1974 in Canada

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

Incumbents

Events

January 1 - The Canadian Stock Exchange merges with the Montreal Stock Exchange
January 7 - Bora Laskin sworn in as Chief Justice of Canada
January 14 - Jules Léger is sworn in as Governor General
January 26 - The Global Television network begins broadcasting
May 23 - New Brunswick becomes the first province to be officially bilingual
June 29 - Soviet ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov defects in Toronto

July 2 - Ralph Steinhauer becomes the first Aboriginal person to be a Canadian Lieutenant Governor when he is appointed to that role in Alberta
July 3 - Canada first demands that its territorial waters be extended to 200 nautical miles (370.4 km)
vote of no-confidence in parliament forces election
July 8 - Federal election: Pierre Trudeau's Liberals win a majority
July 31 - Bill 22 is passed making French the official language of government and business in Quebec
August 1 - The Elections Act is passed limiting campaign contributions
August 9 - Nine Canadians are killed when their plane is shot down by Syria
September 17 - The RCMP decides to allow female members for the first time
November 29 - An aircraft is hijacked over Saskatchewan. It is recovered in Saskatoon
Paul Martin made president of Canada Steamship Lines
The Waffle disbands
The report of the Le Dain Commission argues marijuana should be decriminalized
Robert Cliche chairs a Royal Commission investigating corruption in Quebec's construction industry. Brian Mulroney, later to become Prime Minister, first comes to national attention as a panelist on the commission.

Arts and literature

New Works

Bill Bissett - Living with the vishyun
Irving Layton - The Pole-Vaulter
Margaret Atwood - You Are Happy
Alice Munro - Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You
Margaret Laurence - The Diviners

Awards

See 1974 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
Stephen Leacock Award: Donald Jack, That's Me in the Middle
Vicky Metcalf Award: Jean Little

Births

January 14 — Hugues Legault, freestyle swimmer
January 23 — Joel Bouchard, ice hockey player
February 6 — Layne Roland, ice hockey player
February 7 — Steve Nash, NBA player
April 1 — Rob Anders, politician
April 11 — Tricia Helfer, model and actress
April 26 — Jacinthe Pineau, butterfly swimmer
May 9 — Jackie Lance, Olympic softballer
May 10 — Jon Beare, Olympic rower
May 18 — Chantal Kreviazuk, singer
May 21 — Fairuza Balk, actor
June 1 — Alanis Morissette, singer and songwriter
June 6 — Anson Carter, ice hockey player
July 6 — Steve Sullivan, ice hockey player
July 7 — Patrick Lalime, ice hockey goaltender
July 13 — Deborah Cox, singer
August 15 — Natasha Henstridge, actress and model
September 8 — Mara Jones, Olympic rower
September 8 — Becky Price, field hockey forward
September 18 — Nicole Haynes, heptathlete
October 11 — Chris Pronger, ice hockey player
October 11 — Jason Arnott, ice hockey player
October 16 — Paul Kariya, ice hockey player
October 22 — Paul Duerden, volleyball player
November 4 — Amy MacFarlane, field hockey forward
November 21 — Casey Patton, Olympic boxer
November 25 — David Cadieux, boxer

Deaths

January 12- Her Royal Highness Princess Patricia of Connaught, the daughter of former Governor General of Canada, His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught
February 21 - Tim Horton, NHL player, Hockey Hall of Famer, founder of Tim Hortons doughnut shops
April 5 - A. Y. Jackson, painter, one of the Group of Seven

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