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Events from the year 1982 in Canada.

Incumbents

Main article: 1982 Canadian incumbents

Crown

• Head of state (monarch) – Queen Elizabeth II (consort – Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh)

Federal government

• Governor general – Edward Schreyer (viceregal consort – Lily Schreyer)
• Prime minister – Pierre Trudeau

Provincial governments

Lieutenant governors

• Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Francis Charles Lynch-Staunton
• Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Henry Pybus Bell-Irving
• Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Pearl McGonigal
• Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – George Stanley
• Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland – William Anthony Paddon
• Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – John Elvin Shaffner
• Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – John Black Aird
• Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Joseph Aubin Doiron
• Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Jean-Pierre Côté
• Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Irwin McIntosh

Premiers

• Premier of Alberta – Peter Lougheed
• Premier of British Columbia – Bill Bennett
• Premier of Manitoba – Howard Pawley
• Premier of New Brunswick – Richard Hatfield
• Premier of Newfoundland – Brian Peckford
• Premier of Nova Scotia – John Buchanan
• Premier of Ontario – Bill Davis
• Premier of Prince Edward Island – James Lee
• Premier of Quebec – René Lévesque
• Premier of Saskatchewan – Allan Blakeney (Until May 8) then Grant Devine

Territorial governments

Commissioners

• Commissioner of Yukon – Douglas Bell
• Commissioner of Northwest Territories – John Havelock Parker

Premiers

• Premier of the Northwest Territories – George Braden
• Premier of Yukon – Chris Pearson

Events

January to June

• January 11 - CBC's The National moves to 10 p.m. and The Journal debuts at 10:22 p.m.
• January 15 - Striking Quebec transit workers are forced back to work
• February - First reported cases of AIDS in Canada
• February 14 - 84 are killed when the Ocean Ranger oil platform capsizes.
• March 4 - Bertha Wilson is appointed Canada's first female Supreme Court justice.
• March 5 - Peru requests Canadian intervention in the ongoing Falklands War
• March 8 - The Canada Act is passed by the British House of Commons
• April 14 - Northwest Territories division plebiscite, 1982
• April 17 - Elizabeth II signs Canada's newly patriated constitution in Ottawa and the new Constitution and Charter of Rights and Freedoms comes into effect.
• April 26 - Saskatchewan election: Grant Devine's PCs win a landslide majority, defeating Allan Blakeney's NDP
• May 8 - Grant Devine becomes Premier of Saskatchewan after defeating Allan Blakeney's NDP
• May 23 - André Besette beatified by the Pope
• June 12 - The first drawing of Lotto 6/49 occurs with a jackpot of $500,000 ($1154826.96 today). Winning numbers are 03, 11, 12, 14, 41, 43, bonus 13
• June 28 - Access to Information Act passed.

July to December

• July 15 - Anik 1, Canada's first communications satellite, is retired after ten years' service.
• July 26 - Karen Baldwin is crowned Miss Universe in Lima, Peru, becoming the first Canadian to win this award.
• August 16 - Communications satellite Anik D launched
• August 23 - Turkish military attaché to Canada, Colonel Atilla Altıkat, is assassinated by Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide in Ottawa.
• October 5 - Laurie Skreslet becomes the first Canadian to climb Mount Everest
• October 27 - Dominion Day renamed Canada Day
• October 31 - Marguerite Bourgeoys becomes Canada's first female saint
• November 2 - Alberta election: Peter Lougheed's PCs win a fourth consecutive majority
• December 10 - Canada's 200 nautical mile (370 km) limit is officially recognized.

Full date unknown

• The year sees a severe recession in the economy
• In a case concerning the development of the Hibernia Oil Field the Supreme Court rules that the continental shelf falls under federal jurisdiction
• Ed Mirvish purchases London's Old Vic theatre
• Colin Thatcher is elected to his third term in the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly, where he is appointed Minister of Energy and Mines.

Arts and literature

New books

• Dig up My Heart: Milton Acorn

Awards

• See 1982 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
• Books in Canada First Novel Award: Joy Kogawa, Obasan
• Gerald Lampert Award: Abraham Boyarsky, Schielber and Edna Alford, A Sleep Full of Dreams
• Pat Lowther Award: Rona Murray, Journey
• Stephen Leacock Award: Mervyn J. Huston, Gophers Don't Pay Taxes Tree
• Vicky Metcalf Award: Janet Lunn

Film

• 'E' released

Dance

• Arnold Spohr wins the Dancemagazine Award

Sport

• May 9 - Gilles Villeneuve killed at the Belgian Grand Prix.

Births

Derek Boogaard, hockey player

• March 10 – Kathleen Stoody, swimmer
• March 18 – Matthew Lombardi, ice hockey player
• March 30 – A-Trak, DJ and turntablist
• April 3 – Cobie Smulders, actress and model
• April 9 – Jay Baruchel, actor and comedian
• April 14 – Lise Leveille, gymnast
• April 16 – Aaron Feltham, water polo player
• May 6 – Kyle Shewfelt, gymnast
• May 10 – Adam Sioui, swimmer
• May 11 – Cory Monteith, actor (d. 2013)
• May 12 – Rhian Wilkinson, soccer player
• May 23 – Linda Consolante, soccer player
• June 9 – Rachel Schill, softball player
• June 16 – Kathy Tremblay, triathlete
• June 23 – Derek Boogaard, hockey player (d. 2011)
• July – Gregory Despres, murder
• July 6 – Kelly Stefanyshyn, swimmer
• July 9 – Viola Yanik, wrestler
• July 24 – Luka Magnotta, actor and murder
• September 1 – Jeffrey Buttle, figure skater, Olympic bronze medalist and World Champion
• September 2 – Kelly Haxton, soccer player
• September 21 – Cindy Eadie, softball player
• October 31 – Justin Chatwin, actor
• November 26 – Alison Braden, water polo player
• November 29 – Elizabeth Collins, swimmer
• December 29 – Brian Hill, Paralympic swimmer
• December 30 – Kristin Kreuk, actress

Full date unknown

• Ryan Riordon, politician

Deaths

January to June

• January 5 - Elizabeth Bagshaw, doctor (b.1881)
• March 28 - William Giauque, chemist and Nobel laureate (b.1895)
• May 8 - Gilles Villeneuve, motor racing driver (b.1950).
• June 10 - Elizabeth Goudie, writer (b.1902).
• June 28 - Igor Gouzenko, Russian defector (b.1919)

July to December

• July 25 - Hal Foster, cartoonist (b.1892)
• October 4 - Glenn Gould, pianist (b.1932)
• October 16 - Hugh John Flemming, politician and 24th Premier of New Brunswick (b.1899)
• October 16 - Hans Selye, endocrinologist (b.1907)
• October 18 - John Robarts, lawyer, politician and 17th Premier of Ontario (b.1917)
• November 2 - J. Dewey Soper, Arctic explorer, zoologist, ornithologist and author (b.1893)
• November 19 - Erving Goffman, sociologist and writer (b.1922)
• November 29 - Percy Williams, athlete and double Olympic gold medalist (b.1908)
• December 7 - Harry Jerome, track and field runner (b.1940)
• December 19 - George Isaac Smith, lawyer, politician and Premier of Nova Scotia (b.1909)