1977 in Canada
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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 Inuk to enter Parliament when he is appointed to the Senate.
- May 9 - The final report of the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry is released.
- June - Queen Elizabeth II tours Canada as part of her Jubilee goodwill tour.
- June 9 - Ontario election: Bill Davis's PCs win a second consecutive minority.
- August 26 - The Charter of the French Language 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 Brière, 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, Second World War hero