1977 in Canada
See also: 1976 in Canada, other events of 1977, 1978 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.
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Incumbents
- Premier of Alberta – Peter Lougheed
- Premier of British Columbia – W.R. Bennett
- Premier of Manitoba – Edward Schreyer and then Sterling Lyon
- 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 – René Lévesque
- Premier of Saskatchewan – Allan Blakeney
Events
- January 1 – Canada's nautical limit is extended to 200 miles.
- February 6 – René Lévesque is embroiled in scandal after he hits and kills a homeless man while driving in a car with a woman who is not his wife.
- February 27 – Royal Canadian Mounted Police raid Keith Richards' Toronto hotel suite while he is sleeping and seize 22 grams of heroin, 5 grams of cocaine and narcotics paraphernalia.
- February 28 – Canadian passenger rail services are amalgamated into VIA Rail.
- April 7 – The Toronto Blue Jays play their first game, defeating the Chicago White Sox.
- May 5 – Willy Adams becomes the first Inuit to enter parliament when he is appointed to the Senate.
- May 9 – The final report of the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry is released.
- June 9 – Ontario election: Bill Davis's PCs win a second consecutive minority.
- August 26 – Bill 101 is passed by the Parti Québécois.
- October 18 – The House of Commons is televised for the first time.
- November 21 – Gerald Hannon's controversial article "Men Loving Boys Loving Men" is published in The Body Politic
- November 24 – Sterling Lyon becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing Edward Schreyer.
- Canadian road signs are swtiched to the metric system.
- The Eaton Centre opens in Toronto.
- Prime Minister Trudeau divorces his wife Margaret Sinclair.
Arts and Literature
- New Works
- Margaret Atwood – Dancing Girls
- Elizabeth Smart – A Bonus
- Timothy Findley – The Wars
- Irving Layton – The Covenant
- Roch Carrier – Il n'ya pas de pays sans grand-père
- Gabrielle Roy – Ces Enfants de ma vie
- Morley Callaghan – Close to the Sun Again
- Antonine Maillet – La Veuve enragée
- Mordecai Richler – Home Sweet Home
- Marshall McLuhan – City as Classroom: Understanding Language and Media
- Awards
- See 1977 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
- Books in Canada First Novel Award: Michael Ondaatje, Coming Through Slaughter
- Stephen Leacock Award: Ray Guy, That Far Greater Bay
- Vicky Metcalf Award: James Houston
Births
- February 11 – Stephanie Richardson, swimmer
- March 13 – Barney Williams, rower
- March 27 – Buffy-Lynne Williams, Olympic rower
- May 4 – Emily Perkins, actor
- May 16 – Jean-Sebastien Giguere, hockey goaltender
- April 21 – Jamie Salé, figure skater
- April 26 – Craig Adams, hockey player
- June 12 – Wade Redden, hockey player
- July 1 – Jarome Iginla, hockey player
- August 1 – Marc Denis, hockey goaltender
- August 14 – Tonya Verbeek, Olympic wrestler
- August 15 – Martin Biron, hockey goalie
- September 17 – Kim Sarrazin, Olympic softballer
- September 29 – Wade Brookbank, hockey player
- October 3 – Kristy Odamura, Olympic softballer
- October 6 – Daniel Briere, hockey player
- October 18 – Paul Stalteri, soccer player
- October 27 – Erin White, Olympic softballer
- December 16 – Eric Belanger, hockey player
Deaths
- January 24 – Jack Bush, painter
- June 24 – André-Gilles Fortin, politician
- November 3 – William Korelek, artist
- November 5 – Guy Lombardo, bandleader
- November 25 – Tommy Prince, WWII hero
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