1972 in Canada

Sponsorship the way you would do it

See also: 1971 in Canada, other events of 1972, 1973 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.

Table of contents

1 Incumbents
2 Events
3 Arts and Literature
4 Births
5 Deaths

Incumbents

Events

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 25 - The Pickering Nuclear Power Plant opens
April 15 - Canada and the United States sign the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement
May 31 - The "member" level of the Order of Canada is created
June 16 - The Churchill Falls 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 moves into Ontario
August 30 - Frank Calder becomes the first Native Cabinet minister in Canadian histroy when he is appointed to the Cabinet of British Columbia
September 1 - An arson attack on the Blue Bird Bar in Montreal kills 37
September 12 - Heritage Canada is established
September 15 - David Barrett becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing W.A.C. Bennett, who had governed for 20 years
September 27 - The sale of fire crackers is banned in Canada
September 28 - "... right in front, they score, Henderson has scored for Canada ..."--Foster Hewitt are the words as Canada wins the 1972 Summit Series
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.
Government pensions are indexed to cost of living
The Art Bank is established
The World Hockey Association begins operations
CityTV founded in Toronto

Arts and Literature

New Works

Robertson Davies - The Manticore
Margaret Atwood - Survival
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

Births

March 22 - Elvis Stojko, figure skater
May 5 - Devin Townsend, musician
May 6 - Martin Brodeur, hockey goaltender
September 27 - Clara Hughes, cyclist
November 26 - Chris Osgood, hockey goaltender

Deaths

December 27 - Lester B. Pearson, Prime Minister