1974 in Canada
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Events from the year 1974 in Canada.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - Elizabeth II
- Governor General - Roland Michener then Jules Léger
- 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
[edit] Events
- January 1 - The Canadian Stock Exchange merges with the Montreal Stock Exchange
- January 7 - Bora Laskin sworn in as Chief Justice of Canada
- January 14 - Jules Léger is sworn in as Governor General
- January 26 - The Global Television network begins broadcasting
- May 23 - New Brunswick becomes the first province to be officially bilingual
- June 29 - Soviet ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov defects in Toronto
- July 2 - Ralph Steinhauer becomes the first Aboriginal person to be a Canadian Lieutenant Governor when he is appointed Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
- July 3 - Canada first demands that its territorial waters be extended to 200 nautical miles (370.4 km)
- vote of no-confidence in parliament forces election
- July 8 - Federal election: Pierre Trudeau's Liberals win a majority
- July 31 - Bill 22 is passed making French the official language of government and business in Quebec
- August 1 - The Elections Act is passed limiting campaign contributions
- August 9 - Nine Canadians are killed when their plane is shot down by Syria
- September 17 - The RCMP decides to allow female members for the first time
- November 29 - An aircraft is hijacked over Saskatchewan. It is recovered in Saskatoon
[edit] Full date unknown
- Paul Martin made president of Canada Steamship Lines
- The Waffle disbands
- The report of the Le Dain Commission argues marijuana should be decriminalized
- Robert Cliche chairs a Royal Commission investigating corruption in Quebec's construction industry. Brian Mulroney, later to become Prime Minister, first comes to national attention as a panelist on the commission.
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] New works
- Bill Bissett - Living with the vishyun
- Irving Layton - The Pole-Vaulter
- Margaret Atwood - You Are Happy
- Alice Munro - Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You
- Margaret Laurence - The Diviners
[edit] Awards
- See 1974 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
- Stephen Leacock Award: Donald Jack, That's Me in the Middle
- Vicky Metcalf Award: Jean Little
[edit] Births
[edit] January to March
- January 14 - Hugues Legault, swimmer
- January 19 - Diane Cummins, middle distance runner
- January 21 - Robert Ghiz, politician and 31st Premier of Prince Edward Island
- January 23 - Joel Bouchard, ice hockey player
- February 6 - Layne Roland, ice hockey player
- February 7 - Steve Nash, basketball player
[edit] April to June
- April 11 - Tricia Helfer, model and actress
- April 26 - Jacinthe Pineau, swimmer
- May 10 - Jon Beare, rower and Olympic bronze medalist
- May 16 - Yannick Keith Lizé, water polo player and scientist
- May 18 - Chantal Kreviazuk, singer-songwriter
- May 18 - Carolyn Russell, squash player
- June 1 - Alanis Morissette, singer-songwriter, record producer and actress
- June 6 - Anson Carter, ice hockey player
- June 9 - Jackie Lance, softball player
[edit] July to September
- July 6 - Steve Sullivan, ice hockey player
- July 7 - Patrick Lalime, ice hockey player
- July 13 - Deborah Cox, singer-songwriter and actress
- August 9 - Mara Jones, rower
- August 15 - Natasha Henstridge, actress and model
- September 8 - Becky Price, field hockey player
- September 18 - Nicole Haynes, heptathlete
- September 28 - Alison Parrott, murder victim (d. 1986)
[edit] October to December
- October 6 - Madonna Gimotea, rhythmic gymnast
- October 10 - Chris Pronger, ice hockey player
- October 11 - Jason Arnott, ice hockey player
- October 16 - Paul Kariya, ice hockey player
- October 22 - Paul Duerden, volleyball player
- November 4 - Amy MacFarlane, field hockey player
- November 21 - Casey Patton, boxer
- November 25 - David Cadieux, boxer
[edit] Deaths
- February 21 - Tim Horton, ice hockey player and businessman (b.1930)
- April 2 - Douglass Dumbrille, actor (b.1889)
- April 5 - A. Y. Jackson, painter, one of the Group of Seven (b.1882)
- April 8 - James Charles McGuigan, Cardinal (b.1894)
- August 25 - Major James Coldwell, politician (b.1888)
