1977 in Canada

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See also: 1976 in Canada, other events of 1977, 1978 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.

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

[edit] Incumbents

Elizabeth II reads the Speech from the Throne in the Parliament of Canada during her Jubilee visit to Ottawa. Sitting to her right is Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.

[edit] Events

January 1 - Canada's offshore exclusive economic zone is extended to 200 nautical miles (370 km).
February 6 - René Lévesque is embroiled in scandal after he, while driving in a car with a woman who is not his wife, hits and kills a homeless man .
February 27 - Royal Canadian Mounted Police raid Keith Richards's Toronto hotel suite while he is sleeping and seize 22 grams of heroin, 5 grams of cocaine, and narcotics paraphernalia.
February 28 - Canadian passenger rail services are amalgamated into VIA Rail.
April 7 - The Toronto Blue Jays play their first game, defeating the Chicago White Sox.
May 5 - Willie Adams becomes the first Inuk to enter Parliament when he is appointed to the Senate.
May 9 - The final report of the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry is released.
June - Queen Elizabeth II tours Canada as part of her Jubilee goodwill tour.
June 9 - Ontario election: Bill Davis's PCs win a second consecutive minority.
August - Murder of Emanuel Jaques.
August 26 - The Charter of the French Language is passed by the Parti Québécois.
September 3 to September 5 - All Canadian road signs are metricated.
October 18 - Deliberations of the House of Commons are televised for the first time.
November 21 - Gerald Hannon's controversial article "Men Loving Boys Loving Men" is published in The Body Politic
November 24 - Sterling Lyon becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing Edward Schreyer.
The Eaton Centre opens in Toronto.
Prime Minister Trudeau divorces his wife Margaret Sinclair.
Quebec becomes the first jurisdiction (larger than a city or county) in the world to prohibit discrimination in the public and private sectors based on sexual orientation.