1977 In Canada

1976 In Canada ,
Other Events Of 1977 ,
1978 In Canada and the
Timeline Of Canadian History .

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 and 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

EVENTS

January 1 - Canada's Nautical Limit is extended to 200 miles.

February 6 - René Lévesque is embroiled in scandal after he hits and kills a homeless man while driving in a car with a woman who is not his wife.

February 27 - Royal Canadian Mounted Police raid Keith Richards ' 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 .

April 7 - The Toronto Blue Jays play their first game, defeating the Chicago White Sox .

May 5 - Willy 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 - Queen Elizabeth II tours Canada as part of her Jubilee goodwill tour.

's PCs win a second consecutive minority.

August 26 - The Charter Of The French Language is passed by the Parti Québécois .

October 18 - The House Of Commons is televised for the first time.

November 21 - Gerald Hannon 's controversial article "Men Loving Boys Loving Men" is published in '' The Body Politic ''

November 24 - Sterling Lyon becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing Edward Schreyer .

Canadian road signs are swtiched to the Metric System .

The Eaton Centre opens in Toronto .

Prime Minister Trudeau divorces his wife Margaret Sinclair .

Quebec becomes the first jurisdiction (larger than a city or county) in the world to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation in the public and private sectors.

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''

Mordecai Richler - ''Home Sweet Home''

Marshall McLuhan - ''City as Classroom: Understanding Language and Media''

See 1977 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.

, ''Coming Through Slaughter''

, ''That Far Greater Bay''

BIRTHS

February 11 - Stephanie Richardson , swimmer

March 13 - Barney Williams , rower

March 27 - Buffy-Lynne Williams , Olympic rower

May 4 - Emily Perkins , actor

May 16 - Jean-Sebastien Giguere , hockey goaltender

April 21 - Jamie Salé , figure skater

April 26 - Craig Adams , hockey player

June 12 - Wade Redden , hockey player

July 1 - Jarome Iginla , hockey player

August 1 - Marc Denis , hockey goaltender

August 14 - Tonya Verbeek , Olympic wrestler

August 15 - Martin Biron , hockey goalie

September 17 - Kim Sarrazin , Olympic softballer

September 29 - Wade Brookbank , hockey player

October 3 - Kristy Odamura , Olympic softballer

October 6 - Daniel Brière , hockey player

October 18 - Paul Stalteri , soccer player

October 27 - Erin White , Olympic softballer

December 16 - Eric Belanger , hockey player

DEATHS

January 24 - Jack Bush , painter

June 24 - André-Gilles Fortin , politician

November 3 - William Korelek , artist

November 5 - Guy Lombardo , bandleader

November 25 - Tommy Prince , Second World War hero

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