1973 in Canada

See also: 1972 in Canada, other events of 1973, 1974 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.

Incumbents

• Prime Minister – Pierre Trudeau
• Governor General – Roland Michener

• Premier of Alberta – Peter Lougheed
• Premier of British Columbia – David Barrett
• Premier of Manitoba – Edward Schreyer
• Premier of New Brunswick – Richard Hatfield
• Premier of Newfoundland – Frank Moores
• Premier of Nova Scotia – Gerald Regan
• Premier of Ontario – Bill Davis
• Premier of Prince Edward Island – Alexander B. Campbell
• Premier of Quebec – Robert Bourassa
• Premier of Saskatchewan – Allan Blakeney

Events

• January 25 – The Irish Stardust runs aground north of Vancouver Island causing a large oil spill.
• February 1 – Gerald Bouey succeedes Louis Rasminsky as Governor of the Bank of Canada.
• February 5 – Work begins on the contruction of the CN Tower
• February 13 – The Gendron Report is issued, it recommends making French Quebec's only official language
• February 15 – The Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific is established in Victoria, British Columbia
• April 2 – Montreal announces Canada's first lottery to help pay for the 1976 Summer Olympics
• April 20 – Anik A-2 is launched
• October 17 – OPEC dramatically raises the price of oil. This is a boon to Alberta but hurts central Canada.
• November 1 – Waterloo Lutheran University is renamed Wilfrid Laurier University
• November 13 – A jury refuses to convict Henry Morgentaler for performing abortions
• December 7 – Canada sells is first CANDU Reactor to South Korea
• First Air is founded

Arts and Literature

New Works

• Farley Mowat – Tundra: Selections from the Great Accounts of Arctic Land Voyages
• Donald Jack – That's Me in the Middle
• John Newlove – The Fat Man: Selected Poems (1962–1972)
• Robert Kroetsch – Gone Indian

Awards

• See 1973 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
• Stephen Leacock Award: Donald Bell, Saturday Night at the Bagel Factory
• Vicky Metcalf Award: Christie Harris

Radio

• The Royal Canadian Air Farce is formed

Television

• Alex Trebek moves to the United States to host The Wizard of Odds.

Births

• January 11 – Sarah Forbes, field hockey goalkeeper
• February 4 – Manny Legace, hockey goalie
• February 28 – Eric Lindros, ice hockey star
• March 24 – Philippe Boucher, hockey player
• March 31 – Ian Goldberg, cryptographer
• April 23 – Derek Armstrong, hockey player
• May 4 – John Madden, hockey player
• May 4 – Matthew Barnaby, hockey player
• June 8 – Lexa Doig, actor
• July 3 – Adrian Aucoin, hockey player
• July 13 – Gavin Hassett, Olympic rower
• July 19 – Scott Walker, hockey player
• July 22 – Rufus Wainwright, musician
• August 24 – Andrew Brunette, hockey player
• August 29 – Jessica Holmes, actor
• August 31 – Scott Niedermayer, ice hockey player
• October 3 – Neve Campbell, actress
• October 30 – Adam Copeland, professional wrestler
• November 10 – Iain Brambell, Olympic rower
• December 14 – Tomasz Radzinski, soccer player
• December 25 – Alexandre Trudeau, Prime Minister's son

Deaths

• July 18 – Christine Demeter, murder victim
• July 25 – Louis St. Laurent, former Prime Minister
• December – Alfred Fuller, businessman
• Tim Buck, communist