1976 in Canada
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See also: 1975 in Canada, other events of 1976, 1977 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.
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[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] 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 foward
- 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
- 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
[edit] 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
