1971 in Canada
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Events from the year 1971 in Canada.
Incumbents
Crown
- Head of state (monarch) – Queen Elizabeth II (consort – Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh)
Federal government
- Governor general – Roland Michener (viceregal consort – Norah Michener)
- Prime minister – Pierre Trudeau
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
- Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Grant MacEwan
- Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – John Robert Nicholson
- Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – William John McKeag
- Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Wallace Samuel Bird (until October 2) then Hédard Robichaud (from October 8)
- Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland – Ewart John Arlington Harnum
- Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Victor de Bedia Oland
- Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – William Ross Macdonald
- Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – John George MacKay
- Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Hugues Lapointe
- Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Stephen Worobetz
Premiers
- Premier of Alberta – Harry Strom (until September 10) then Peter Lougheed
- Premier of British Columbia – W.A.C. Bennett
- Premier of Manitoba – Edward Schreyer
- Premier of New Brunswick – Richard Hatfield
- Premier of Newfoundland – Joey Smallwood
- Premier of Nova Scotia – Gerald Regan
- Premier of Ontario – John Robarts (until March 1) then Bill Davis
- Premier of Prince Edward Island – Alexander B. Campbell
- Premier of Quebec – Robert Bourassa
- Premier of Saskatchewan – Ross Thatcher (until June 30) then Allan Blakeney
Territorial governments
Commissioners
Events
January to June
- February 16 - The Fuddle Duddle incident.
- March 1 - Bill Davis becomes premier of Ontario, replacing John Robarts
- March 4 - Prime Minister Trudeau weds Margaret Sinclair
- March 31 - FLQ terrorist Paul Rose is sentenced to life in prison
- April 5 - The first CANDU reactor begins operation at Gentilly, Quebec
- April 14 - a riot begins at Kingston Penitentiary. Prisoners seize control and a four-day siege ensues.
- May 4 - A sinkhole destroys much of Saint-Jean-Vianney, Quebec, and kills 31
- May 22 - Ontario Place opens in Toronto
- June 1 - Census Day for the 1971 Census of Canada, which finds Canada's total population to be 21,568,311.
- June 3 - The controversial Spadina Expressway project is cancelled
- June 11 - Jack Davis becomes Canada's first Minister of the Environment, heading the new department of Environment Canada
- June 14 - The Victoria Charter proposing constitutional reforms is written by the first ministers. It was later rejected by Robert Bourassa.
- June 23 - Saskatchewan election: Allan Blakeney's NDP wins a majority, defeating Ross Thatcher's Liberals
- June 30 - Allan Blakeney becomes premier of Saskatchewan, replacing Ross Thatcher
July to December
- July 22 - Ross Thatcher, leader of the Saskatchewan Liberal Party dies in office"
- July 29 - The Bluenose II is donated to the province of Nova Scotia
- August 16 - Hurricane Beth hits Nova Scotia
- August 28 - Canada's first gay rights demonstration, organized by George Hislop, takes place on Parliament Hill
- August 30 - Alberta election: Peter Lougheed's PCs win a majority, defeating Harry Strom's Social Credit Party, which had governed for 36 years
- September 10 - Peter Lougheed becomes premier of Alberta, replacing Harry Strom
- October 4 - Petroleum is found under Sable Island
- October 21 - Ontario election: Bill Davis's PCs win an eighth consecutive majority
- November 1 - The Toronto Sun begins publication
- November 1 - The Body Politic, Canada's first significant gay magazine, publishes its first issue.
- November 2 - Gerhard Herzberg wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- November 12 - Paul Joseph Cini hijacks an Air Canada plane. He is later arrested without incident
- December 1 - A moving Montreal Metro train crashes into a second parked train, killing one person.
- December 26 - An Air Canada plane is hijacked and flown to Cuba.
Full date unknown
- Ontario Universities Application Centre founded
- The first edition of The Canadian Rockies Trail Guide is published
- Conrad Black and David Radler buy the Sherbrooke Record
- Statistics Canada is formed to replace the Dominion Bureau of Statistics
- An animation studio, Nelvana Limited, is founded by animators Michael Hirsh, Patrick Loubert, and Clive A. Smith in Toronto.
Arts and literature
- July 1 - Joyce Wieland's "True Patriot Love" opens at the National Gallery of Canada. It is the Gallery's first solo exhibition devoted to the work of a living Canadian woman artist.
- August 15 - The first Banff Festival of the Arts opens.
New works
- Alice Munro: Lives of Girls and Women
- Margaret Atwood: Power Politics
- Milton Acorn: I Shout Love and On Shaving Off His Beard
- Mordecai Richler: St. Urbain's Horseman
- Joan Haggerty: Daughters of the Moon
- Gordon R. Dickson: Tactics of Mistake
- Brian Fawcett: Friends
Awards
- See 1971 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
- Stephen Leacock Award: Robert Thomas Allen, Wives, Children & Other Wild Life
- Vicky Metcalf Award: Kay Hill
Sport
- Harold Ballard gains full control of the Toronto Maple Leafs.
- The Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup.
Births
January to June
- January 18 - Seamus O'Regan, broadcast journalist and television co-host
- January 23 - Carla Robinson, television journalist
- January 27 - Patrice Brisebois, ice hockey player
- February 17 - Martyn Bennett, musician (d.2005)
- March 8 - Bob Boughner, ice hockey player
- March 20 - Janis Kelly, volleyball player
- March 27 - Nathan Fillion, actor
- April 2 - Conrad Leinemann, beach volleyball player
- April 9 - Jacques Villeneuve, motor racing driver
- June 15 - Bif Naked, rock singer-songwriter, poet, cartoonist and actress
- June 26 - Christine Nordhagen, wrestler
- June 26 - Edward Parenti, swimmer
July to September
- July 2 - Evelyn Lau, poet and novelist
- July 10 - Adam Foote, ice hockey player
- July 17 - Cory Doctorow, blogger, journalist and science fiction author
- July 20 - Sandra Oh, actress
- July 30 - Tom Green, actor, rapper, writer, comedian and media personality
- September - Chris Klein-Beekman, aid worker killed in Iraq (d.2003)
- September 6 - Fiona Milne, rower and World Champion
October to December
- October 1 - Guylaine Cloutier, swimmer
- October 7 - Todd Smith, Ontario MPP
- October 15 - Jamie Nicholls, Politician
- October 21 - Johanne Bégin, water polo player
- October 30 - Peter New, actor and screenwriter
- November 24 - Keith Primeau, ice hockey player
- December 9 - Petr Nedvěd, ice hockey player
- December 14 - Scott Koskie, volleyball player
- December 23 -
- Corey Haim, actor (d. 2010)
- Estella Warren, actress, former fashion model, and former synchronized swimmer
- December 25 - Justin Trudeau, politician
Deaths
January to June
- January 5 - Douglas Shearer, sound designer and recording director (b.1899)
- February 4 - Brock Chisholm, doctor and first Director-General of the World Health Organization (b.1896)
- March 25 - Anne Savage, painter and art teacher (b.1896)
- April 5 - Maurice Brasset, politician and lawyer (b.1884)
- April 14 - Hector Authier, politician, lawyer and news reporter/announcer (b.1881)
- April 17 - Carmen Lombardo, singer and composer (b.1903)
- April 19 - Earl Thomson, athlete and Olympic gold medalist (b.1895)
- May 2 - John Horne Blackmore, politician (b.1890)
- May 3 - Georges Poulin, hockey player (b. 1887)
- June 19 - Albert A. Brown, politician and lawyer (b.1895)
July to December
- July 10 - Samuel Bronfman, businessman (b.1889)
- July 22 - W. Ross Thatcher, politician and 9th Premier of Saskatchewan (b.1917)
- September 4 - James Gladstone, first Status Indian to be appointed to the Canadian Senate (b.1887)
- November 17 - Arthur Roebuck, politician and labour lawyer (b.1878)
- November 25 - Leonard W. Murray, naval officer (b.1896)
Full date unknown
- David Florida, pioneer in space research
See also
External links
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