1974 in Canada
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Events from the year 1974 in Canada.
Incumbents[edit]
Crown[edit]
- Head of state (monarch) – Queen Elizabeth II (consort – Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh)
Federal government[edit]
- Governor general – Roland Michener (until January 14) then Jules Léger (viceregal consort – Norah Michener then Gabrielle Léger)
- Prime minister – Pierre Trudeau
Provincial governments[edit]
Lieutenant governors[edit]
- Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Grant MacEwan (until July 2) then Ralph Steinhauer
- Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Walter Stewart Owen
- Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – William John McKeag
- Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Hédard Robichaud
- Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland – Ewart John Arlington Harnum (until July 2) then Gordon Arnaud Winter
- Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Clarence Gosse
- Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – William Ross Macdonald (until April 10) then Pauline Mills McGibbon
- Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – John George MacKay (until October 21) then Gordon Lockhart Bennett (from October 24)
- Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Hugues Lapointe
- Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Stephen Worobetz
Premiers[edit]
- Premier of Alberta – Peter Lougheed
- Premier of British Columbia – Dave 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
Territorial governments[edit]
Commissioners[edit]
Events[edit]
- 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 17 - Pauline McGibbon of Ontario becomes Canada's first female Lieutenant Governor of a province.
- 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
Full date unknown[edit]
- Dorothea Crittenden of Ontario becomes Canada's first female Deputy Minister, Ministry of Community & Social Services.
- Paul Joseph 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.
Arts and literature[edit]
New works[edit]
- 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
Awards[edit]
- 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
Births[edit]
January to March[edit]
- 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
- January 25 - Robert Budreau, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
- February 6 - Layne Roland, ice hockey player
- February 7 - Steve Nash, basketball player
- March 20 - Kevin Sullivan, runner and coach
April to June[edit]
- April 11 - Tricia Helfer, model and actress
- April 26 - Jacinthe Pineau, swimmer
- May 9 - Stéphane Yelle, Canadian ice hockey player
- 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
July to September[edit]
- 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)
October to December[edit]
- 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
Deaths[edit]
- 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)
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