Events
- January 14 - The Eaton's catalogue is discontinued.
- January 28 - The government of Saskatchewan takes over the province's potash industry.
- February 4 - The Supreme Court rules provinces cannot censor movies.
- February 7 - Joe Clark is elected leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada replacing Robert Stanfield.
- March 23 - Norman Bethune Memorial (Montreal) unveiled
- April 1 - The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission is given the power to regulate Canadian television and radio.
- April 15 - Dome Petroleum is given approval to drill for oil in the Beaufort Sea.
- May 2 - Time's Canadian edition is discontinued.
- June 25 - The CN Tower opens to the public in Toronto.
- June 30 - Parliament votes to abolish the death penalty.
- July 17 - Opening Ceremony of the Montreal Summer Olympic
- October 14 - Over a million workers stage a one day strike to protest wage and price controls.
- November 15 - In the Quebec election, René Lévesque's Parti Québécois wins a majority, defeating Robert Bourassa's Parti libéral du Québec.
- November 25 - René Lévesque becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Robert Bourassa.
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