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1982 in Canada

See also: 1981 in Canada, other events of 1982, 1983 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.

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Table of contents

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

Incumbents

• Prime Minister - Pierre Trudeau
• Governor General - Edward Schreyer

• 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 - Allan Blakeney then Grant Devine

Events

• The year sees a severe recession in the economy
• January 15 - Striking Quebec transit workers are forced back to work
• February - First reported cases of AIDS in Canada
• February 14 - 84 are killed when the Ocean Ranger oil platofrm capsizes
• March 8 - The Canada Act is passed by the British House of Commons
• April 17 - Queen Elizabeth II signs Canada's newly repatriated constitution in Ottawa and the new Constitution and Charter of Rights and Freedoms comes into effect.
• April 26 - Saskatchewan election: Grant Devine's PCs win a landslide majority, defeating Allan Blakeney's NDP
• May 8 - Grant Devine becomes Premier of Saskatchewan after defeating Allan Blakeney's NDP
• May 9 - Gilles Villeneuve killed at the Belgian Grand Prix
• May 23 - Brother André Beatified by the Pope
• June 28 - Access to Information Act passed
• July 15 - Anik 1, Canada's first communications satellite, is retired after ten years service.
• August 16 - Communications satellite Anik D launched
• October 5 - Laurie Skreslet becomes the first Canadian to have climbed Mount Everest
• October 27 - Dominion Day renamed Canada Day
• October 31 - Marguerite Bourgeoys becomes Canada's first female Saint
• November 2 - Alberta election: Peter Lougheed's PCs win a fourth consecutive majority
• December 10 - Canada's 200-nautical-mile limit is officially recognized
• In a case concerning the development of the Hibernia Oil Field the Supreme Court rules that the continental shelf falls under federal jurisdiction
• Ed Mirvish purchases London's Old Vic theater

Arts and literature

New books

• Dig up My Heart - Milton Acorn

Awards

• See 1982 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
• Books in Canada First Novel Award: Joy Kogawa, Obasan
• Gerald Lampert Award: Abraham Boyarsky, Schielber and Edna Alford, A Sleep Full of Dreams
• Pat Lowther Award: Rona Murray, Journey
• Stephen Leacock Award: Mervyn J. Huston, Gophers Don't Pay Taxes Tree
• Vicky Metcalf Award: Janet Lunn

Film

• E released

Dance

• Arnold Spohr wins the Dancemagazine Award

Births

Deaths

• May 9 - Gilles Villeneuve, race car driver
• October 4 - Glenn Gould, pianist
• October 18 - John Robarts, former Premier of Ontario
• November 29 - Percy Williams, athlete
• Igor Gouzenko

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