1978 in Canada

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1 Incumbents

Incumbents

January 24 - Cosmos 954 a Soviet satellite breaks up over northern Canada.
June 26 - Air Canada DC-9 overruns runway in Toronto, 2 people die.
August 4 - 41 are killed when a bus plunges into a lake near Eastman, Quebec.
September 18 - Bennett Campbell becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Alexander B. Campbell
October 5 - John MacLennan Buchanan becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing Gerald Regan
October 16 - Fifteen federal by-elections are held across the country. The Liberals lose five seats in a major defeat of the Liberal government.
October 18 - Saskatchewan election: Allan Blakeney's NDP win a third consecutive majority
Supreme Court of Canada declares unilingual legislatures and courts unconstitutional
Chris Pearson becomes government leader of Yukon as responsible government is instituted
Under the new immigration act homosexuals are no longer an inadmissible class
VIA Rail is established
The Commonwealth Games are held in Edmonton, Alberta
Despite accusations of marital infidelity, Colin Thatcher, who would later become famous for his involvement in the murder of his ex-wife, is re-elected to the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly.

New Works

Awards

Alice Munro's Who Do You Think You Are? is nominated for the Booker Prize
See 1979 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
Stephen Leacock Award: Ernest Buckler, Whirligig
Vicky Metcalf Award: Lyn Cook