1975 in Canada

Incumbents

Crown

• Monarch – Elizabeth II

  Federal government

• Governor general – Jules Léger
• Prime minister – Pierre Trudeau
• Chief Justice – Bora Laskin
• Parliament – 30th

  Provincial governments

Lieutenant governors

• Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Ralph Steinhauer
• Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Walter Stewart Owen
• Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – William John McKeag
• Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Hédard Robichaud
• Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland – Gordon Arnaud Winter
• Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Clarence Gosse
• Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Pauline Mills McGibbon
• Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Gordon Lockhart Bennett
• Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Hugues Lapointe
• Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Stephen Worobetz

  Premiers

• Premier of Alberta – Peter Lougheed
• Premier of British Columbia – Dave Barrett then Bill Bennett
• Premier of Manitoba – Edward Schreyer
• Premier of New Brunswick – Richard Hatfield
• Premier of Newfoundland – Frank Moores
• Premier of Nova Scotia – Gerald Regan
• Premier of Ontario – Bill Davis
• Premier of Prince Edward Island – Alexander B. Campbell
• Premier of Quebec – Robert Bourassa
• Premier of Saskatchewan – Allan Blakeney

  Territorial governments

Commissioners

• Commissioner of Yukon – James Smith
• Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Stuart Milton Hodgson

  Events

January to June

• January 1 - Product labelling using the metric system is introduced
• February 18 - Sylvia Ostry is appointed Canada's first female Deputy Minister.
• March 4 - Television cameras are allowed to film in Parliament
• March 24 - The beaver becomes an official symbol of Canada
• March 26 - Alberta election: Peter Lougheed's PCs win a second consecutive majority
• April 1 - Environment Canada switches to degrees Celsius
• April 2 - The CN Tower is completed in Toronto
• May 28 - Centennial Secondary School shooting
• May 30 - The Yukon and the Northwest Territories are given seats in the Senate
• June 11 - Saskatchewan election: Allan Blakeney's NDP win a second consecutive majority
• June 18 - Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau announces the creation of the Foreign Investment Review Agency

  July to December

• July 7 - David Lewis is replaced by Ed Broadbent as leader of the NDP
• July 23 - The Soviet Atlantic fishing fleet is banned from entering Canadian ports due to overfishing
• July 30 - Petro-Canada, the government-owned oil and gas company, is formed.
• September - Ontario schools begin to teach exclusively using the metric system
• September 1 - CKND, Winnipeg's newest television station, begins broadcasting
• September 11 - John Turner resigns from government to protest the implementation of wage and price controls.
• September 18 - Ontario election: Bill Davis's PCs win a minority
• October 4 - Mirabel Airport opens
• October 14 - Federal government introduces wage and price controls to limit inflation
• October 27 - St. Pius X High School shooting
• November 3 - CBC-FM rebranded as CBC Stereo
• November 10 - The SS Edmund Fitzgerald, based in Sault Ste. Marie sinks
• November 14 - Canada's first community-based campus radio station, CKCU-FM in Ottawa, hits the airwaves
• November 18 - The wearing of seatbelts is made mandatory in Ontario
• November 28 - Canadair nationalized
• December 22 - William R. Bennett sworn in as Premier of British Columbia, replacing David Barrett.

  Full date unknown

• Izzy Asper acquires Winnipeg television station CKND, the beginning of what would become a national media empire.
• Rohinton Mistry emigrates to Canada
• First Canadian Place opens in Toronto
• Colin Thatcher, who would later become famous for his involvement in the murder of his ex-wife, is elected to the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly.

  Arts and literature

New books

• World of Wonders - Robertson Davies
• A Fine and Private Place - Morley Callaghan
• The Unwavering Eye: Selected Poems, 1969-1975 - Irving Layton
• It's Me Again - Donald Jack
• The Island Means Minago - Milton Acorn
• Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang - Mordecai Richler
• Un jardin au bout du monde - Gabrielle Roy
• Jardin des délices - Roch Carrier

  Awards

• See 1975 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
• Stephen Leacock Award: Morley Torgov, A Good Place to Come From
• Vicky Metcalf Award: Lyn Harrington

  Music

• March 1 - Anne Murray and Oscar Peterson each win a Grammy Award.
• Paul Anka - Times of Your Life is released
• Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns

  Television

• Saturday Night Live, produced by Canadian Lorne Michaels and also featuring Paul Shaffer and Dan Aykroyd, premieres in the United States.

  Sport

• March 16 - Alberta Golden Bears won their Third University Cup by defeating the Toronto Varsity Blues 2 games to 1. All the games were played at Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton
• May 11 - Toronto Marlboros won their Seventh Memorial Cup by defeating the New Westminster Bruins 7-3. The Final game was played at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex
• May 12 - Houston Aeros won their Second Avco Cup by defeating the Quebec Nordiques 4 games to 0. The deciding game was played at the Colisée de Québec
• May 27 - Montreal, Quebec's Bernie Parent of the Philadelphia Flyers is awarded his Second Conn Smythe Trophy
• November 21 - Ottawa Gee-Gees won their First Vanier Cup by defeating the Calgary Dinos by a score of 14-9 in the 11th Vanier Cup played at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto
• November 23 - Edmonton Eskimos won their Fourth Grey Cup by defeating the Montreal Alouettes 9 to 8 in the 63rd Grey Cup played at McMahon Stadium in Calgary

  Births

January to March

• January 1 - Tammy Homolka, murder victim
• January 22 - Shean Donovan, ice hockey player
• January 25 - Mia Kirshner, actress
• February 2 - Todd Bertuzzi, ice hockey player
• February 7 - Alexandre Daigle, ice hockey player
• February 15 - Serge Aubin, ice hockey player
• February 17 - Todd Harvey, ice hockey player and coach
• February 24 - Ashley MacIsaac, fiddler
• February 25 - Hercules Kyvelos, boxer
• March 17 - Andrew Martin, wrestler

  April to June

• April 4 - Kevin Weekes, ice hockey player
• April 7 - Owen Von Richter, swimmer
• April 22 - Greg Moore, racecar driver
• May 13 - Jamie Allison, ice hockey player
• May 24 - Marc Gagnon, short track speed skater, triple Olympic gold medallist and multiple World Champion
• May 26 - Craig Hutchison, swimmer
• May 27 - Stella Umeh, artistic gymnast
• May 29 - Jason Allison, ice hockey player
• June 9 - Carolyne Lepage, judoka
• June 16 - Graham Ryding, squash player
• June 18 - Martin St. Louis, ice hockey player
• June 27 - Carlton Chambers, sprint athlete and Olympic gold medallist

  July to September

• July 2 - Éric Dazé, ice hockey player
• July 17 - Troy Amos-Ross, boxer
• July 24 - Marnie Baizley, squash player
• August 13 - Marty Turco, ice hockey player
• August 14 - Dustin Hersee, swimmer
• August 15 - Brendan Morrison, ice hockey player
• September 9 - Michael Bublé, singer and actor

  October to December

• October 2 - Michel Trudeau, student
• October 23 - Holly McNarland, musician, singer and songwriter
• November 1 - Éric Perrin, ice hockey player
• November 7 - Mike Mintenko, swimmer
• November 12 - Kiara Bisaro, mountain biker
• November 15 - Yannick Tremblay, ice hockey player
• December 2 - Brett Lindros, ice hockey player
• December 9 - Damhnait Doyle, pop singer
• December 17 - Nick Farrell, boxer
• December 20 - Andrew Hoskins, rower

  Deaths

January to June

• January 25 - Charlotte Whitton, feminist, politician and mayor of Ottawa
• March 18 - Alain Grandbois, poet
• April 11 - Thomas Crerar, politician and Minister
• May 28 - Michael Slobodian, murderer responsible for the Centennial Secondary School shooting
• June 13 - Merrill Denison, playwright

  July to December

• August 27 - Jack Dennett, radio and television announcer
• September - Pat Lowther, poet
• October 27 - St. Pius X High School shooting
• * Kim Rabot, victim
• * Robert Poulin , murderer
• December 4 - Graham Towers, first Governor of the Bank of Canada
• December 12 - Roy Kellock, jurist and Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada