1973 in Canada

Table of contents

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

Incumbents

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 perfomring abortions
December 7 - Canada sells is first CANDU Reactor to South Korea
First Air is founded

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

Television