Events from the year 1997 in Canada. [edit] Incumbents [edit] Events [edit] January to June [edit] July to September [edit] October to December [edit] Full date unknown [edit] Arts and literature [edit] New Books [edit] Awards [edit] Television - The Arrow, a mini-series about the Avro Arrow shows plays to great popularity and acclaim and the CBC
[edit] Births [edit] Deaths [edit] January to March - January 1 - Hagood Hardy, composer, pianist and vibraphonist (b.1937)
- January 12 - Frank Angelo, co-founder of MAC cosmetics
- January 12 - Charles Brenton Huggins, physician, physiologist, cancer researcher and Nobel prize laureate (b.1901)
- January 13 - Kate Buckman, bridge expert
- January 17 - W. A. Kardash, politician (b.1912)
- January 26 - Norman Fawcett, politician (b.1910)
- February 4 - Peter McCain, president of McCain Foods Limited
- February 19 - Lois Marshall, soprano (b.1924)
- February 25 - Francis Joubin, discovered one of world's largest uranium deposits
- March 2 - J. Carson Mark, mathematician who worked on development of nuclear weapons (b.1913)
- March 12 - Jim Bowes, newspaper mogul
- March 14 - Ivan Romanoff, conductor
- March 22 - Harry Thode, geochemist, nuclear chemist and academic administrator (b.1910)
- March 27 - Hugh Horner, politician, physician and surgeon (b.1925)
[edit] April to June - April 6 - Jack Kent Cooke, sports entrepreneur (b.1912)
- April 8 - Albert Malouf, judge
- April 11 - Muriel Furguson, lawyer, Senate's first woman Speaker
- April 28 - Andrew Sarlos, investment counsellor, multimillionaire
- May 1 - Fernand Dumont, sociologist, philosopher, theologian and poet (b.1927)
- May 14 - Jane Musset, fashion reporter
- June 6 - Ron Collister, TV and radio journalist, talk-show host
- June 9 - Stanley Knowles, politician (b.1908)
- June 22 - Gérard Pelletier, journalist, editor, politician and Minister (b.1919)
- June 22 - Larry Grossman, politician (b.1943)
- June 29 - Art Solomon, spiritualist leader, author
[edit] July to September - July 8 - Charles Tayler, journalist, horse breeder
- July 30 - Robert Bryce, civil servant (b.1910)
- August 10 - Marie-Soleil Tougas, Quebec actress and TV host
- August 20 - Léon Dion, political scientist (b.1922)
- August 24 - Hardial Bains, founder and leader of Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) (b.1939)
- September 11 - Camille Henry, ice hockey player (b.1933)
- September 12 - Judith Merril, science fiction writer, editor and political activist (b.1923)
- September 29 - Val Clery, writer, editor, broadcaster
[edit] October to December - October 8 - James Ferguson, musician
- October 12 - Rodrigue Bourdages, politician (b.1923)
- November 7 - Clyde Gilmour, radio broadcaster and journalist (b.1912)
- November 14 - Jack Pickersgill, civil servant and politician (b.1905)
- November 20 - Ronald Martland, Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (b.1909)
- November 24 - Czeslaw Brzozowicz, engineer (b.1911)
- November 24 - John Sopinka, lawyer and puisne justice on the Supreme Court of Canada (b.1933)
- November 27 - Yves Prévost, politician and lawyer (b.1908)
- December 7 - George R. Gardiner, businessman, philanthropist and co-founder of the Gardiner Museum (b.1917)
- December 13 - Catherine Keachie, magazine lobbyist
- December 24 - Pierre Péladeau, businessman (b.1925)
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