 - Adam Kreek, rower, Olympic gold medalist and World Champion
[edit] Deaths [edit] January to June [edit] July to December Marshall McLuhan in the early 1970s - November 4 - Elsie MacGill, the world's first female aircraft designer (b.1905)
- November 18 - Conn Smythe, ice hockey manager and owner (b.1895)
- November 21 - A. J. M. Smith, poet (b.1902)
- November 22 - Jules Léger, diplomat and 21st Governor General of Canada (b.1913)
- December 7 - W. L. Morton, historian (b.1908)
- December 9 - Dorise Nielson, politician (b.1902)
- December 12 - Jean Lesage, lawyer, politician and Premier of Quebec (b.1912)
- December 22 - Ethel Wilson, novelist and short story writer (b.1888)
- December 31 - Marshall McLuhan, educator, philosopher, and scholar (b.1911)
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