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 Lieutenant Governor of 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
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