1972 in Canada

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Events from the year 1972 in Canada.

Incumbents

Crown

• Monarch – Elizabeth II^[1]

Federal government

• Governor General – Roland Michener^[2]
• Prime Minister – Pierre Trudeau
• Chief Justice – Gérald Fauteux (Quebec)
• Parliament – 28th (until 1 September)

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 – Hédard Robichaud
• 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 – Peter Lougheed
• W.A.C. Bennett (until September 15) then Dave Barrett
• Premier of Manitoba – Edward Schreyer
• Premier of New Brunswick – Richard Hatfield
• Premier of Newfoundland – Joey Smallwood (until January 18) then Frank Moores
• Premier of Nova Scotia – Gerald Regan
• Premier of Ontario – Bill Davis
• Alexander B. Campbell
• Premier of Quebec – Robert Bourassa
• Premier of Saskatchewan – Allan Blakeney

Territorial governments

Commissioners

• Commissioner of Yukon – James Smith
• Stuart Milton Hodgson

Events

January to June

• January 1 -
  Winnipeg
  is merged into a megacity
• January 1 - Canada's ban on cigarette advertisements on film, radio, and television goes into effect
• January 1 - Canada's capital gains tax comes into effect
• January 18 - Frank Moores becomes premier of Newfoundland, replacing Joey Smallwood, who had governed for 23 years
• February 1 - The Atlantic Pilotage Authority is established
• February 25 - The
  Pickering Nuclear Power Plant
  opens
• April 15 - Canada and the
  Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement
• May 31 - The "member" level of the Order of Canada is created
• June 16 - The
  hydro-electric
  facility opens
• July 14 -
  Donald MacDonald of the Canadian Labour Congress becomes the first non-European head of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions

• July 21 - Global Television Network network licence approved by the CRTC
• August 30 -
  Cabinet of British Columbia
• September 1 - An arson attack on the Blue Bird Café in Montreal kills 37 and leads to nationwide changes to fire codes.
• September 4 – Armed robbers steal 18 paintings, including a Rembrandt, along with 38 pieces of jewellery, from the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, valued at $2 million at the time in what is not only Canada's largest art theft but its largest theft of private property ever. Except for one returned in an attempt to negotiate a ransom, none of the paintings have been recovered nor have the thieves ever been identified publicly.
• September 12 -
  Heritage Canada
  is established
• September 15 -
  W.A.C. Bennett
  , who had governed for 20 years
• September 27 - The sale of
  fire crackers
  is banned in Canada
• September 28 -
  CITY-TV begins broadcasting in Toronto
• October 30 - Federal election: Pierre Trudeau's Liberals win a minority
• November 9 -
  Anik I
  , the world's first non-military communications satellite is launched.
• December - The government's Parliamentary Flag Program begins
• December 14 - Muriel McQueen Fergusson becomes the first female Speaker of the Senate of Canada.

Full date unknown

• Government pensions are indexed to cost of living
• The
  Art Bank
  is established
• The Government of Ontario renames all departments to ministries.^[3]

Arts and literature

New works

• Robertson Davies: The Manticore
• Margaret Atwood: Survival: A Thematic Guide to Canadian Literature
• Mordecai Richler: Shovelling Trouble
• John Newlove: Lies
• Milton Acorn: More Poems for People
• Donald Jack: Exit Muttering
• Leona Gom: Kindling
• Joy Fielding: The Best of Friends
• Farley Mowat: A Whale for the Killing
• Marshall McLuhan: Culture Is Our Business

Awards

• See 1972 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
• Stephen Leacock Award: Max Braithwaite
  , The Night They Stole the Mounties' Car
• Vicky Metcalf Award: William Toye

• March 18 –
  Sherbrooke, Quebec
• May 11 – Parry Sound's Bobby Orr is awarded his second Conn Smythe Trophy
• May 14 –
  Ottawa Civic Centre
  .
• September 28 – Canada defeats the Soviet Union in the Summit Series 4 games to 3. The deciding Game 8 was played at Luzhniki Palace of Sports in Moscow
• October 11 – The
  Winnipeg Jets and Alberta Oilers
  )
• November 25 –
  Alberta Golden Bears win their second Vanier Cup by defeating the Waterloo Lutheran Golden Hawks 20–7 in the 8th Vanier Cup played at Varsity Stadium in Toronto
• December 3 – Hamilton Tiger-Cats win their sixth Grey Cup by defeating the Saskatchewan Roughriders 13–10 in the 60th Grey Cup played at Ivor Wynne Stadium in Hamilton

Births

January to June

• January 1 - Barron Miles, defensive back for the BC Lions in the CFL
• January 3 - Drake Berehowsky, ice hockey player and coach
• January 4 – Brad Zavisha, ice hockey player
• January 7 - Susan Cushman, rhythmic gymnast
• January 10 - Jonathan Ohayon, archer
• January 16 – Dameon Clarke, actor and voice actor
• January 25 - Katrina Von Sass, volleyball player
• January 29 - Shaun Majumder, comedian and actor
• January 30
  • Jennifer Hale, actress and singer
  • Chris Simon, ice hockey player
• February 2 -
  Mayor of Calgary
• February 3 -
  Michael Kovrig
  , diplomat and hostage victim
• February 7 - Jamie Shannon, actor and director
• February 12 - Owen Nolan, ice hockey player
• March 13 - Sherri Field, field hockey player
• March 17 - Melissa Auf der Maur, bassist and photographer
• March 22 - Elvis Stojko, figure skater, Olympic silver medalist and World Champion
• April 1 - Rob Anders, politician
• April 2 - Graham Hood, middle-distance runner
• April 4 - Lisa Ray, model and actress0
• April 9 - Karen Clark, synchronized swimmer
• April 15 - Arturo Gatti, boxer, (died 2009 in Canada|2009)
• April 17 - Terran Sandwith, ice hockey player
• April 24 - Nicolas Gill, judoka and Olympic silver medalist
• May 5 - Brad Bombardir, ice hockey player
• May 5 - Devin Townsend, vocalist, guitarist and record producer
• May 6 - Martin Brodeur, ice hockey player
• May 7 - Ray Whitney, ice hockey player
• June 6 - Erin Woodley, synchronised swimmer
• June 15 - Krista Thompson, field hockey player
• June 17 - Steven Fletcher, politician and Minister
• June 26 - Garou, singer
• June 30 - Molly Parker, actress

July to December

• July 4 - Mike Knuble, ice hockey player
• July 5 - Robert Esmie, Olympic athlete
• August 1
  • Marc Costanzo, musician
  • Tanya Reid, actress
• August 2 – Kelly Richardson, Canadian contemporary artist
• August 23 – Anthony Calvillo, Canadian Football League quarterback
• August 27 - Mike Smith, actor
• August 29 - Amanda Marshall, pop-rock singer
• September 4 - Daniel Nestor, Serbian born tennis player
• September 12 - Lori Strong, artistic gymnast
• September 20 - Sergio Di Zio, actor
• September 21 - Erin Fitzgerald, voice actress
• September 27 - Clara Hughes, cyclist, speed skater and Olympic medalist
• October 5 - Aaron Guiel, baseball player
• October 11 - Brigitte Soucy, volleyball player
• October 17 - Cameron Baerg, rower and Olympic silver medalist
• November 1 - Glen Murray, ice hockey player
• November 10 - Trevor Devall, voice actor and podcaster
• November 11 - Adam Beach, actor
• November 22 - Gabe Khouth, actor and voice actor (died 2019)
• November 26 - Chris Osgood, ice hockey player
• December 11 -
  Daniel Alfresson
  , Swedish ice hockey player
• December 19 - Charles Lefrançois, high jumper
• December 23 - Christian Potenza, actor and voice actor

Deaths

• January 2 - James White, World War I flying ace (b.1893)
• January 6 - Samuel McLaughlin, businessman and philanthropist (b.1871)
• April 7 -
  Woodrow Stanley Lloyd, politician and 8th Premier of Saskatchewan (b.1913
  )

• May 28 - Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor, former King of Canada (b.1894)
• August 20 - A. M. Klein, poet, journalist, novelist, short story writer and lawyer (b.1909)
• October 31 - Bill Durnan, ice hockey player (b.1916)
• December 27 - Lester B. Pearson, politician, 14th Prime Minister of Canada, diplomat and 1957 Nobel Peace Prize recipient (b.1897)

See also

• 1972 in Canadian television
• List of Canadian films of 1972

References