- 1973 in Canada
"See also:"
1972 in Canada ,
other events of 1973,1974 in Canada and theTimeline of Canadian history .----
Incumbents
*Monarch - Queen Elizabeth II
*Governor General -Roland Michener
*Prime Minister -Pierre Trudeau
*Premier of Alberta -Peter Lougheed
*Premier of British Columbia -David Barrett
*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
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January 25 - The "Irish Stardust " runs aground north ofVancouver Island causing a largeoil spill .
*February 1 -Gerald Bouey succeedesLouis Rasminsky as Governor of theBank of Canada .
*February 5 - Work begins on the construction of theCN Tower
*February 13 - TheGendron Report is issued, it recommends making FrenchQuebec 's only official language
*February 15 - TheLester B. Pearson College of the Pacific is established inVictoria, British Columbia
*April 2 -Montreal announces Canada's firstlottery to help pay for the1976 Summer Olympics
*April 20 -Anik A-2 is launched
*October 17 -OPEC dramatically raises the price of oil. This is a boon toAlberta but hurts central Canada.
*November 1 - Waterloo Lutheran University is renamedWilfrid Laurier University
*November 13 - Ajury refuses to convictHenry Morgentaler for performingabortion s
*December 7 - Canada sells its firstCANDU Reactor toSouth Korea
*First Air is foundedArts and literature
:New Works
*Farley Mowat - "Tundra: Selections from the Great Accounts of Arctic Land Voyages"
*Donald Jack - "That's Me in the Middle"
*Robert Kroetsch - "Gone Indian"
*Elizabeth Goudie - "Woman of Labrador":Awards
* See1973 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
*Stephen Leacock Award :Donald Bell , "Saturday Night at the Bagel Factory"
*Vicky Metcalf Award :Christie Harris :Radio
*TheRoyal Canadian Air Farce is formed:Television
*Alex Trebek moves to theUnited States to host "The Wizard of Odds ".Births
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January 3 — Robert Baird, medley swimmer
*January 8 —Robert Braknis , backstroke swimmer
*January 11 —Sarah Forbes , field hockey goalkeeper
*January 13 —Dana Anderson , field hockey player
*January 16 —Nathalie Giguère , breaststroke swimmer
*February 4 —Manny Legace , ice hockey goalie
*February 5 — Marty O'Donnell, boxer
*February 28 —Eric Lindros , ice hockey player
*March 3 —Sean Campbell , field hockey player
*March 13 —Allison Higson , swimmer
*March 24 —Philippe Boucher , ice hockey player
*March 31 —Ian Goldberg , cryptographer
*April 5 —Kristin Topham , swimmer
*April 23 —Derek Armstrong , ice hockey player
*April 25 —Paige Gordon , diver
*May 4 — John Madden, ice hockey player
*May 4 —Matthew Barnaby , ice hockey player
*May 13 —Mike Beres , badminton player
*May 25 —Josée Corbeil , volleyball player
*June 1 —Jeff Schiebler , long-distance runner
*June 8 —Lexa Doig , actor
*July 3 —Adrian Aucoin , ice hockey player
*July 13 —Gavin Hassett , rower
*July 19 — Scott Walker, ice hockey player
*July 22 —Rufus Wainwright , musician
*July 27 —Niki Jenkins , judoka
*July 27 — David McLellan, freestyle swimmer
*August 24 —Andrew Brunette , hockey player
*August 29 —Jessica Holmes , actor
*August 31 —Scott Niedermayer , ice hockey player
*September 6 —Greg Rusedski , tennis player
*October 3 —Neve Campbell , actress
*October 23 —Scott Mosher , field hockey player
*October 30 —Adam Copeland , professional wrestler
*November 10 —Iain Brambell , rower
*November 12 — Colin and Keith Morgan, twins and judoka's
*November 27 — Mike Oliver, field hockey player
*November 30 —Carla Somerville , field hockey player
*December 14 —Sue Armstrong , field hockey player
*December 14 —Tomasz Radzinski , soccer player
*December 22 —Annie Pelletier , diver
*December 25 —Alexandre Trudeau , Prime Minister's son
*December 31 —Curtis Myden , medley swimmerDeaths
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February 5 -Wilbert Ross Aylesworth , politician
*March 11 -Tim Buck , communist
*July 18 -Christine Demeter , murder victim
*July 25 -Louis St. Laurent , former Prime Minister
*December -Alfred Fuller , businessman
*William George Bock , politician
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