1972_in_Canada

1972 in Canada

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

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 begins broadcasting in Ontario
August 30: Frank Calder becomes the first Native Cabinet minister in Canadian history 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: Paul Henderson scores the "goal of the century" to give Canada the win in the Summit Series, the first-ever top-level hockey showdown between Canada and the Soviet Union.
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
The government's Parliamentary Flag Program begins

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

January 1 — Shaun Majumder, actor
January 3 — Drake Berehowsky, ice hockey player
January 25 — Katrina Von Sass, volleyball player
February 12 — Owen Nolan, ice hockey player
March 13 — Sherri Field, field hockey player
March 17 — Melissa Auf der Maur, musician
March 22 — Elvis Stojko, figure skater
April 2 — Graham Hood, middle-distance runner
April 24 — Nicolas Gill, judoka
May 5 — Devin Townsend, musician
May 5 — Brad Bombardir, ice hockey player
May 6 — Martin Brodeur, ice hockey goaltender
May 30 — Lisa Michelle Merrithew, public relations consultant
June 15 — Krista Thompson, field hockey goalkeeper
June 17 — Steven Fletcher, politician
June 26 — Garou, singer
July 4 — Mike Knuble, ice hockey player
August 1 — Tanya Reid, actor
August 29 — Amanda Marshall, singer
September 27 — Clara Hughes, cyclist
October 11 — Brigitte Soucy, volleyball player
October 17 — Cameron Baerg, Olympic rower
November 26 — Chris Osgood, ice hockey goaltender
December 19 — Charles Lefrançois, high jumper

Deaths

December 27: Lester B. Pearson, Prime Minister

Contents

Incumbents

Events

Arts and literature

Births

Deaths