1982_in_Canada

1982 in Canada

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

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

Incumbents

See: 1982 Canadian incumbents for more

Events

The year sees a severe recession in the economy
January 11: CBC's The National moves to 10 p.m. and The Journal debuts at 10:22 p.m.
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 platform capsizes
March 8: The Canada Act is passed by the British House of Commons
April 17: Queen Elizabeth II signs Canada's newly patriated 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: André Besette beatified by the Pope
June 12: The first drawing of Lotto 6/49 occurs with a jackpot of $500,000. Winning numbers are 03, 11, 12, 14, 41, 43, bonus 13
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
August 23: Turkish military attaché to Canada, Colonel Atilla Altıkat, is assassinated by Armenian terrorists in Ottawa.
October 5: Laurie Skreslet becomes the first Canadian to climb 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 (370 km) 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 theatre
Colin Thatcher is elected to his third term in the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly, where he is appointed Minister of Energy and Mines.