1982 in Canada

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See also: 1981 in Canada, other events of 1982, 1983 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.

[edit] 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 then Grant Devine

See: 1982 Canadian incumbents for more

[edit] Events

• 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: Striking Quebec transit workers are forced back to work
• February: First reported cases of AIDS in Canada
• February 14: 84 are killed when the Ocean Ranger oil platform capsizes
• March 8: The Canada Act is passed by the British House of Commons
• April 17: Queen Elizabeth II signs Canada's newly patriated constitution in Ottawa and the new Constitution and Charter of Rights and Freedoms comes into effect.
• April 26: Saskatchewan election: Grant Devine's PCs win a landslide majority, defeating Allan Blakeney's NDP
• May 8: Grant Devine becomes Premier of Saskatchewan after defeating Allan Blakeney's NDP
• May 9: Gilles Villeneuve killed at the Belgian Grand Prix
• May 23: André Besette beatified by the Pope
• June 12: The first drawing of Lotto 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 first communications satellite, is retired after ten years' service.
• August 16: Communications satellite Anik D launched
• August 23: Turkish military attaché to Canada, Colonel Atilla Altıkat, is assassinated by Armenian terrorists in Ottawa.
• October 5: Laurie Skreslet becomes the first Canadian to climb Mount Everest
• October 27: Dominion Day renamed Canada Day
• October 31: Marguerite Bourgeoys becomes Canada's first female saint
• 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 the Hibernia Oil Field the Supreme Court rules that the continental shelf falls under federal jurisdiction
• Ed Mirvish purchases London's Old Vic theatre
• Colin Thatcher is elected to his third term in the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly, where he is appointed Minister of Energy and Mines.

[edit] Arts and literature

New books

• Dig up My Heart: Milton Acorn

Awards

• See 1982 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 and Edna 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 the Dancemagazine Award

[edit] Births

• 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, actor

[edit] Deaths

• 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 of Ontario
• November 29: Percy Williams, athlete