1982 in Canada explained
Events from the year 1982 in Canada.
Incumbents
See main article: 1982 Canadian incumbents.
Crown
Federal government
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
Premiers
Territorial governments
Commissioners
Premiers
Events
January to June
- 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 15 – 84 are killed when the Ocean Ranger oil platform capsizes.
- March 4 – Bertha Wilson is appointed Canada's first female Supreme Court justice.
- March 8 – The Canada Act is passed by the British House of Commons.
- April 14 – 1982 Northwest Territories division plebiscite
- April 17 – In an outdoor ceremony in Ottawa, Queen Elizabeth II signs a royal proclamation that completes patriation of the constitution, and the Constitution Act, 1982, including the 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 5 – Peru requests Canadian intervention in the ongoing Falklands War.[3]
- May 8 – Grant Devine becomes Premier of Saskatchewan after defeating Allan Blakeney's NDP.
- May 23 – André Besette beatified by the Pope.
- June 12 – The first drawing of Lotto 6/49 occurs with a jackpot of . Winning numbers are 03, 11, 12, 14, 41, 43, bonus 13.
- June 28 – Access to Information Act passed.[4]
July to December
Full date unknown
Arts and literature
New books
Awards
Joy Kogawa, Obasan
Abraham Boyarsky, Schielber and Edna Alford, A Sleep Full of Dreams
Rona Murray, Journey
Mervyn J. Huston, Gophers Don't Pay Taxes Tree
Janet Lunn
Film
Dance
Sports
Births
- January 5 – Tiiu Nurmberg, skier
- January 12 – Shawn Desman, pop musician
- January 31 – Jay Malinowski musician
- March 10 – Kathleen Stoody, swimmer
- March 18 – Matthew Lombardi, ice hockey player
- March 30 – A-Trak, DJ and turntablist
- April 3 – Cobie Smulders, actress and model
- April 9 – Jay Baruchel, actor and comedian
- April 14 – Lise Leveille, gymnast
- April 15 – Seth Rogen, actor, comedian, and filmmaker
- April 16 – Aaron Feltham, water polo player
- April 24 – Shayna Nackoney, synchronized swimmer
- May 6 – Kyle Shewfelt, gymnast
- May 10 – Adam Sioui, swimmer
- May 11 – Cory Monteith, actor (d. 2013)
- May 12 – Rhian Wilkinson, soccer player
- May 16 – Melissa Altro, actress
- May 23 – Linda Consolante, soccer player
- May 27 – Natalya Neidhart, pro wrestler
- June 9 – Rachel Schill, softball player
- June 16 – Kathy Tremblay, triathlete
- June 23 – Derek Boogaard, hockey player (d. 2011)
- June 24 – Jarret Stoll, ice hockey player
- July 6 – Kelly Stefanyshyn, swimmer
- July 8 – Ariel Helwani, combat sports commentator
- July 9 – Viola Yanik, wrestler
- July 17 – Jessi Cruickshank, television host
- August 20 – Meghan Ory, actress
- August 21 – Omar Sachedina, journalist and news anchor
- September 1 – Jeffrey Buttle, figure skater, Olympic bronze medallist and World Champion
- September 2 – Kelly Haxton, soccer player
- September 21 – Cindy Eadie, softball player
- September 23 – Shyla Stylez, porn actress (d. 2017)
- October 29 – Chelan Simmons, actress
- October 31 – Justin Chatwin, actor
- November 26 – Alison Braden, water polo player
- November 29 – Elizabeth Collins, swimmer
- December 22 – Brooke Nevin, actress
- December 29 – Brian Hill, Paralympic swimmer
- December 30 – Kristin Kreuk, actress
Full date unknown
Deaths
January to June
July to December
- July 25 – Hal Foster, cartoonist (b.1892)
- October 4 – Glenn Gould, pianist (b.1932)
- October 16 – Hugh John Flemming, politician and 24th Premier of New Brunswick (b.1899)
- October 16 – Hans Selye, endocrinologist (b.1907)
- October 18 – John Robarts, lawyer, politician and 17th Premier of Ontario (b.1917)
- November 2 – J. Dewey Soper, Arctic explorer, zoologist, ornithologist and author (b.1893)
- November 19 – Erving Goffman, sociologist and writer (b.1922)
- November 29 – Percy Williams, athlete and double Olympic gold medallist (b.1908)
- December 2 – Honore Brenot, professional ice hockey player (b. 1899)[5]
- December 7 – Harry Jerome, track and field runner (b.1940)
- December 19 – George Isaac Smith, lawyer, politician and Premier of Nova Scotia (b.1909)
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Queen Elizabeth II The Canadian Encyclopedia . www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca . 4 December 2022.
- Book: Lentz . Harris M. . Heads of States and Governments Since 1945 . 4 February 2014 . Routledge . 978-1-134-26490-2 . 144 . en.
- Web site: Peru requests Canadian backing for Falklands peace effort. CBC News. 1982-05-06. 2011-01-27.
- Web site: Access to Information Act.
- http://losthockey.com/__a/members/deaths_by_year.cfm?year=1982&month=12 Hockey deaths - December 1982