1982 in Canada

July to December

• July 15 – Anik 1, Canada's first communications satellite, is retired after ten years' service.
• July 26 – Karen Baldwin is crowned Miss Universe in Lima, Peru, becoming the first Canadian to win this award.
• August 16 – Communications satellite Anik D launched.
• August 23 – Turkish military attaché to Canada, Colonel Atilla Altıkat, is assassinated by Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide 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.

Full date unknown

• The year sees a severe recession in the economy.
• 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.

Arts and literature

New books

• Dig up My Heart: Milton Acorn

Awards

• See 1982 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
• Books in Canada First Novel Award: Joy Kogawa, Obasan
• Gerald Lampert Award: Abraham Boyarsky, Schielber and Edna Alford, A Sleep Full of Dreams
• Pat Lowther Award: Rona Murray, Journey
• Stephen Leacock Award: Mervyn J. Huston, Gophers Don't Pay Taxes Tree
• Vicky Metcalf Award: Janet Lunn

Film

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Dance

• Arnold Spohr wins the Dancemagazine Award

Sports

• March 14 – The Moncton Aigles Bleus win their second (consecutive) University Cup be defeating the Saskatchewan Huskies 3 to 2. The final game was played in the Moncton Coliseum in Moncton, New Brunswick
• May 9 – Gilles Villeneuve is killed at the Belgian Grand Prix.
• May 15 – The Kitchener Rangers win their first Memorial Cup by defeating the Sherbrooke Castors 7 to 4. The final game was played at Robert Guertin Arena in Hull, Quebec
• May 16 – The New York Islanders win their third (consecutive) Stanley Cup by defeating the Vancouver Canucks 4 games to 0. The deciding Game 4 was played at Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver. Montreal's Mike Bossy was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy
• November 20 – The UBC Thunderbirds win their first Vanier Cup by defeating the Western Ontario Mustangs by a score of 39–14 in the 18th Vanier Cup played at Varsity Stadium in Toronto
• November 28 – The Edmonton Eskimos win their ninth (fifth consecutive) Grey Cup by defeating the Toronto Argonauts in the 70th Grey Cup played at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto

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

• July – Gregory Despres, murderer
• Ryan Riordon, politician

Deaths

January to June

• January 5 – Elizabeth Bagshaw, doctor (b.1881)
• March 28 – William Giauque, chemist and Nobel laureate (b.1895)

• May 8 – Gilles Villeneuve, motor racing driver (b.1950).
• June 10 – Elizabeth Goudie, writer (b.1902).
• June 28 – Igor Gouzenko, Russian defector (b.1919)

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)
• 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

• 1982 in Canadian television
• List of Canadian films of 1982

References