1978 in Canada
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See also: 1977 in Canada, other events of 1978, 1979 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.
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[edit] 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: Sterling Lyon
- Premier of New Brunswick: Richard Hatfield
- Premier of Newfoundland: Frank Moores
- Premier of Nova Scotia: Gerald Regan then John Buchanan
- Premier of Ontario: Bill Davis
- Premier of Prince Edward Island: Alexander B. Campbell then Bennett Campbell
- Premier of Quebec: René Lévesque
- Premier of Saskatchewan: Allan Blakeney
[edit] Events
- January 24: Cosmos 954 a Soviet satellite breaks up over northern Canada.
- June 26: Air Canada DC-9 overruns runway in Toronto, 2 people die.
- August 4: 41 are killed when a bus plunges into a lake near Eastman, Quebec.
- September 15: The Sudbury Strike of 1978 begins.
- September 18: Bennett Campbell becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Alexander B. Campbell
- October 5: John MacLennan Buchanan becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing Gerald Regan
- October 16: Fifteen federal by-elections are held across the country. The governing Liberals lose five seats, which leads to a general election the following May.
- October 18: Saskatchewan election: Allan Blakeney's NDP win a third consecutive majority
- Supreme Court of Canada declares unilingual legislatures and courts unconstitutional
- Chris Pearson becomes government leader of Yukon as responsible government is instituted
- Under the new immigration act homosexuals are no longer an inadmissible class
- VIA Rail is established
- The Commonwealth Games are held in Edmonton, Alberta
- Despite accusations of marital infidelity, Colin Thatcher, who would later become famous for his involvement in the murder of his ex-wife, is re-elected to the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly.
[edit] Arts and literature
- New Works
- Margaret Atwood: Up in the Tree
- Mordecai Richler: The Great Comic Book Heroes and Other Essays
- John Newlove: The Fat Man: Selected Poems (1962–1972)
- John Gray and Eric Peterson: Billy Bishop Goes to War
- Henry Beissel: Goya
- Awards
- Alice Munro's Who Do You Think You Are? is nominated for the Booker Prize
- See 1979 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
- Stephen Leacock Award: Ernest Buckler, Whirligig
- Vicky Metcalf Award: Lyn Cook
[edit] Births
- January 3: Daryn Jones, actor
- February 26: Kyle Hamilton, Olympic rower
- March 9: Chris Phillips, ice hockey player
- April 6: Thomas Herschmiller, Olympic rower
- April 26: Tyler Labine, actor
- May 12: Amy Sloan, actress
- May 15: Dwayne De Rosario, soccer player
- May 15: Caroline Dhavernas, actress
- June 2: Shane Niemi, track and field athlete
- June 13: Matt Bradley, ice hockey player
- June 14: Steve Bégin, ice hockey player
- July 4: Marie Luc Arpin, water polo player
- July 22: A. J. Cook, actor
- June 28: Simon Larose, tennis player
- September 1: Joe Stankevicius, Olympic rower
- September 5: Laura Bertram, actor
- September 6: Amy Agulay, field hockey international
- September 7: Matt Cooke, ice hockey player
- September 7: Devon Sawa, actor
- September 20: Jason Bay, baseball player
- September 21: Paulo Costanzo, actor
- September 22: Steve Moore, ice hockey player
- December 2: Nelly Furtado, singer
- December 23: Esthero, musician
- Rebecca Blaikie, politician
[edit] Deaths
- March 25: Charles Alexander Best, politician
- March 31: Charles Best, co-discoverer of insulin
- April 13: Jack Chambers, artist
- September 9: Jack Warner, studio mogul
