1982 in Canada

See also: 1981 in Canada, other events of 1982, 1983 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.

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Incumbents

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Events

The year sees a severe recession in the economy
January 15 - Striking Quebec transit workers are forced back to work
February - First reported cases of AIDS in Canada
February 14 - 84 are killed when the Ocean Ranger oil platofrm capsizes
March 8 - The Canada Act is passed by the British House of Commons
April 17 - Queen Elizabeth II signs Canada's newly repatriated constitution in Ottawa and the new Constitution and Charter of Rights and Freedoms comes into effect.
April 26 - Saskatchewan election: Grant Devine's PCs win a landslide majority, defeating Allan Blakeney's NDP
May 8 - Grant Devine becomes Premier of Saskatchewan after defeating Allan Blakeney's NDP
May 9 - Gilles Villeneuve killed at the Belgian Grand Prix
May 23 - Brother André Beatified by the Pope
June 28 - Access to Information Act passed
July 15 - Anik 1, Canada's first communications satellite, is retired after ten years service.
August 16 - Communications satellite Anik D launched
August 23 - Turkish military attaché to Canada, Col. Atilla Alt?kat, is assassinated by Armenian terrorists in Ottawa.
October 5 - Laurie Skreslet becomes the first Canadian to have climbed Mount Everest
October 27 - Dominion Day renamed Canada Day
October 31 - Marguerite Bourgeoys becomes Canada's first female Saint
November 2 - Alberta election: Peter Lougheed's PCs win a fourth consecutive majority
December 10 - Canada's 200-nautical-mile limit is officially recognized
In a case concerning the development of the Hibernia Oil Field the Supreme Court rules that the continental shelf falls under federal jurisdiction
Ed Mirvish purchases London's Old Vic theater

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Arts and literature

New books

Dig up My Heart - Milton Acorn

Awards

See 1982 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
Books in Canada First Novel Award: Joy Kogawa, Obasan
Gerald Lampert Award: Abraham Boyarsky, Schielber and Edna Alford, A Sleep Full of Dreams
Pat Lowther Award: Rona Murray, Journey
Stephen Leacock Award: Mervyn J. Huston, Gophers Don't Pay Taxes Tree
Vicky Metcalf Award: Arnold Spohr wins the Dancemagazine Award

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Births

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Deaths

May 9 - Gilles Villeneuve, race car driver
October 4 - Glenn Gould, pianist
October 18 - John Robarts, former Premier of Ontario
November 29 - Percy Williams, athlete
Igor Gouzenko


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