1977 in Canada

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See also: 1976 in Canada, other events of 1977, 1978 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.

1 Incumbents
2 Events
3 Arts and literature
4 Births
5 Deaths

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Events

January 1: Canada's offshore exclusive economic zone is extended to 200 nautical miles (370 km).
February 6: René Lévesque is embroiled in scandal after he, while driving in a car with a woman who is not his wife, hits and kills a homeless man .
February 27: Royal Canadian Mounted Police raid Keith Richards's 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: Willie 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.
June 9: Ontario election: Bill Davis's PCs win a second consecutive minority.
August: Murder of Emanuel Jaques.
August 26: The Charter of the French Language is passed by the Parti Québécois.
September 3 to September 5: All Canadian road signs are converted to metric units.
October 18: Deliberations of the House of Commons are televised for the first time making Canada the first country to broadcast the complete proceedings of its national legislature.
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.
The Eaton Centre opens in Toronto.
Prime Minister Trudeau separates from his wife Margaret Sinclair.
Quebec becomes the first jurisdiction (larger than a city or county) in the world to prohibit discrimination in the public and private sectors based on sexual orientation.