1983 in Canada
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See also: 1982 in Canada, other events of 1983, 1984 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.
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Incumbents
- Premier of Alberta - Peter Lougheed
- Premier of British Columbia - Bill Bennett
- Premier of Manitoba - Howard Pawley
- Premier of New Brunswick - Richard Hatfield
- Premier of Newfoundland - Brian Peckford
- Premier of Nova Scotia - John Buchanan
- Premier of Ontario - Bill Davis
- Premier of Prince Edward Island - James Lee
- Premier of Quebec - René Lévesque
- Premier of Saskatchewan - Grant Devine
See 1983 Canadian incumbents for more
Events
- January 17 - Saskatchewan MLA Colin Thatcher resigns as Minister of Energy and Mines after several well-publicised disputes with premier Grant Devine.
- January 21 - JoAnn Thatcher, wife of Saskatchewan MLA Colin Thatcher, is murdered in her Regina home. Colin would later be convicted of the crime.
- February 1 - Pay television begins operating in Canada.
- February 15 - the Tamarack Review ceases publication
- March 4 - Bertha Wilson is appointed Canada's first female Supreme Court justice
- March 5 - Steve Podborski wins Gold at the World Cup of Skiing
- June 2 - Air Canada Flight 797 makes an emergency landing in Cincinnati, Ohio - a fire kills 23 of 41 passengers onboard.
- June 9 - Bill 101, protecting the French language in Quebec is ruled unconstitutional
- June 11 - Brian Mulroney replaces Joe Clark as leader of Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
- June 19 BC Place in Vancouver opens
- July 23 - Gimli Glider: Air Canada flight 143 crash-lands in Gimli, Manitoba.
- October 1 - North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization is established
- November 17 - The Western Grain Transportation Act is passed
- December 23 - Jeanne Sauvé is appointed Canada's first female Governor General
- Canada agrees to allow testing of American cruise missiles in the west
- Grey Cup - Toronto Argonauts won 18-17 over the British Columbia Lions
- Vanier Cup - Calgary Dinos won 31-21 over the Queen's Golden Gaels
- The Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station, the first Nuclear power plant in the Maritimes
Arts and Literature
- New Books
- A Time for Judas - Morley Callaghan
- Unearthing Suite - Margaret Atwood
- Seagull on Yonge Street - Bill Bissett
- Awards
- See 1983 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
- Books in Canada First Novel Award: W.P. Kinsella, Shoeless Joe
- Gerald Lampert Award: Diana Hartog, Matinee Light
- Pat Lowther Award: Rhea Tregebov, Remembering History
- Stephen Leacock Award: Morley Torgov, The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick
- Vicky Metcalf Award: Claire Mackay
- Film
- Graham Greene makes his film debut in Running Brave
- David Cronenberg's The Dead Zone is released
- A film is made of Farley Mowat's Never Cry Wolf
Births
- February 2 - Jordin Tootoo, hockey player
- April 7 - Kyle Labine, actor
- May 20 - Dan Blackburn, hockey goalie
- June 9 - Dean Gualandi, Technical Director, CFRB & all around swell guy
- June 22 - Sheena Lawrick, Olympic softball player
- September 27 - Jay Bouwmeester, hockey player
Deaths
- June 12 - Norma Shearer, actor
- July 13 - Gabrielle Roy, author
- July 29 - Raymond Massey, actor
- Alden Nowlan, author
- Stan Rogers, musician
- Yves Theriault, author
- Graham Spry, broadcaster