1968 in Canada

See also: 1967 in Canada, other events of 1968, 1969 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.

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Incumbents

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Events

February 1 - The three branches of the Canadian Forces are merged into one
April 1 - The CRTC is formed
April 6 - Pierre Trudeau wins 1968 Liberal Party leadership race
April 20 - Pierre Trudeau becomes prime minister, replacing Lester Pearson
May 14 - The grand opening of the Toronto-Dominion Centre is held
May 27 - Montreal is awarded a Major League Baseball franchise that would eventually be the Montreal Expos
June 24 - Separatists riot in Montreal on St-Jean-Baptiste Day
June 25 - Federal election: Pierre Trudeau's Liberals win a majority
July 1 - The laws creating Canada's Medicare system come into effect
July 18 - August 9 - Canada Post is strikes
August 20 - Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia to end the "Prague Spring" of political liberalization. Thousands of refugees flee to Canada.
August 28 - Michel Tremblay's Les Belles-S*urs premier in Montreal
September 26 - Daniel Johnson, Sr., Premier of Quebec, dies in office
October 2 - Jean-Jacques Bertrand becomes premier of Quebec
October 15 - The Mouvement Souveraineté-Association merges with the Ralliement National to create the Parti Québécois, René Lévesque is selected as the party's first leader
December 12 - Harry Strom becomes premier of Alberta, replacing Ernest Manning
December 18 - Henry Moore donates hundreds of works to the Art Gallery of Ontario
December 31 - Quebec's Legislative Assembly is renamed the National Assembly
IMAX technique invented
Canada's new Divorce Act introduces no fault divorce
The Alice Munro - Dance of the Happy Shades
Michel Tremblay - Les Belles-S*urs
Mordecai Richler - Hunting Tigers Under Glass
Margaret Atwood - The Animals in That Country
Robert Fulford - This Was Expo
John Newlove - Black Night Window
Kildare Dobbs - Reading the Time
Robert Kroetsch - Alberta
Marian Engel - No Clouds of Glory
Gordon R. Dickson - Soldier, Ask Not
Farley Mowat - This Rock Within the Sea: A Heritage Lost
David Suzuki wins UNESCO's Kalinga Prize for science writing
See 1968 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
Stephen Leacock Award: Max Ferguson, And Now...Here's Max
Vicky Metcalf Award: Lorraine McLaughlin

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Births

January 28 - Sarah McLachlan, musician
February 1 - Mark Recchi, hockey player
February 27 - Matt Stairs, baseball player
March 30 - Céline Dion, singer
June 29 - Theoren Fleury, hockey player
October 2 - Glen Wesley, hockey player
December 3 - Brendan Fraser, actor
December 17 - Paul Tracy, racing car driver

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Deaths

September 26 - Daniel Johnson, Sr., Premier of Quebec


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