1976 in Canada

"See also:"
1975 in Canada,
other events of 1976,
1977 in Canada and the
Timeline of Canadian history.

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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: 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 then René Lévesque
*Premier of Saskatchewan: Allan Blakeney

Events

* 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: Toronto Maple Leafs star Darryl Sittler scores ten points in one game.
* February 7: Joe Clark is elected leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada replacing Robert Stanfield.
* 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 in Toronto.
* June 30: Parliament votes to abolish the death penalty.
* July 17: The 1976 Summer Olympics open in Montreal.
* October 14: 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.
* The Timbit is introduced.
* News media: "L'Express de Toronto" created

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 film to win an Academy Award:Television
* Second City Television premiers

Births

* January 7 — Éric Gagné, baseball player
* January 23 — Phillip Boudreault, boxer
* January 25 — Mia Kirshner, actor
* February 19 — Brian Price, Olympic rower
* February 23 — Jeff O'Neill, hockey player
* March 9 — Ben Mulroney, television personality
* March 23 — Nolan Baumgartner, hockey player
* May 10 — Kristen French, murder victim
* May 13 — Jeff Powell, Olympic rower
* May 13 — Bobbi Jo Steadward, field hockey defender
* May 19 — Jason Botterill, hockey player
* June 10 — James Moore, politician
* June 13 — Mark Versfeld, backstroke swimmer
* June 25 — Michelle Bowyer, field hockey forward
* June 26 — Ed Jovanovski, hockey player
* July 1 — Leslie Mahaffy, murder victim
* July 3 — Wade Belak, hockey player
* July 12 — Dan Boyle, hockey player
* July 13 — Sheldon Souray, hockey player
* August 5 — Jeff Friesen, hockey player
* August 17 — Eric Boulton, hockey player
* August 27 — Sarah Chalke, actor
* September 13 — Jose Theodore, hockey goaltender
* September 17 — Zac Bierk, hockey goalie
* September 26 — Jean-François Marceau, judoka
* October 1 — Denis Gauthier, hockey player
* October 7 — Rachel McAdams, actress
* October 10 — Shane Doan, hockey player
* November 6 — Catherine Clark, television host, daughter of Prime Minister Joe Clark and Maureen McTeer
* November 20 — Laura Harris, actor
* December 26 — Nadia Litz, actress
* December 26 — Jake Wetzel, Olympic rower
* Big Ben, race horse

Deaths

* Roy Thomson, newspaper publisher
* Olive Palmer, wife of John Diefenbaker
* Réal Caouette, longtime leader of the "créditistes", and leader of the Social Credit Party of Canada
* November 14: Jean-Paul Beaulieu, politician