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
- Premier of Alberta – Ernest Manning then Harry Strom
- Premier of British Columbia – W.A.C. Bennett
- Premier of Manitoba – Walter Weir
- Premier of New Brunswick – Louis Robichaud
- Premier of Newfoundland – Joey Smallwood
- Premier of Nova Scotia – George Smith
- Premier of Ontario – John Robarts
- Premier of Prince Edward Island – Alexander B. Campbell
- Premier of Quebec – Daniel Johnson, Sr. then Jean-Jacques Bertrand
- Premier of Saskatchewan – W. Ross Thatcher
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 Rochdale College experiment begins in Toronto
Arts and Literature
- New Works
- Alice Munro – Dance of the Happy Shades
- Michel Tremblay – Les Belles-Sœurs
- 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
- Harold Cardinal – The Unjust Society
- Awards
- 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
Births
- January 5 – Joe Juneau, hockey player
- January 13 – Pat Onstad, soccer player
- January 28 – Sarah McLachlan, musician
- February 1 – Mark Recchi, hockey player
- February 22 – Shawn Graham, actor
- February 27 – Matt Stairs, baseball player
- March 30 – Céline Dion, singer
- April 18 – David Hewlett, actor
- may 30 – Jason Kenney, politician
- June 10 – Susan Haskell, actor
- June 27 – Pascale Bussières, actor
- June 29 – Theoren Fleury, hockey player
- September 20 – Leah Pinsent, actor
- October 2 – Glen Wesley, hockey player
- October 26 – Tom Cavanagh, actor
- November 25 – Jill Hennessy, actor
- December 3 – Brendan Fraser, actor
- December 17 – Paul Tracy, racing car driver
- Evan Solomon
Deaths
- September 26 – Daniel Johnson, Sr., Premier of Quebec
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