Sport
- March 15 - In an international women's field hockey match at Wembley Stadium (England) Canada beats England 3 – 1.
- May 24 - In Calgary, the Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup against the Calgary Flames.
- The Canadian Amateur Football Association is renamed Football Canada.
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