1975 in Canada

Crown

Head of state (monarch) – Queen Elizabeth II (consort – Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh)

Federal government

Governor general – Jules Léger (viceregal consort – Gabrielle Léger)

Prime minister – Pierre Trudeau

Lieutenant governors

Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Ralph Steinhauer

Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Walter Stewart Owen

Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – William John McKeag

Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Hédard Robichaud

Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland – Gordon Arnaud Winter

Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Clarence Gosse

Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Pauline Mills McGibbon

Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Gordon Lockhart Bennett

Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Hugues Lapointe

Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Stephen Worobetz

Premiers

Premier of Alberta – Peter Lougheed

Premier of British Columbia – Dave Barrett (until December 22) then Bill 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

Commissioners

Commissioner of Yukon – James Smith

Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Stuart Milton Hodgson

January to June

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 becomes 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 28 - Centennial Secondary School shooting

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 to December

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 1 - CKND, Winnipeg's newest television station, begins broadcasting

September 11 - John Napier Turner resigns from government to protest the 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

October 27 - St. Pius X High School shooting

November 3 - CBC-FM rebranded as CBC Stereo

November 10 - The SS Edmund Fitzgerald, based in Sault Ste. Marie sinks

November 14 - Canada's first community-based campus radio station, CKCU-FM 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.

Full date unknown

Izzy Asper acquires Winnipeg television station CKND, the beginning of what would become a national media empire.

Rohinton Mistry emigrates 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.

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

Television

Saturday Night Live, produced by Canadian Lorne Michaels and also featuring Paul Shaffer and Dan Aykroyd, premieres in the United States.

January to March

January 1 - Tammy Homolka, murder victim (d.1990)

January 22 - Shean Donovan, ice hockey player

January 25 - Mia Kirshner, actress

February 2 - Todd Bertuzzi, ice hockey player

February 7 - Alexandre Daigle, ice hockey player

February 15 - Serge Aubin, ice hockey player

February 17 - Todd Harvey, ice hockey player and coach

February 24 - Ashley MacIsaac, fiddler

February 25 - Hercules Kyvelos, boxer

March 17 - Andrew Martin, wrestler (d.2009)

April to June

April 4 - Kevin Weekes, ice hockey player

April 7 - Owen Von Richter, swimmer

April 22 - Greg Moore, racecar driver (d.1999)

May 13 - Jamie Allison, ice hockey player

May 24 - Marc Gagnon, short track speed skater, triple Olympic gold medalist and multiple World Champion

May 26 - Craig Hutchison, swimmer

May 27 - Stella Umeh, gymnast

May 29 - Jason Allison, ice hockey player

June 9 - Carolyne Lepage, judoka

June 16 - Graham Ryding, squash player

June 18 - Martin St. Louis, ice hockey player

June 27 - Carlton Chambers, sprint athlete and Olympic gold medalist

July to September

July 2 - Éric Dazé, ice hockey player

July 17 - Troy Amos-Ross, boxer

July 24 - Marnie Baizley, squash player

August 13 - Marty Turco, ice hockey player

August 14 - Dustin Hersee, swimmer

August 15 - Brendan Morrison, ice hockey player

September 9 - Michael Bublé, singer and actor

October to December

October 2 - Michel Trudeau, student (d.1998)

October 23 - Holly McNarland, musician, singer and songwriter

November 1 - Éric Perrin, ice hockey player

November 7 - Mike Mintenko, swimmer

November 15 - Yannick Tremblay, ice hockey player

December 2 - Brett Lindros, ice hockey player

December 9 - Damhnait Doyle, pop singer

December 17 - Nick Farrell, boxer

December 20 - Andrew Hoskins, rower

January to June

January 25 - Charlotte Whitton, feminist, politician and mayor of Ottawa (b.1896)

March 18 - Alain Grandbois, poet (b.1900)

April 11 - Thomas Crerar, politician and Minister (b.1876)

May 28 - Michael Slobodian, murderer responsible for the Centennial Secondary School shooting (b.1959)

June 13 - Merrill Denison, playwright (b.1893)

July to December

August 27 - Jack Dennett, radio and television announcer (b.1916)

September - Pat Lowther, poet (b.1935)

October 27 - St. Pius X High School shooting

Kim Rabot (b.1958), victim

Robert Poulin (b.1957), murderer

December 4 - Graham Towers, first Governor of the Bank of Canada (b.1897)

December 12 - Roy Kellock, jurist and Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (b.1893)