1971 in Canada
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See also: 1970 in Canada, other events of 1971, 1972 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.
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[edit] Incumbents
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Hurricane Beth hit Nova Scotia in August
- Monarch - Queen Elizabeth II
- Governor General - Roland Michener
- Prime Minister - Pierre Trudeau
- Premier of Alberta - Harry Strom then Peter Lougheed
- Premier of British Columbia - W.A.C. Bennett
- Premier of Manitoba - Edward Schreyer
- Premier of New Brunswick - Richard Hatfield
- Premier of Newfoundland - Joey Smallwood
- Premier of Nova Scotia - Gerald Regan
- Premier of Ontario - John Robarts then Bill Davis
- Premier of Prince Edward Island - Alexander B. Campbell
- Premier of Quebec - Robert Bourassa
- Premier of Saskatchewan - Ross Thatcher then Allan Blakeney
[edit] Events
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Justin Trudeau was born on December 25
- March 1 - Bill Davis becomes premier of Ontario, replacing John Robarts
- March 4 - Prime Minister Trudeau weds Margaret Sinclair
- March 31 - FLQ terrorist Paul Rose is sentenced to life in prison
- April 5 - The first CANDU reactor begins operation at Gentilly, Quebec
- April 14 - a riot begins at Kingston Penitentiary. Prisoners seize control and a four-day siege ensues.
- May 4 - A sinkhole destroys much of Saint-Jean-Vianney, Quebec, and kills 31
- May 22 - Ontario Place opens in Toronto
- June 3 The controversial Spadina Expressway project is cancelled
- June 11 - Jack Davis becomes Canada's first Minister of the Environment, heading the new department of Environment Canada
- June 14 - The Victoria Charter proposing constitutional reforms is written by the first ministers. It was later rejected by Robert Bourassa.
- June 23 - Saskatchewan election: Allan Blakeney's NDP wins a majority, defeating Ross Thatcher's Liberals
- June 30 - Allan Blakeney becomes premier of Saskatchewan, replacing Ross Thatcher
- July 29 - The Bluenose II is donated to the province of Nova Scotia
- August 15 - The first Banff Festival of the Arts opens
- August 16 - Hurricane Beth hits Nova Scotia
- August 28 - Canada's first gay rights demonstration, organized by George Hislop, takes place on Parliament Hill
- August 30 - Alberta election: Peter Lougheed's PCs win a majority, defeating Harry Strom's Social Credit Party, which had governed for 36 years
- September 10 - Peter Lougheed becomes premier of Alberta, replacing Harry Strom
- October 4 - Petroleum is found under Sable Island
- October 21 - Ontario election: Bill Davis's PCs win an eighth consecutive majority
- November 1 - The Toronto Sun begins publication
- November 1 - The Body Politic, Canada's first significant gay magazine, publishes its first issue.
- November 2 - Gerhard Herzberg wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- November 12 - Paul Joseph Cini hijacks an Air Canada plane. He is later arrested without incident
- December 1 - A moving Montreal Metro train crashes into a second, parked train, killing one person.
- December 26 - An Air Canada plane is hijacked and flown to Cuba
- Ontario Universities Application Centre founded
- Harold Ballard gains full control of the Toronto Maple Leafs
- The first edition of The Canadian Rockies Trail Guide is published
- Conrad Black and David Radler buy the Sherbrooke Record
- Statistics Canada is formed to replace the Dominion Bureau of Statistics
- An animation studio, Nelvana Limited, is founded by animators Michael Hirsh, Patrick Loubert, and Clive A. Smith in Toronto. [1]
[edit] Arts and literature
- New Works
- Alice Munro - Lives of Girls and Women
- Margaret Atwood - Power Politics
- Milton Acorn - I Shout Love and On Shaving Off His Beard
- Mordecai Richler - St. Urbain's Horseman
- Joan Haggerty - Daughters of the Moon
- Gordon R. Dickson - Tactics of Mistake
- Brian Fawcett - Friends
- Awards
- See 1971 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
- Stephen Leacock Award: Robert Thomas, Allen Wives, Children & Other Wild Life
- Vicky Metcalf Award: Kay Hill
[edit] Births
- January 9 — Sandra Oh, actor
- January 18 — Seamus O'Regan, journalist
- January 27 — Patrice Brisebois, ice hockey player
- March 8 — Bob Boughner, ice hockey player
- March 27 — Nathan Fillion, actor
- April 2 — Conrad Leinemann, beach volleyball player
- April 9 — Jacques Villeneuve, automobile racing driver
- June 16 — Derek R. Audette, artist, poet and musician
- June 17 — Bif Naked, singer
- June 26 — Edward Parenti, swimmer
- July 2 — Evelyn Lau, poet
- July 10 — Adam Foote, ice hockey player
- July 17 — Cory Doctorow, writer and activist
- June 26 — Christine Nordhagen, wrestler
- July 30 — Tom Green, actor
- September — Chris Klein-Beekman, aid worker
- September 6 — Fiona Milne, rower
- November 1 — Glen Murray, ice hockey player
- November 24 — Keith Primeau, ice hockey player
- December 9 — Petr Nedved, ice hockey player
- December 25 — Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister's son
[edit] Deaths
- January 5 — Douglas Shearer, sound designer
- July 10 — Samuel Bronfman, businessman
- July 22 — W. Ross Thatcher, premier of Saskatchewan
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