1975 in Canada

"See also:"
1974 in Canada,
other events of 1975,
1976 in Canada and the
list of 'years in Canada'.

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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 W.R. 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

Events

*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
*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
*Izzy Asper acquires Winnipeg television station CKND, the beginning of what would become a national media empire.
*Rohinton Mistry immigrates 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.

Births

* January 22 — Shean Donovan, ice hockey player
* 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, musician
* February 25 — Hercules Kyvelos, boxer
* April 4 — Kevin Weekes, ice hockey goaltender
* April 22 — Greg Moore, race car driver
* May 13 — Jamie Allison, ice hockey player
* May 24 — Marc Gagnon, short track speed skater
* May 29 — Jason Allison, ice hockey player
* June 9 — Carolyne Lepage, judoka
* June 18 — Martin St. Louis, ice hockey player
* June 27 — Carlton Chambers, sprint athlete
* July 2 — Éric Dazé, ice hockey player
* July 17 — Troy Amos-Ross, boxer
* August 13 — Marty Turco, ice hockey player
* August 15 — Brendan Morrison, ice hockey player
* September 2 — Michel Trudeau, Prime Minister's son
* September 9 — Michael Bublé, musician
* November 1 — Eric Perrin, ice hockey player
* November 7 — Mike Mintenko, freestyle and butterfly swimmer
* December 2 — Brett Lindros, ice hockey player
* December 9 — Damhnait Doyle, singer
* December 17 — Nick Farrell, boxer
* December 20 — Andrew Hoskins, rower

Deaths

*January 25 - Charlotte Whitton, famed mayor of Ottawa
*August 27 - Jack Dennett, broadcaster
*September - Pat Lowther, poet, murdered by her husband Roy Lowther