1982 in Canada

Events from the year 1982 in Canada.

Crown

 * Monarch – Elizabeth II

Federal government

 * Governor General – Edward Schreyer
 * Prime Minister – Pierre Trudeau
 * Chief Justice – Bora Laskin (Ontario)
 * Parliament – 32nd

Lieutenant governors

 * Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Francis Charles Lynch-Staunton
 * Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Henry Pybus Bell-Irving
 * Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Pearl McGonigal
 * Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – George Stanley
 * Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland – William Anthony Paddon
 * Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – John Elvin Shaffner
 * Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – John Black Aird
 * Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Joseph Aubin Doiron
 * Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Jean-Pierre Côté
 * Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Irwin McIntosh

Premiers

 * Premier of Alberta – Peter Lougheed
 * Premier of British Columbia – Bill Bennett
 * Premier of Manitoba – Howard Pawley
 * Premier of New Brunswick – Richard Hatfield
 * Premier of Newfoundland – Brian Peckford
 * Premier of Nova Scotia – John Buchanan
 * Premier of Ontario – Bill Davis
 * Premier of Prince Edward Island – James Lee
 * Premier of Quebec – René Lévesque
 * Premier of Saskatchewan – Allan Blakeney (Until May 8) then Grant Devine

Commissioners

 * Commissioner of Yukon – Douglas Bell
 * Commissioner of Northwest Territories – John Havelock Parker

Premiers

 * Premier of the Northwest Territories – George Braden
 * Premier of Yukon – Chris Pearson

January to June

 * January 11 – CBC's The National moves to 10 p.m. and The Journal debuts at 10:22 p.m.
 * January 15 – Striking Quebec transit workers are forced back to work.
 * February – First reported cases of AIDS in Canada.
 * February 15 – 84 are killed when the Ocean Ranger oil platform capsizes.
 * March 4 – Bertha Wilson is appointed Canada's first female Supreme Court justice.
 * March 8 – The Canada Act is passed by the British House of Commons.
 * April 14 – 1982 Northwest Territories division plebiscite
 * April 17 – In an outdoor ceremony in Ottawa, Queen Elizabeth II signs a royal proclamation that completes patriation of the constitution, and the Constitution Act, 1982, including the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, comes into effect.
 * April 26 – Saskatchewan election: Grant Devine's PCs win a landslide majority, defeating Allan Blakeney's NDP.
 * May 5 – Peru requests Canadian intervention in the ongoing Falklands War.
 * May 8 – Grant Devine becomes Premier of Saskatchewan after defeating Allan Blakeney's NDP.
 * May 23 – André Besette beatified by the Pope.
 * June 12 – The first drawing of Lotto 6/49 occurs with a jackpot of CA$500000 1982. Winning numbers are 03, 11, 12, 14, 41, 43, bonus 13.
 * June 28 – Access to Information Act passed.

July to December

 * July 15 – Anik 1, Canada's first communications satellite, is retired after ten years' service.
 * July 26 – Karen Baldwin is crowned Miss Universe in Lima, Peru, becoming the first Canadian to win this award.
 * August 16 – Communications satellite Anik D launched.
 * August 23 – Turkish military attaché to Canada, Colonel Atilla Altıkat, is assassinated by Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide in Ottawa.
 * October 5 – Laurie Skreslet becomes the first Canadian to climb Mount Everest.
 * October 27 – Dominion Day renamed Canada Day.
 * October 31 – Marguerite Bourgeoys becomes Canada's first female saint.
 * November 2 – Alberta election: Peter Lougheed's PCs win a fourth consecutive majority.
 * December 10 – Canada's 200 nautical mile (370 km) limit is officially recognized.

Full date unknown

 * The year sees a severe recession in the economy.
 * In a case concerning the development of the Hibernia Oil Field the Supreme Court rules that the continental shelf falls under federal jurisdiction.
 * Ed Mirvish purchases London's Old Vic theatre.
 * Colin Thatcher is elected to his third term in the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly, where he is appointed Minister of Energy and Mines.

New books

 * Dig up My Heart: Milton Acorn

Awards

 * See 1982 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
 * Books in Canada First Novel Award: Joy Kogawa, Obasan
 * Gerald Lampert Award: Abraham Boyarsky, Schielber and Edna Alford, A Sleep Full of Dreams
 * Pat Lowther Award: Rona Murray, Journey
 * Stephen Leacock Award: Mervyn J. Huston, Gophers Don't Pay Taxes Tree
 * Vicky Metcalf Award: Janet Lunn

Film

 *  'E'  released

Dance

 * Arnold Spohr wins the Dancemagazine Award

Sports

 * March 14 – The Moncton Aigles Bleus win their second (consecutive) University Cup be defeating the Saskatchewan Huskies 3 to 2. The final game was played in the Moncton Coliseum in Moncton, New Brunswick
 * May 9 – Gilles Villeneuve is killed at the Belgian Grand Prix.
 * May 15 – The Kitchener Rangers win their first Memorial Cup by defeating the Sherbrooke Castors 7 to 4. The final game was played at Robert Guertin Arena in Hull, Quebec
 * May 16 – The New York Islanders win their third (consecutive) Stanley Cup by defeating the Vancouver Canucks 4 games to 0. The deciding Game 4 was played at Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver. Montreal's Mike Bossy was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy
 * November 20 – The UBC Thunderbirds win their first Vanier Cup by defeating the Western Ontario Mustangs by a score of 39–14 in the 18th Vanier Cup played at Varsity Stadium in Toronto
 * November 28 – The Edmonton Eskimos win their ninth (fifth consecutive) Grey Cup by defeating the Toronto Argonauts in the 70th Grey Cup played at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto

Births

 * January 5 – Tiiu Nurmberg, skier
 * January 12 – Shawn Desman, pop musician
 * January 31 – Jay Malinowski musician
 * March 10 – Kathleen Stoody, swimmer
 * March 18 – Matthew Lombardi, ice hockey player
 * March 30 – A-Trak, DJ and turntablist
 * April 3 – Cobie Smulders, actress and model
 * April 9 – Jay Baruchel, actor and comedian
 * April 14 – Lise Leveille, gymnast
 * April 15 – Seth Rogen, actor, comedian, and filmmaker
 * April 16 – Aaron Feltham, water polo player
 * April 24 – Shayna Nackoney, synchronized swimmer
 * May 6 – Kyle Shewfelt, gymnast
 * May 10 – Adam Sioui, swimmer
 * May 11 – Cory Monteith, actor (d. 2013)
 * May 12 – Rhian Wilkinson, soccer player
 * May 16 – Melissa Altro, actress
 * May 23 – Linda Consolante, soccer player
 * May 27 – Natalya Neidhart, pro wrestler
 * June 9 – Rachel Schill, softball player
 * June 16 – Kathy Tremblay, triathlete
 * June 23 – Derek Boogaard, hockey player (d. 2011)
 * June 24 – Jarret Stoll, ice hockey player
 * July 6 – Kelly Stefanyshyn, swimmer
 * July 8 – Ariel Helwani, combat sports commentator
 * July 9 – Viola Yanik, wrestler
 * July 17 – Jessi Cruickshank, television host
 * August 20 – Meghan Ory, actress
 * August 21 – Omar Sachedina, journalist and news anchor
 * September 1 – Jeffrey Buttle, figure skater, Olympic bronze medallist and World Champion
 * September 2 – Kelly Haxton, soccer player
 * September 21 – Cindy Eadie, softball player
 * September 23 – Shyla Stylez, porn actress (d. 2017)
 * October 29 – Chelan Simmons, actress
 * October 31 – Justin Chatwin, actor
 * November 26 – Alison Braden, water polo player
 * November 29 – Elizabeth Collins, swimmer
 * December 22 – Brooke Nevin, actress
 * December 29 – Brian Hill, Paralympic swimmer
 * December 30 – Kristin Kreuk, actress

Full date unknown

 * July – Gregory Despres, murderer
 * Ryan Riordon, politician

January to June

 * January 5 – Elizabeth Bagshaw, doctor (b.1881)
 * March 28 – William Giauque, chemist and Nobel laureate (b.1895)


 * May 8 – Gilles Villeneuve, motor racing driver (b.1950).
 * June 10 – Elizabeth Goudie, writer (b.1902).
 * June 28 – Igor Gouzenko, Russian defector (b.1919)

July to December

 * July 25 – Hal Foster, cartoonist (b.1892)
 * October 4 – Glenn Gould, pianist (b.1932)
 * October 16 – Hugh John Flemming, politician and 24th Premier of New Brunswick (b.1899)
 * October 16 – Hans Selye, endocrinologist (b.1907)
 * October 18 – John Robarts, lawyer, politician and 17th Premier of Ontario (b.1917)
 * November 2 – J. Dewey Soper, Arctic explorer, zoologist, ornithologist and author (b.1893)
 * November 19 – Erving Goffman, sociologist and writer (b.1922)
 * November 29 – Percy Williams, athlete and double Olympic gold medallist (b.1908)
 * December 2 – Honore Brenot, professional ice hockey player (b. 1899)
 * December 7 – Harry Jerome, track and field runner (b.1940)
 * December 19 – George Isaac Smith, lawyer, politician and Premier of Nova Scotia (b.1909)