1975 in Canada

See also: 1974 in Canada, other events of 1975, 1976 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.

Incumbents

• Queen – Elizabeth II
• Prime Minister – Pierre Trudeau
• Governor General – Jules Léger

• Premier of Alberta – Peter Lougheed
• Premier of British Columbia – David Barrett then W.R. Bennett
• 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 1 – Product labeling using the metric system is introduced
• February 18 – Sylvia Ostry is appointed Canada's first female Deputy Minister.
• March 4 – Television cameras are allowed to film in Parliament
• March 24 – The beaver becoms an official symbol of Canada
• March 26 – Alberta election: Peter Lougheed's PCs win a second consecutive majority
• April 1 – Environment Canada switches to degrees Celsius
• April 2 – The CN Tower is completed in Toronto
• May 30 – The Yukon and the Northwest Territories are given seats in the Senate
• June 11 – Saskatchewan election: Allan Blakeney's NDP win a second consecutive majority
• June 18 – Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau announces the creation of the Foreign Investment Review Agency
• July 7 – David Lewis is replaced by Ed Broadbent as leader of the NDP
• July 23 – The Soviet Atlantic fishing fleet is banned from entering Canadian ports due to overfishing
• July 30 – Petro-Canada, the government-owned oil and gas company, is formed.
• September – Ontario schools begin to teach exclusively using the metric system
• September 11 – John Napier Turner resigns from government to protest teh implementation of wage and price controls.
• September 18 – Ontario election: Bill Davis's PCs win a minority
• October 4 – Mirabel Airport opens
• October 14 – Federal government introduces wage and price controls to limit inflation
• November 10 – The SS Edmund Fitzgerald, based in Sault Ste. Marie sinks
• November 14 – Canada's first campus radio station, CKCU in Ottawa, hits the airwaves
• November 18 – The wearing of seatbelts is made mandatory in Ontario
• November 28 – Canadair nationalized
• December 22 – William R. Bennett sworn in as Premier of British Columbia, replacing David Barrett
• Izzy Asper acquires Winnipeg television station CKND, the beginning of what would become a national media empire.
• Rohinton Mistry immigrates to Canada
• First Canadian Place opens in Toronto
• Colin Thatcher, who would later become famous for his involvement in the murder of his ex-wife, is elected to the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly.

Arts and literature

New books

• World of Wonders – Robertson Davies
• A Fine and Private Place – Morley Callaghan
• The Unwavering Eye: Selected Poems, 1969–1975 – Irving Layton
• It's Me Again – Donald Jack
• The Island Means Minago – Milton Acorn
• Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang – Mordecai Richler
• Un jardin au bout du monde – Gabrielle Roy
• Jardin des délices – Roch Carrier

Awards

• See 1975 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
• Stephen Leacock Award: Morley Torgov, A Good Place to Come From
• Vicky Metcalf Award: Lyn Harrington

Music

• March 1 – Anne Murray and Oscar Peterson each win a Grammy Award.
• Paul Anka – Times of Your Life is released
• Joni Mitchell – The Hissing of Summer Lawns

Televison

• Saturday Night Live produced by Canadian Lorne Michaels and also featuring Paul Shaffer and Dan Aykroyd premieres.

Births

• January 22 – Shean Donovan, hockey player
• September 2 – Michel Trudeau, Prime Minister's son
• February 2 – Todd Bertuzzi, hockey player
• February 7 – Alexandre Daigle, hockey player
• February 15 – Serge Aubin, hockey player
• February 24 – Ashley MacIsaac, musician
• April 4 – Kevin Weekes, hockey goaltender
• April 22 – Greg Moore, race car driver
• May 13 – Jamie Allison, hockey player
• May 24 – Marc Gagnon, Olympic gold medalist
• May 29 – Jason Allison, hockey player
• June 18 – Martin St. Louis, hockey player
• July 2 – Eric Daze, hockey player
• August 13 – Marty Turco, hockey player
• August 15 – Brendan Morrison, hockey player
• September 9 – Michael Bublé, musician
• November 1 – Eric Perrin, hockey player
• December 2 – Brett Lindros, hockey player
• December 9 – Damhnait Doyle, singer
• December 20 – Andrew Hoskins, Olympic rower

Deaths

• January 25 – Charlotte Whitton – famed mayor of Ottawa