1968 in Canada
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See also: 1967 in Canada, other events of 1968, 1969 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.
[edit] Incumbents
Monarch - Queen Elizabeth II Governor General - Roland Michener Prime Minister - Lester B. Pearson then Pierre Trudeau Premier of Alberta - Ernest Manning then Harry Strom Premier of British Columbia - W.A.C. Bennett Premier of Manitoba - Walter Weir Premier of New Brunswick - Louis Robichaud Premier of Newfoundland - Joey Smallwood Premier of Nova Scotia - George Smith Premier of Ontario - John Robarts Premier of Prince Edward Island - Alexander B. Campbell Premier of Quebec - Daniel Johnson, Sr. then Jean-Jacques Bertrand Premier of Saskatchewan - W. Ross Thatcher
[edit] Events
February 1 - The three branches of the Canadian Forces are merged into one April 1 - The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) is formed April 6 - Pierre Trudeau wins 1968 Liberal Party leadership convention April 20 - Pierre Trudeau becomes prime minister, replacing Lester Pearson May 14 - The grand opening of the Toronto-Dominion Centre is held May 27 - Montreal is awarded a Major League Baseball franchise that would eventually be the Montreal Expos June 24 - Separatists riot in Montreal on St-Jean-Baptiste Day June 25 - Federal election: Pierre Trudeau's Liberals win a majority July 1 - The laws creating Canada's Medicare system come into effect July 18 - August 9 - Canada Post workers represented by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers go on strike August 20 - Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia to end the "Prague Spring" of political liberalization. Thousands of refugees flee to Canada. August 28 - Michel Tremblay's Les Belles-Sœurs premiers in Montreal September 26 - Daniel Johnson, Sr, Premier of Quebec, dies in office October 2 - Jean-Jacques Bertrand becomes premier of Quebec October 15 - The Mouvement Souveraineté-Association merges with the Ralliement National to create the Parti Québécois, René Lévesque is selected as the party's first leader December 12 - Harry Strom becomes premier of Alberta, replacing Ernest Manning December 18 - Henry Moore donates hundreds of works to the Art Gallery of Ontario December 31 - Quebec's Legislative Assembly is renamed the National Assembly IMAX technique invented Canada's new Divorce Act introduces no fault divorce The Rochdale College experiment begins in Toronto
[edit] Arts and literature
- New works
Alice Munro - Dance of the Happy Shades Michel Tremblay - Les Belles-SÅ“urs Mordecai Richler - Hunting Tigers Under Glass Margaret Atwood - The Animals in That Country Robert Fulford - This Was Expo John Newlove - Black Night Window Kildare Dobbs - Reading the Time Mordecai Richler - Cocksure Robert Kroetsch - Alberta Marian Engel - No Clouds of Glory Gordon R. Dickson - Soldier, Ask Not Farley Mowat - This Rock Within the Sea: A Heritage Lost Harold Cardinal - The Unjust Society
- Awards
David Suzuki wins UNESCO's Kalinga Prize for science writing See 1968 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards. Stephen Leacock Award: Max Ferguson, And Now...Here's Max Vicky Metcalf Award: Lorraine McLaughlin
[edit] Births
January 5 — Joe Juneau, ice hockey player January 7 — Tara Croxford, field hockey player January 13 — Pat Onstad, soccer player January 14 — Michael Meldrum, medley swimmer January 28 — Sarah McLachlan, musician February 1 — Mark Recchi, hockey player February 7 — Mark Tewksbury, breaststroke swimmer February 9 — Joel Brough, field hockey player February 22 — Shawn Graham, actor February 27 — Matt Stairs, baseball player March 30 — Céline Dion, singer April 18 — David Hewlett, actor May 5 — Jane Kerr, butterfly and freestyle swimmer May 20 — William Irwin, boxer May 30 — Jason Kenney, politician June 10 — Susan Haskell, actor June 16 — Lyne Poirier, judoka June 27 — Pascale Bussières, actor June 29 — Theoren Fleury, ice hockey player July 11 — Michael Cram, actor July 22 — Harry Taylor, freestyle swimmer August 20 — Jody Holden, beach volleyball player September 20 — Leah Pinsent, actor September 23 — Donna McGinnis, medley and butterfly swimmer October 2 — Sandy Goss, Canadian swimmer October 2 — Glen Wesley, ice hockey player October 26 — Tom Cavanagh, actor November 1 — Andrea Nugent, butterfly and freestyle swimmer November 25 — Jill Hennessy, actor December 2 — Darren Ward, freestyle swimmer December 3 — Brendan Fraser, actor December 17 — Paul Tracy, racing car driver Evan Solomon
[edit] Deaths
January 31 - George Arthur Brethen, politician September 26 - Daniel Johnson, Sr., Premier of Quebec
