1975 In Canada

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INCUMBENTS

Monarch - Queen Elizabeth II

Governor General - Jules Léger

Prime Minister - Pierre Trudeau

Premier Of Alberta - Peter Lougheed

Premier Of British Columbia - David Barrett then 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

Premier Of Saskatchewan - Allan Blakeney

EVENTS

January 1 - Product labeling using the Metric System is introduced

February 18 - Sylvia Ostry is appointed Canada's first female Deputy Minister .

March 4 - Television cameras are allowed to film in Parliament

March 24 - The Beaver becomes an official symbol of Canada

's PCs win a second consecutive majority

April 1 - Environment Canada switches to degrees Celsius

April 2 - The CN Tower is completed in Toronto

May 30 - The Yukon and the Northwest Territories are given seats in the Senate

's NDP win a second consecutive majority

June 18 - Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau announces the creation of the Foreign Investment Review Agency

July 7 - David Lewis is replaced by Ed Broadbent as leader of the NDP

July 23 - The Soviet Atlantic Fishing Fleet is banned from entering Canadian ports due to overfishing

July 30 - Petro-Canada , the government-owned oil and gas company, is formed.

September - Ontario schools begin to teach exclusively using the metric system

September 11 - John Napier Turner resigns from government to protest the implementation of wage and price controls.

's PCs win a minority

October 4 - Mirabel Airport opens

October 14 - Federal government introduces wage and price controls to limit inflation

November 10 - The SS Edmund Fitzgerald , based in Sault Ste. Marie sinks

November 14 - Canada's first community-based Campus Radio station, CKCU-FM in Ottawa , hits the airwaves

November 18 - The wearing of seatbelts is made mandatory in Ontario

November 28 - Canadair nationalized

December 22 - William R. Bennett sworn in as Premier of British Columbia , replacing David Barrett

Izzy Asper acquires Winnipeg Television Station CKND , the beginning of what would become a national media empire.

Rohinton Mistry immigrates to Canada

First Canadian Place opens in Toronto

Colin Thatcher , who would later become famous for his involvement in the murder of his ex-wife, is elected to the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly .

ARTS AND LITERATURE

:New books

''World of Wonders'' - Robertson Davies

''A Fine and Private Place'' - Morley Callaghan

''The Unwavering Eye: Selected Poems, 1969-1975'' - Irving Layton

''It's Me Again'' - Donald Jack

''The Island Means Minago'' - Milton Acorn

''Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang'' - Mordecai Richler

''Un jardin au bout du monde'' - Gabrielle Roy

''Jardin des délices'' - Roch Carrier

See 1975 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.

, ''A Good Place to Come From''

March 1 - Anne Murray and Oscar Peterson each win a Grammy Award .

Paul Anka - ''Times of Your Life'' is released

Joni Mitchell - ''The Hissing of Summer Lawns''

Saturday Night Live produced by Canadian Lorne Michaels and also featuring Paul Shaffer and Dan Aykroyd premieres.

BIRTHS

January 22 - Shean Donovan , hockey player

September 2 - Michel Trudeau , Prime Minister's son

February 2 - Todd Bertuzzi , hockey player

February 7 - Alexandre Daigle , hockey player

February 15 - Serge Aubin , hockey player

February 24 - Ashley MacIsaac , musician

April 4 - Kevin Weekes , hockey goaltender

April 22 - Greg Moore , race car driver

May 13 - Jamie Allison , hockey player

May 24 - Marc Gagnon , Olympic gold medalist

May 29 - Jason Allison , hockey player

June 18 - Martin St. Louis , hockey player

July 2 - Eric Daze , hockey player

August 13 - Marty Turco , hockey player

August 15 - Brendan Morrison , hockey player

September 9 - Michael Bublé , musician

November 1 - Eric Perrin , hockey player

December 2 - Brett Lindros , hockey player

December 9 - Damhnait Doyle , singer

December 20 - Andrew Hoskins , Olympic rower

DEATHS

January 25 - Charlotte Whitton , famed mayor of Ottawa

September - Pat Lowther , poet, murdered by her husband Roy Lowther

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