1973 in Canada

Events from the year 1973 in Canada.

Incumbents

Crown

Monarch – Elizabeth II

Federal government

Governor General – Roland Michener
Prime Minister – Pierre Trudeau
Chief Justice – Gérald Fauteux then Bora Laskin
Parliament – 29th

Provincial governments

Lieutenant governors

Premiers

Territorial governments

Commissioners

Events

January 25 - The Irish Stardust runs aground north of Vancouver Island, causing a large oil spill.
February 1 - Gerald Bouey succeeds Louis Rasminsky as Governor of the Bank of Canada.
February 5 - Work begins on the construction of the CN Tower
February 14- Yukon Native Brotherhood tabled "Together today for our Children Tomorrow" marking the start of the Yukon Land Claims process
February 13 - The Gendron Report is issued; it recommends making French Quebec's only official language
February 15 - The Lester B. Pearson United World College of the Pacific is established in Victoria, British Columbia
April 2 - Montreal announces Canada's first lottery to help pay for the 1976 Summer Olympics
April 20 - Anik A2 is launched.
May 10 - The Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup 4 games to 2 over the Chicago Blackhawks, Yvan Cournoyer is voted MVP.
May 23 – The Royal Canadian Mounted Police celebrate their 100th anniversary.
July 7 - The Libertarian Party of Canada is founded.
August - Pride Week 1973, a national gay rights event, takes place simultaneously in several of Canada's largest metropolitan cities, including Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa and Vancouver.
August 20 - The 1973 Artistic Woodwork strike begins. It ends on December 5, 1973.
October 17 - OPEC dramatically raises the price of oil. This is a boon to Alberta but hurts central Canada.
November 1 - Waterloo Lutheran University is renamed Wilfrid Laurier University
November 13 - A jury refuses to convict Henry Morgentaler for performing abortions
November 29 - The Canadian Intergovernmental Conference Secretariat is established.
December 7 - Canada sells its first CANDU Reactor to South Korea
First Air is founded

Arts and literature

New works

Farley Mowat - Tundra: Selections from the Great Accounts of Arctic Land Voyages
Donald Jack - That's Me in the Middle
Robert Kroetsch - Gone Indian
Elizabeth Goudie - Woman of Labrador
Raymond Fraser - ''The Black Horse Tavern''

Awards

See 1973 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
Stephen Leacock Award: Donald Bell, Saturday Night at the Bagel Factory
Vicky Metcalf Award: Christie Harris

Radio

The Royal Canadian Air Farce is formed

Television

Alex Trebek moves to the United States to host The Wizard of Odds.

Sport

March 17 - Toronto Varsity Blues won their Seventh University Cup by defeating the Saint Mary's Huskies 3 to 2. The Final game was played at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto
May 6 - New England Whalers won the First Avco Cup by defeating the Winnipeg Jets 4 game to 1.
May 10 - Montreal Canadiens won their Eighteenth Stanley Cup by defeating the Chicago Black Hawks 4 Games to 2. Drummondville, Quebec's Yvan Cournoyer was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy
May 12 - Ontario Hockey Association's Toronto Marlboros won their Sixth Memorial Cup by defeating the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's Quebec Remparts 9-1. All games were played at the Montreal Forum.
November 24 - Saint Mary's Huskies won their First Vanier Cup by defeating the McGill Redmen by a score of 14-6 in the 9th Vanier Cup played at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto
November 25 - Ottawa Rough Riders won their Eighth Grey Cup by defeating Edmonton Eskimos 22-18 in the 61st Grey Cup played at CNE Stadium in Toronto. Edmonton, Alberta's Garry Lefebvre becomes First Canadian-born Grey Cup Most Valuable Canadian.

Births

January to March

January 3 - Robert Baird, swimmer
January 4 - Greg de Vries, ice hockey player
January 6 - Scott Ferguson, ice hockey player and coach
January 8 - Robert Braknis, swimmer
January 11 - Sarah Forbes, field hockey player
January 13 - Dana Anderson, field hockey player
January 16 - Nathalie Giguère, swimmer
January 26 - Larissa Lowing, artistic gymnast
February 4 - Manny Legacé, ice hockey player
February 5 - Marty O'Donnell, boxer
February 12 - Tara Strong, actress and businesswoman
February 28 - Eric Lindros, ice hockey player
March 1 - Ryan Peake, lead guitarist and backing vocalist
March 3 - Sean Campbell, field hockey player
March 13 - Allison Higson, swimmer
March 24 - Philippe Boucher, ice hockey player
March 31 - Ian Goldberg, cryptographer and cypherpunk

April to June

April 5 - Kristin Topham, swimmer
April 11 - Andrea Constand, Bill Cosby accuser
April 23 - Derek Armstrong, ice hockey player
April 25 - Paige Gordon, diver
May 4
* Matthew Barnaby, ice hockey player
* John Madden, ice hockey player
May 12 - Robert Tinkler, Canadian voice actor and screenwriter
May 13 - Mike Beres, badminton player
May 14 - Natalie Appleton, singer
May 25 - Josée Corbeil, volleyball player
June 1 - Jeff Schiebler, long-distance runner
June 25 - René Corbet, Canadian ice hockey player

July to September

July 3 - Adrian Aucoin, ice hockey player
July 3 - Melanie Jans, squash player
July 13 - Gavin Hassett, rower and Olympic silver medallist
July 19 - Scott Walker, ice hockey player
July 22 - Rufus Wainwright, singer-songwriter
July 27 - Niki Jenkins, judoka
July 27 - David McLellan, swimmer
August 24 - Andrew Brunette, ice hockey player
August 28 - Kirby Morrow, voice actor
August 29 - Jessica Holmes, comedian and actress
August 31 - Scott Niedermayer, ice hockey player
September 6 - Greg Rusedski, tennis player
September 18 - Paul Brousseau, ice hockey player
September 26 – Elaine Lui, television personality, co-host of etalk

October to December

October 3 - Neve Campbell, actress
October 5 – Annabelle Chvostek, singer-songwriter
October 16 – Todd van der Heyden, journalist and news anchor
October 18 – Alex Tagliani, racing driver
October 23 - Scott Mosher, field hockey player
October 30 - Adam Copeland, wrestler
November 9 - Alyson Court, actress
November 10 - Iain Brambell, rower and Olympic bronze medallist
November 12 - Keith Morgan, judoka
November 14 - Moka Only, rapper and producer
November 22 – Cassie Campbell, Canadian ice hockey forward and CBC commentator
November 27 - Mike Oliver, field hockey player
November 30 - Carla Somerville, field hockey player and coach
December 1 - Brian Froud, actor and voice actor
December 5 - Shalom Harlow, model and actress
December 14
*Sue Armstrong, field hockey player
*Tomasz Radzinski, soccer player
December 20
*David Nedohin, curler
*Cory Stillman, ice hockey player and coach
December 22 - Annie Pelletier, diver and Olympic bronze medallist
December 25 - Alexandre Trudeau, filmmaker and journalist
December 31 - Curtis Myden, swimmer

Deaths

January to June

January 4 - George A. Drew, politician and 14th Premier of Ontario
February 5 - Wilbert Ross Aylesworth, politician
February 22 - Jean-Jacques Bertrand, politician and 21st Premier of Quebec
March 2 - John Percy Page, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
March 11 - Tim Buck, politician and long-time leader of the Communist Party of Canada
May 4 - Leslie Frost, politician and 16th Premier of Ontario
May 6 - Ernest MacMillan, conductor and composer
June 14 - Henry Herbert Stevens, politician and businessman

July to December

July 18 - Christine Demeter, murder victim
July 25 - Louis St. Laurent, politician and 12th Prime Minister of Canada
July 27 - James Macdonnell, soldier, lawyer and politician
September 30 – Peter Pitseolak, Inuit photographer and author
December 4 - Alfred Fuller, businessman

Full date unknown

William George Bock, politician