1996 In Canada ,
Other Events Of 1997 ,
1998 In Canada and the
List Of 'years In Canada' .
:New Books
- - ''Barney's Version''
- See 1997 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
- , ''Fugitive Pieces''
- , ''To Dance at the Palais Royale''
- , ''A Really Good Brown Girl''
- , ''Autobiography''
- , ''Black in the Saddle Again''
- , ''Land to Light On''
- , ''Petite Crapaude!''
:Film
- ''The Arrow'', a mini-series about the Avro Arrow shows plays to great popularity and acclaim and the CBC
:Music
- January 1 - Hagood Hardy , pop/jazz pianist, composer, charity spokesperson
- January 12 - Frank Angelo , co-founder of MAC Cosmetics
- January 12 - Charles Huggins , scientist, Nobel prize winner
- January 13 - Kate Buckman , Bridge expert
- January 17 - W. A. Kardash , Manitoba politician
- January 22 - Jack Cole , Coles Bookstore founder
- January 26 - Norman Fawcett , politician
- February 2 - Ian Ross , created major tourist attraction
- February 4 - Peter McCain , president of McCain Foods Limited
- February 20 - Lois Marshall , soprano
- February 25 - Francis Joubin , discovered one of world's largest Uranium deposits
- March 2 - J. Carson Mark , influential in creation of hydrogen bomb
- March 12 - Jim Bowes , newspaper mogul
- March 14 - Ivan Romanoff , conductor
- March 25 - Hugh Horner , Alberta politician
- April 6 - Jack Kent Cooke , sports and newspaper entrepreneur
- April 8 - Albert Malouf , judge
- April 11 - Muriel Furguson , lawyer, Senate's first woman Speaker
- April 28 - Andrew Sarlos , investment counsellor, multimillionaire
- May 1 - Fernand Dumont , Quebec sovereigntist, author
- May 14 - Jane Musset , fashion reporter
- June 6 - Ron Collister , TV and radio journalist, talk-show host
- June 9 - Stanley Knowles , CCF MP
- June 22 - Gérard Pelletier , politician
- June 22 - Larry Grossman , Ontario politician
- June 29 - Art Solomon , spiritualist leader, author
- July 8 - Charles Tayler , journalist, horse breeder
- July 30 - Robert Bryce , civil servant
- August 20 - Léon Dion , Quebec political scientist
- August 24 - Hardial Bains , Communist Party leader
- September 2 - Hart Massey , architect
- September 12 - Judith Merril , Science Fiction Writer , Anthologist
- September 29 - Val Clery , writer, editor, broadcaster
- October 8 - James Ferguson , musician
- November 7 - Clyde Gilmour , CBC radio host
- November 11 - Arthur Davies , publisher and president of Kingston Whig-Standard , author
- November 14 - Jack Pickersgill , politician
- November 20 - Ronald Martland , jurist
- November 24 - Czelaw Brzozowicz , engineer
- November 24 - John Sopinka , Supreme Court justice
- November 27 - Yves Prévost , Quebec politician
- December 7 - George Gardiner , businessman, ceramics collector
- December 13 - Catherine Keachie , magazine lobbyist
- December 24 - Pierre Péladeau , newspaper editor
- Pierre Granche , sculptor
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