1973 in Canada

Events from the year 1973 in Canada.

Crown

 * Monarch – Elizabeth II

Federal government

 * Governor General – Roland Michener
 * Prime Minister – Pierre Trudeau
 * Chief Justice – Gérald Fauteux (Quebec) (until 23 December) then Bora Laskin (Ontario)
 * Parliament – 29th (from January 4)

Lieutenant governors

 * Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Grant MacEwan
 * Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – John Robert Nicholson (until February 13) then Walter Stewart Owen
 * Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – William John McKeag
 * Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Hédard Robichaud
 * Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland – Ewart John Arlington Harnum
 * Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Victor de Bedia Oland (until October 1) then Clarence Gosse
 * Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – William Ross Macdonald
 * Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – John George MacKay
 * Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Hugues Lapointe
 * Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Stephen Worobetz

Premiers

 * Premier of Alberta – Peter Lougheed
 * Premier of British Columbia – Dave 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

Commissioners

 * Commissioner of Yukon – James Smith
 * Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Stuart Milton Hodgson

Events

 * January 25 - The Irish Stardust runs aground north of Vancouver Island, causing a large oil spill.
 * February 1 - Gerald Bouey succeeds Louis Rasminsky as Governor of the Bank of Canada.
 * February 5 - Work begins on the construction of the CN Tower
 * February 14- Yukon Native Brotherhood tabled "Together today for our Children Tomorrow" marking the start of the Yukon Land Claims process
 * February 13 - The Gendron Report is issued; it recommends making French Quebec's only official language
 * February 15 - The Lester B. Pearson United World College of the Pacific is established in Victoria, British Columbia
 * April 2 - Montreal announces Canada's first lottery to help pay for the 1976 Summer Olympics
 * April 20 - Anik A2 is launched.
 * May 10 - The Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup 4 games to 2 over the Chicago Blackhawks, Yvan Cournoyer is voted MVP.
 * May 23 – The Royal Canadian Mounted Police celebrate their 100th anniversary.
 * July 7 - The Libertarian Party of Canada is founded.
 * August - Pride Week 1973, a national gay rights event, takes place simultaneously in several of Canada's largest metropolitan cities, including Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa and Vancouver.
 * August 20 - The 1973 Artistic Woodwork strike begins. It ends on December 5, 1973.
 * 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
 * November 29 - The Canadian Intergovernmental Conference Secretariat is established.
 * December 7 - Canada sells its first CANDU Reactor to South Korea
 * First Air is founded

New works

 * Farley Mowat - Tundra: Selections from the Great Accounts of Arctic Land Voyages
 * Donald Jack - That's Me in the Middle
 * Robert Kroetsch - Gone Indian
 * Elizabeth Goudie - Woman of Labrador
 * Raymond Fraser - The Black Horse Tavern

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.

Sport

 * March 17 - Toronto Varsity Blues won their Seventh (and Fifth consecutive) University Cup by defeating the Saint Mary's Huskies 3 to 2. The Final game was played at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto
 * May 6 - New England Whalers won the First Avco Cup by defeating the Winnipeg Jets 4 game to 1.
 * May 10 - Montreal Canadiens won their Eighteenth Stanley Cup by defeating the Chicago Black Hawks 4 Games to 2. Drummondville, Quebec's Yvan Cournoyer was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy
 * May 12 - Ontario Hockey Association's Toronto Marlboros won their Sixth Memorial Cup by defeating the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's Quebec Remparts 9-1. All games were played at the Montreal Forum.
 * November 24 - Saint Mary's Huskies won their First Vanier Cup by defeating the McGill Redmen by a score of 14-6 in the 9th Vanier Cup played at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto
 * November 25 - Ottawa Rough Riders won their Eighth Grey Cup by defeating Edmonton Eskimos 22-18 in the 61st Grey Cup played at CNE Stadium in Toronto. Edmonton, Alberta's Garry Lefebvre becomes First Canadian-born Grey Cup Most Valuable Canadian.

January to March

 * January 3 - Robert Baird, swimmer
 * January 4 - Greg de Vries, ice hockey player
 * January 6 - Scott Ferguson, ice hockey player and coach
 * January 8 - Robert Braknis, swimmer
 * January 11 - Sarah Forbes, field hockey player
 * January 13 - Dana Anderson, field hockey player
 * January 16 - Nathalie Giguère, swimmer
 * January 26 - Larissa Lowing, artistic gymnast
 * February 4 - Manny Legacé, ice hockey player
 * February 5 - Marty O'Donnell, boxer
 * February 12 - Tara Strong, actress and businesswoman
 * February 28 - Eric Lindros, ice hockey player
 * March 1 - Ryan Peake, lead guitarist and backing vocalist
 * March 3 - Sean Campbell, field hockey player
 * March 13 - Allison Higson, swimmer
 * March 24 - Philippe Boucher, ice hockey player
 * March 31 - Ian Goldberg, cryptographer and cypherpunk

April to June

 * April 5 - Kristin Topham, swimmer
 * April 11 - Andrea Constand, Bill Cosby accuser
 * April 23 - Derek Armstrong, ice hockey player
 * April 25 - Paige Gordon, diver
 * May 4
 * Matthew Barnaby, ice hockey player
 * John Madden, ice hockey player
 * May 12 - Robert Tinkler, Canadian voice actor and screenwriter
 * May 13 - Mike Beres, badminton player
 * May 14 - Natalie Appleton, singer
 * May 25 - Josée Corbeil, volleyball player
 * June 1 - Jeff Schiebler, long-distance runner
 * June 25 - René Corbet, Canadian ice hockey player

July to September

 * July 3 - Adrian Aucoin, ice hockey player
 * July 3 - Melanie Jans, squash player
 * July 13 - Gavin Hassett, rower and Olympic silver medallist
 * July 19 - Scott Walker, ice hockey player
 * July 22 - Rufus Wainwright, singer-songwriter
 * July 27 - Niki Jenkins, judoka
 * July 27 - David McLellan, swimmer
 * August 24 - Andrew Brunette, ice hockey player
 * August 28 - Kirby Morrow, voice actor (d. 2020)
 * August 29 - Jessica Holmes, comedian and actress
 * August 31 - Scott Niedermayer, ice hockey player
 * September 6 - Greg Rusedski, tennis player
 * September 18 - Paul Brousseau, ice hockey player
 * September 26 – Elaine Lui, television personality, co-host of etalk

October to December

 * October 3 - Neve Campbell, actress
 * October 5 – Annabelle Chvostek, singer-songwriter
 * October 16 – Todd van der Heyden, journalist and news anchor
 * October 18 – Alex Tagliani, racing driver
 * October 23 - Scott Mosher, field hockey player
 * October 30 - Adam Copeland, wrestler
 * November 9 - Alyson Court, actress
 * November 10 - Iain Brambell, rower and Olympic bronze medallist
 * November 12 - Keith Morgan, judoka
 * November 14 - Moka Only, rapper and producer (Swollen Members)
 * November 22 – Cassie Campbell, Canadian ice hockey forward and CBC commentator
 * November 27 - Mike Oliver, field hockey player
 * November 30 - Carla Somerville, field hockey player and coach
 * December 1 - Brian Froud, actor and voice actor
 * December 5 - Shalom Harlow, model and actress
 * December 14
 * Sue Armstrong, field hockey player
 * Tomasz Radzinski, soccer player
 * December 20
 * David Nedohin, curler
 * Cory Stillman, ice hockey player and coach
 * December 22 - Annie Pelletier, diver and Olympic bronze medallist
 * December 25 - Alexandre Trudeau, filmmaker and journalist
 * December 31 - Curtis Myden, swimmer

January to June

 * January 4 - George A. Drew, politician and 14th Premier of Ontario (b.1894)
 * February 5 - Wilbert Ross Aylesworth, politician
 * February 22 - Jean-Jacques Bertrand, politician and 21st Premier of Quebec (b.1916)
 * March 2 - John Percy Page, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Alberta (b. 1887)
 * March 11 - Tim Buck, politician and long-time leader of the Communist Party of Canada (b.1891)
 * May 4 - Leslie Frost, politician and 16th Premier of Ontario (b.1895)
 * May 6 - Ernest MacMillan, conductor and composer (b.1893)
 * June 14 - Henry Herbert Stevens, politician and businessman (b.1878)

July to December

 * July 18 - Christine Demeter, murder victim (b.1940)
 * July 25 - Louis St. Laurent, politician and 12th Prime Minister of Canada (b.1882)
 * July 27 - James Macdonnell, soldier, lawyer and politician (b.1884)
 * December - Alfred Fuller, businessman (b.1885)

Full date unknown

 * William George Bock, politician (b.1884)