Sport
- May 19 - The NHL's Edmonton Oilers win the Stanley Cup defeating the New York Islanders 5–2 at Edmonton and ending the Islanders dynasty. The first in Oilers club history and of a new dynasty.
- August 12 - At the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles Canada has its best performance ever, mostly due to the boycott of the games by the Eastern Bloc countries.
- Grey Cup - Winnipeg Blue Bombers win 47–17 over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats
- Vanier Cup - Guelph Gryphons win 22–13 over the Mount Allison Mounties
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—Northern Irish Tourist Board. quoted in New Statesman (London, Aug. 29, 1969)
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