- 1982 in Canada
"See also:"
1981 in Canada ,
other events of 1982,1983 in Canada and thelist of 'years in Canada' .----
Incumbents
* Monarch: Queen Elizabeth II
* Governor General:Edward Schreyer
* Prime Minister:Pierre Trudeau
*Premier of Alberta :Peter Lougheed
*Premier of British Columbia :Bill Bennett
*Premier of Manitoba :Howard Pawley
*Premier of New Brunswick :Richard Hatfield
*Premier of Newfoundland :Brian Peckford
*Premier of Nova Scotia :John Buchanan
*Premier of Ontario :Bill Davis
*Premier of Prince Edward Island :James Lee
*Premier of Quebec :René Lévesque
*Premier of Saskatchewan :Allan Blakeney thenGrant Devine See:
1982 Canadian incumbents for moreEvents
* The year sees a severe
recession in the economy
*January 11 : CBC's "The National " moves to 10 p.m. and "The Journal" debuts at 10:22 p.m.
*January 15 : StrikingQuebec transit workers are forced back to work
* February: First reported cases ofAIDS in Canada
*February 14 : 84 are killed when the "Ocean Ranger " oil platform capsizes
*March 8 : TheCanada Act is passed by theBritish House of Commons
*April 17 : Queen Elizabeth II signs Canada's newly patriated constitution inOttawa and the new Constitution andCharter of Rights and Freedoms comes into effect.
*April 26 :Saskatchewan election:Grant Devine 's PCs win a landslide majority, defeatingAllan Blakeney 's NDP
*May 8 :Grant Devine becomesPremier ofSaskatchewan after defeatingAllan Blakeney 's NDP
*May 9 :Gilles Villeneuve killed at theBelgian Grand Prix
*May 23 :André Besette beatified by the Pope
*June 12 : The first drawing ofLotto 6/49 occurs with a jackpot of $500,000. Winning numbers are 03, 11, 12, 14, 41, 43, bonus 13
*June 28 :Access to Information Act passed
*July 15 : Anik 1, Canada's firstcommunications satellite , is retired after ten years' service.
*August 16 : Communications satellite Anik D launched
*August 23 : Turkishmilitary attaché to Canada, ColonelAtilla Altıkat , is assassinated byArmenia n terrorists in Ottawa.
*October 5 :Laurie Skreslet becomes the first Canadian to climbMount Everest
*October 27 : Dominion Day renamedCanada Day
*October 31 :Marguerite Bourgeoys becomes Canada's first femalesaint
* November 2: Alberta election:Peter Lougheed 's PCs win a fourth consecutive majority
*December 10 : Canada's 200 nautical mile (370 km) limit is officially recognized
* In a case concerning the development of theHibernia Oil Field the Supreme Court rules that the continental shelf falls under federal jurisdiction
*Ed Mirvish purchases London'sOld Vic theatre
*Colin Thatcher is elected to his third term in theSaskatchewan Legislative Assembly , where he is appointed Minister of Energy and Mines.Arts and literature
: New books
* "Dig up My Heart":Milton Acorn : Awards
* See1982 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
*Books in Canada First Novel Award :Joy Kogawa , "Obasan"
*Gerald Lampert Award :Abraham Boyarsky , "Schielber" andEdna Alford , "A Sleep Full of Dreams"
*Pat Lowther Award :Rona Murray , "Journey"
*Stephen Leacock Award :Mervyn J. Huston , "Gophers Don't Pay Taxes Tree"
*Vicky Metcalf Award :Janet Lunn : Film
* " E" released: Dance
*Arnold Spohr wins theDancemagazine Award Births
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March 15 :Kathleen Stoody , breaststroke swimmer
*March 18 :Matthew Lombardi , ice hockey player
*May 6 :Kyle Shewfelt , Olympic gold winning gymnast
*June 9 :Rachel Schill , Olympic softballer
*July 9 :Viola Yanik , Olympic wrestler
*September 1 :Jeffrey Buttle , Olympic figure skater
*September 21 :Cindy Eadie , Olympic softballer
*December 30 :Kristin Kreuk , actorDeaths
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May 9 :Gilles Villeneuve , race car driver
*June 10 :Elizabeth Goudie , writer
*June 28 :Igor Gouzenko ,Soviet spy
*October 4 :Glenn Gould , pianist
*October 18 :John Robarts , former Premier ofOntario
*November 29 :Percy Williams , athlete
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