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