1973 In Canada

Incumbents

• Prime Minister - Pierre Trudeau
• Governor General - Roland Michener

• Premier of Alberta - Peter Lougheed
• Premier of British Columbia - David Barrett
• 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

Events

• January 25 - The Irish Stardust runs aground north of Vancouver Island causing a large oil spill.
• February 1 - Gerald Bouey succeedes Louis Rasminsky as Governor of the Bank of Canada.
• February 5 - Work begins on the contruction of the CN Tower
• February 13 - The Gendron Report is issued, it recommends making French Quebec's only official language
• February 15 - The Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific is establishedin Victoria, British Columbia
• April 2 - Montreal announces Canada's first lottery to help pay for the 1976 Summer Olympics
• April 20 - Anik A-2 is launched
• 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
• December 7 - Canada sells is 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
• John Newlove - The Fat Man: Selected Poems (1962-1972)
• Robert Kroetsch - Gone Indian

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.

Births

• January 11 - Sarah Forbes, field hockey goalkeeper
• February 4 - Manny Legace, hockey goalie
• February 28 - Eric Lindros, ice hockey star
• March 24 - Philippe Boucher, hockey player
• March 31 - Ian Goldberg, cryptographer
• April 23 - Derek Armstrong, hockey player
• May 4 - John Madden, hockey player
• May 4 - Matthew Barnaby, hockey player
• June 8 - Lexa Doig, actor
• July 3 - Adrian Aucoin, hockey player
• July 13 - Gavin Hassett, Olympic rower
• July 19 - Scott Walker, hockey player
• July 22 - Rufus Wainwright, musician
• August 24 - Andrew Brunette, hockey player
• August 29 - Jessica Holmes, actor
• August 31 - Scott Niedermayer, ice hockey player
• October 3 - Neve Campbell, actress
• October 30 - Adam Copeland, professional wrestler
• November 10 - Iain Brambell, Olympic rower
• December 14 - Tomasz Radzinski, soccer player
• December 25 - Alexandre Trudeau, Prime Minister's son

Deaths

• July 18 - Christine Demeter, murder victim
• July 25 - Louis St. Laurent, former Prime Minister
• December - Alfred Fuller, businessman
• Tim Buck, communist

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