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Events from the year 1971 in Canada.
Incumbents
Crown
- Monarch – Queen Elizabeth II[1]
Federal government
- Governor General – Roland Michener[2]
- Prime Minister – Pierre Trudeau
- Chief Justice – Gérald Fauteux (Quebec)
- Parliament – 28th
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
- 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
- Alexander B. Campbell
- Premier of Quebec – Robert Bourassa
- Premier of Saskatchewan – Ross Thatcher (until June 30) then Allan Blakeney
Territorial governments
Commissioners
- Commissioner of Yukon – James Smith
- Stuart Milton Hodgson
Events
January to June
- February 16 – The Fuddle Duddleincident.
- March 1 – Bill Davis becomes premier of Ontario, replacing John Robarts
- March 4 – Prime Minister Trudeau weds Margaret Sinclair
- March 31 – Paul Roseis sentenced to life in prison
- April 5 – The first CANDU reactor begins operation at Gentilly, Quebec
- April 14 – The Kingston Penitentiary riot begins. Prisoners seize control and a four-day siege ensues.
- May 4 – A 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 Expresswayproject is cancelled
- June 11 – 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 – Saskatchewan Liberal Partydies in office
- July 29 – The Bluenose II is donated to the province of Nova Scotia
- July 30 – The Canada-based animation studio Nelvana is established by Michael Hirsh, Patrick Loubert and Clive A. Smith in Toronto
- 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 – Air Canada Flight 812 is hijacked. Paul Joseph Cini is later arrested without incident.
- December 1 – A moving Montreal Metro train crashes into a second parked train, killing one person.
- December 26 – Air Canada Flight 932 is hijacked by Patrick Critton and flown to Cuba.
Full date unknown
- Ontario Universities Application Centre founded
- The first edition of The Canadian Rockies Trail Guide is published
- Sherbrooke Record
- Statistics Canada is formed to replace the Dominion Bureau of Statistics[3]
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
- January 18 – WWWF World Heavyweight Champion
- March 13 – The University Cup by defeating the Saint Mary's Huskies 5 to 4. All games were played at Sudbury Community Arena
- May 18 – The
- May 19 – The Quebec Junior Hockey League's Quebec Remparts win their won their first Memorial Cup by defeating the Western Canada Hockey League's Edmonton Oil Kings 2 game to 0. All games were played at the Colisée de Québec
- June 3 – The Sheik (Ed Farhat) and Dick the Bruiser (William Richard Afflis) at the Joe Brown Center in New Orleans
- November 20 – The
- November 28 – The Calgary Stampeders win their second (and first since 1948) Grey Cup by defeating the Toronto Argonauts 14 to 11 in the 59th Grey Cup played in Vancouver's Empire Stadium
- December 6 – World Wrestling Federation Tag Team Champion (with Karl Gotch) by defeating Luke Graham and Tarzan Tyler at Madison Square Garden in New York City
Date unknown
- Disc sport pioneer Ken Westerfieldimmigrates to Canada
- Harold Ballard gains full control of the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Births
January to June
- January 3 - Cory Cross, ice hockey player
- January 9
- Hal Niedzviecki, author and critic
- Scott Thornton, ice hockey player
- 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)
- February 24 - Brian Savage, ice hockey player and coach
- February 25 - Daniel Powter, singer
- March 6 - Val Venis, professional wrestler[4]
- March 8 - Bob Boughner, ice hockey player
- March 20 - Janis Kelly, volleyball player
- March 27 - Nathan Fillion, actor
- April 1 - Danielle Smith, journalist and politician
- April 2 - Conrad Leinemann, beach volleyball player
- April 4 - Steph St. Laurent, documentary filmmaker, videographer, photographer, actor, writer, environmentalist, and activist[5]
- April 9 - Jacques Villeneuve, motor racing driver
- April 19 - Scott McCord, voice actor
- June 8 - Jeff Douglas, actor
- June 15 - Bif Naked, rock singer-songwriter, poet, cartoonist and actress
- June 26 - Christine Nordhagen, wrestler
- June 26 - Edward Parenti, swimmer
- June 29 - Matthew Good, musician
- June 30
- Megan Fahlenbock, voice actress
- Jamie McLennan, retired professional ice hockey goaltender, radio sports analyst
July to September
- July 2 - Evelyn Lau, poet and novelist
- July 10 - Adam Foote, ice hockey player[6]
- 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
- August 12
- Patrick Carpentier, racing driver
- Phil Western, musician (d. 2019)
- August 25 - Peter Oldring, voice actor, improviser, actor and comedian
- September - )
- September 6 - Fiona Milne, rower and World Champion
October to December
- October 1 - Guylaine Cloutier, swimmer
- October 5 - Sam Vincent, voice actor and singer
- 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 - prime minister of Canada
Deaths
January to June
- January 5 - Douglas Shearer, sound designer and recording director (b.1899)
- January 19 - David Florida, pioneer in space research
- 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 - Ross Thatcher, politician and 9th Premier of Saskatchewan (b.1917)
- July 28 – Annon Lee Silver, lyric soprano (b.1938)
- September 4 - Status Indian to be appointed to the Senate of Canada (b.1887)
- November 17 - Arthur Roebuck, politician and labour lawyer (b.1878)
- November 25 - Leonard W. Murray, naval officer (b.1896)
- December 11 - Kate Aitken, radio journalist, cookbook writer (b.1891)
See also
References
- ^ "Queen Elizabeth II | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
- ISBN 978-1-134-26490-2.
- ^ [1][permanent dead link]
- ^ "Sean Morley's OWW Profile". Online World of Wrestling. Archived from the original on July 28, 2012. Retrieved August 25, 2007.
- ^ "Street Spirits Theatre Company » Steph St Laurent". Archived from the original on 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
- ^ "Adam Foote". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. Retrieved 29 January 2021.