1977 in Canada

Crown • Monarch – Elizabeth II Federal government • Governor General – Jules Léger • Prime Minister – Pierre Trudeau • Chief Justice – Bora Laskin (Ontario) • Parliament – 30th Provincial governments Lieutenant governors • Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Ralph Steinhauer • Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Walter Stewart Owen • Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Francis Lawrence Jobin • Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Hédard Robichaud • Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland – Gordon Arnaud Winter • Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Clarence Gosse • Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Pauline Mills McGibbon • Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Gordon Lockhart Bennett • Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Hugues Lapointe • Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – George Porteous Premiers • Premier of Alberta – Peter Lougheed • Premier of British Columbia – Bill Bennett • Premier of Manitoba – Edward Schreyer (until October 24) then Sterling Lyon • 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 – René Lévesque • Premier of Saskatchewan – Allan Blakeney Territorial governments Commissioners • Commissioner of Yukon – Arthur MacDonald Pearson • Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Stuart Milton Hodgson ==Events==

• January 1 – Canada's offshore exclusive economic zone is extended to . • January 26 – Katimavik is founded as a volunteer service organization for Canadian youths. • February 6 – Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II's accession as Queen of Canada • February 6 – René Lévesque is embroiled in scandal after he, while driving in a car with a woman who is not his wife, hits and kills a homeless man. • February 27 – Royal Canadian Mounted Police raid Keith Richards's Toronto hotel suite while he is sleeping and seize 22 grams of heroin, 5 grams of cocaine, and narcotics paraphernalia. • February 28 – Canadian passenger rail services are amalgamated into Via Rail. • March 30 – CFVO-TV was shut down due to the Cinérotique controversy. • May 5 – Willie Adams becomes the first Inuk to enter Parliament when he is appointed to the Senate. • May 9 – The final report of the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry is released. • June: Elizabeth II tours Canada as part of her Silver Jubilee goodwill tour. • June 9 – Ontario election: Bill Davis's PCs win a second consecutive minority. • June 24 — Social Credit leader André-Gilles Fortin is killed in a car accident. • July 28 – Emanuel Jaques, 12, is abducted after being lured into an apartment building under false pretenses on Yonge Street in downtown Toronto. His strangled body is found several days later under a pile of wood on the building's rooftop. Four men are apprehended for the crime. • August 26 – The Charter of the French Language is passed by the Parti Québécois. • September 3 – September 5 – All Canadian road signs are converted to metric units. • October 18 – Deliberations of the House of Commons are televised for the first time making Canada an early country to broadcast the proceedings of one body of its national legislature. • October 24 – Sterling Lyon becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing Edward Schreyer. • November 21 – Gerald Hannon's controversial article "Men Loving Boys Loving Men" is published in The Body Politic Full date unknown • The Eaton Centre opens in Toronto. • Focus Corporation, a project delivery company is founded. • Prime Minister Trudeau separates from his wife Margaret Sinclair. • Quebec becomes the first jurisdiction (larger than a city or county) in the world to prohibit discrimination in the public and private sectors based on sexual orientation. • Etobicoke introduces the Reduce Impaired Driving in Etobicoke programme which, eventually, spreads across the province as Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere. ==Arts and literature==

New works • Margaret Atwood: Dancing Girls • Elizabeth Smart: A Bonus • Timothy Findley: The Wars • Irving Layton: The Covenant • Roch Carrier: ''Il n'ya pas de pays sans grand-père'' • Gabrielle Roy: Ces Enfants de ma vie • Morley Callaghan: Close to the Sun Again • Antonine Maillet: La Veuve enragée • Marshall McLuhan: City as Classroom: Understanding Language and Media Awards • See 1977 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards. • Books in Canada First Novel Award: Michael Ondaatje, Coming Through Slaughter • Stephen Leacock Award: Ray Guy, That Far Greater Bay • Vicky Metcalf Award: James Archibald Houston ==Sport==

• March 13 – The Toronto Varsity Blues win their eighth University Cup by defeating the Alberta Golden Bears 4–1. The final game was played at Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton • April 7 – The Toronto Blue Jays become Major League Baseball's second Canadian team, when they defeat the Chicago White Sox in a game played at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto • May 14 – The Montreal Canadiens win their 20th Stanley Cup by defeating the Boston Bruins 4 games to 0. Thurso, Quebec's Guy Lafleur was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy • May 14 – The New Westminster Bruins win their first Memorial Cup by defeating the Ottawa 67's 6 to 5. The final game was played Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver • May 26 – The Quebec Nordiques win their first Avco Cup by defeating the Winnipeg Jets 4 games to 3. The deciding Game 7 was played at the Colisée de Québec • July 16 – Gilles Villeneuve makes his Formula One debut, with Team McLaren, at the British Grand Prix. He is the first Canadian driver in the top formula. • November 19 – The Western Ontario Mustangs win their fourth (second consecutive) Vanier Cup by defeating the Acadia Axemen 48–15 in the 13th Vanier Cup played at Varsity Stadium in Toronto • November 27 – The Montreal Alouettes win their fourth Grey Cup by defeating the Edmonton Eskimos in a game played at Olympic Stadium in Montreal. Vancouver's Don Sweet won his second Most Valuable Canadian award and London, Ontario's Glen Weir won the game's Defensive MVP award. ==Births==

January to March • January 1 - Jacinthe Taillon, synchronised swimmer • January 31 - Mark Dutiaume, ice hockey player • February 7 - Paul Comrie, ice hockey player • February 11 - Stephanie Richardson, swimmer • February 20 - Gail Kim, wrestler • March 3 - Stéphane Robidas, ice hockey player • March 6 - Reagan Pasternak, actress • March 11 - Jason Greeley, singer • March 13 - Barney Williams, rower and Olympic silver medalist • March 27 - Buffy-Lynne Williams, rower and Olympic bronze medalist • March 28 - Trevor Stewardson, boxer April to June • April 5 - Zach Whitmarsh, track and field athlete • April 21 - Jamie Salé, pair skater, Olympic gold medalist and World Champion • April 26 - Craig Adams, ice hockey player • May 3 – Ryan Dempster, baseball player • May 4 - Emily Perkins, actress • May 9 - Michelle Fournier, hammer thrower • May 12 - Rachel Wilson, actress • May 13 - Christopher Ralph, actor • May 16 - Jean-Sébastien Giguère, ice hockey player • May 19 • Claire Carver-Dias, synchronised swimmer • Kelly Sheridan, voice actress • May 28 - Erin Mathews, voice actress • May 31 • Phil Devey, baseball player • Greg Leeb, ice hockey player • June 12 - Wade Redden, ice hockey player • June 22 - Chris Wolfenden, volleyball player • June 27 - Kristen Taunton, field hockey player July to September • July 1 - Jarome Iginla, ice hockey player • July 8 - Sandra Lizé, water polo player • July 12 - Peter Schaefer (ice hockey), ice hockey player • July 19 – Jean-Sébastien Aubin, ice hockey player • July 26 – Tony Sampson, voice and television actor • July 28 – Allan Hawco, actor and producer • August 1 - Marc Denis, ice hockey player • August 14 - Tonya Verbeek, wrestler and Olympic silver medalist • August 15 - Martin Biron, ice hockey player • August 22 – JP Auclair, freeskier. (d. 2014) • August 24 - Murray Grapentine, volleyball player • August 29 - Leslie-Ann Gervais, fencer • September 15 - Jean-François Caissy, documentary filmmaker • September 17 - Kim Sarrazin, softball player • September 29 - Wade Brookbank, ice hockey player October to December • October 3 - Kristy Odamura, softball player • October 6 - Daniel Brière, ice hockey player • October 8 - Viktor Berg, squash player • October 14 • Bianca Beauchamp, latex model • Kelly Schumacher, basketball player • October 15 - Jen Button, swimmer • October 18 - Paul Stalteri, soccer player • October 27 - Erin White, softball player • October 29 - Matt Higgins, ice hockey player • November 18 - Shahier Razik, squash player • December 13 - Darius Rafat, music producer, composer, bandleader, music agent and entrepreneur • December 16 - Éric Bélanger, ice hockey player • December 17 - Katheryn Winnick, actress • December 27 - Jacqueline Pillon, actress • December 29 - Christin Petelski, swimmer ==Deaths==

• January 24 - Jack Bush, painter (b.1909) • February 17 - Edward LeRoy Bowerman, politician (b.1892) • March 14 - Benjamin Chee Chee, artist (b.1944) • May 5 - Stuart Garson, politician, Minister and 12th Premier of Manitoba (b.1898) • June 24 - André-Gilles Fortin, politician (b.1943) • July 3 - Hugh Le Caine, physicist, composer and instrument builder (b.1914) • August - Emanuel Jaques, murder victim (b.1965) • August 14 - Wilfred Curtis, Chief of the Air Staff of the Royal Canadian Air Force (b.1893) • November 3 - William Kurelek, artist and writer (b.1927) • November 5 - Guy Lombardo, bandleader and violinist (b.1902) • November 25 - Tommy Prince, one of Canada's most decorated First Nations soldiers (b.1915) Full date unknown • Alfred Henry Bence, politician and barrister (b.1908) ==See also==