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 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
- October 17 - OPEC dramatically raises the price of oil. This is a boom 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
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