1978 in Canada

See also: 1977 in Canada, other events of 1978, 1979 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.

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Contents 1 Incumbents 2 Events 3 Arts and Literature 4 Births 5 Deaths

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

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 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.

Arts and Literature

New Works

• Margaret Atwood - Up in the Tree
• Mordecai Richler - The Great Comic Book Heroes and Other Essays
• John Gray - 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

Births

• January 3 - Daryn Jones, actor
• February 26 - Kyle Hamilton, Olympic rower
• March 9 - Chris Phillips, hockey player
• April 6 - Thomas Herschmiller, Olympic rower
• April 26 - Tyler Labine, actor
• May 15 - Dwayne De Rosario, soccer player
• May 15 - Caroline Dhavernas, actress
• June 13 - Matt Bradley, hockey player
• June 14 - Steve Bégin, hockey 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, hockey player
• September 7 - Devon Sawa, actor
• September 20 - Jason Bay, baseball player
• September 21 - Paulo Costanzo, actor
• September 22 - Steve Moore, hockey player
• December 2 - Nelly Furtado, singer
• December 23 - Esthero, musician
• Rebecca Blaikie, politician

Deaths

• March 31 - Charles Best, co-discoverer of insulin
• April 13 - Jack Chambers, artist
• September 9 - Jack Warner, studio mogul

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