Wikipedia: 1983 in Canada

1983 in Canada
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See also: 1982 in Canada, other events of 1983, 1984 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.

Incumbents

January 21 - JoAnn Thatcher, wife of Saskatchewan MLA Colin Thatcher, is murdered in her Regina home. Colin would later be convicted of the crime.
February 1 - Pay television begins operating in Canada.
February 15 - the Tamarack Review ceases publication
March 4 - Bertha Wilson is appointed Canada's first female Supreme Court justice
March 5 - Steve Podborski wins Gold at the World Cup of Skiing
April 17 - Queen Elizabeth II signs Canada's newly repatriated constitution in Ottawa
June 9 - Bill 101, protecting the French language in Quebec is ruled unconstitutional
June 11 - Brian Mulroney replaces Joe Clark as leader of Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
June 19 BC Place in Vancouver opens
July 23 - Gimli Glider: Air Canada flight 143 crash-lands in Gimli, Manitoba.
October 1 - North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization is established
October 26 - Dominion Day renamed Canada Day
November 17 - The Western Grain Transportation Act is passed
December 23 - Jeanne Sauvé is appointed Canada's first female Governor General
Canada agrees to allow testing of American cruise missiles in the west
Grey Cup - Toronto Argonauts won 18-17 over the British Columbia Lions
Vanier Cup - Calgary Dinos won 31-21 over the Queen's Golden Gaels
The Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station, the first Nuclear power plant in the Maritimes

Awards

See 1983 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
Books in Canada First Novel Award: W.P. Kinsella, Shoeless Joe
Gerald Lampert Award: Diana Hartog, Matinee Light
Pat Lowther Award: Rhea Tregebov, Remembering History
Stephen Leacock Award: Morley Torgov, The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick
Vicky Metcalf Award: Claire Mackay

Film