Canada-related events during the year of 1974
Events from the year 1974 in Canada .
Provincial governments [ edit ] Lieutenant governors [ edit ] Territorial governments [ edit ] January 1 January 6 – Global Television becomes Canada's third English-language television network when it begins broadcasting in southern Ontario.[ 8] January 7 – Bora Laskin is sworn in as the 14th chief justice of Canada to replace the retiring Gérald Fauteux . In appointing Laskin, Prime Minister Trudeau breaks with tradition by passing over the more senior justice, Ronald Martland .[ 9] January 14 – Jules Léger is sworn in as the 21st governor general of Canada , succeeding the retiring Roland Michener .[ 10] January 15 – The Knight Street Bridge opens, joining Vancouver and Richmond, British Columbia .[ 11] January 17 – Pauline McGibbon of Ontario becomes the first female lieutenant governor of a province. March 13 – A treaty between Canada and Denmark is ratified, establishing the maritime border between Ellesmere Island (Canada) and Greenland (Denmark). Measuring approximately 1,449.4 nautical miles (2,684.3 km; 1,667.9 mi), it is the longest negotiated international continental shelf boundary. However, the boundary line has a gap around Hans Island , with both nations claiming sovereignty.[ 12] [ 13] [ 14] April 3 – A tornado strikes Windsor, Ontario , killing 9 people. The tornado was part of the 1974 Super Outbreak . May 23 – The RCMP accepts applications from women for regular police duties for the first time. The first 32 women formed Troop 17, were sworn in on September 16, 1974, and graduated on March 3, 1975. Beverly Busson , a member of Troop 17, became the first female RCMP commissioner on December 16, 2006.[ 15] [ 16] [ 17] June 29 – Soviet ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov defects in Toronto . July 2 – Ralph Steinhauer becomes the first Aboriginal person to be a lieutenant governor when he is appointed lieutenant governor of Alberta . July 3 – Canada first demands that its territorial waters be extended to 200 nautical miles (370 km; 230 mi). Vote of no-confidence in parliament forces election. July 8 – Federal election : Pierre Trudeau 's Liberals win a majority. July 31 – Bill 22 is passed making French the official language of government and business in Quebec. August 1 – The Elections Act is passed, limiting campaign contributions. August 9 – Nine Canadians are killed when Buffalo 461 is shot down during a peacekeeping mission in Syria . September 1 - CFVO-TV commences Broadcasting but later gains a regional scandal. November 29 – An aircraft is hijacked over Saskatchewan . It is recovered in Saskatoon .[ 18] Arts and literature [ edit ] Robert Ghiz January 14 – Hugues Legault , swimmer January 19 – Diane Cummins , middle-distance runner January 21 – Robert Ghiz , politician and 31st Premier of Prince Edward Island January 23 – Joel Bouchard , ice hockey player January 24 – Kristy Sargeant , pair skater January 25 – Robert Budreau , director, producer, and screenwriter January 29 – Kris Burley , artistic gymnast January 31 – Anna Silk , actress[ 19] February 7 – Steve Nash , basketball player February 21 – Mary Fuzesi , rhythmic gymnast February 22 – David Pelletier , pair skater March 14 – Grace Park , actress March 20 – Kevin Sullivan , runner and coach April 11 – Tricia Helfer , model and actress April 26 – Jacinthe Pineau , swimmer May 9 – Stéphane Yelle , Canadian ice hockey player May 10 – Jon Beare , rower and Olympic bronze medalist May 16 – Yannick Keith Lizé , water polo player and scientist May 18 – Chantal Kreviazuk , singer-songwriter May 18 – Carolyn Russell , squash player June 1 – Alanis Morissette , singer-songwriter, record producer and actress June 6 – Anson Carter , ice hockey player June 9 – Jackie Lance , softball player October to December [ edit ] October 6 – Madonna Gimotea , rhythmic gymnast October 10 – Chris Pronger , ice hockey player October 11 – Jason Arnott , ice hockey player October 16 – Paul Kariya , ice hockey player October 22 – Paul Duerden , volleyball player November 4 – Amy MacFarlane , field hockey player November 10 – Michael Greenspan , filmmaker and writer November 15 – Chad Kroeger singer November 21 – Casey Patton , boxer November 22 – David Pelletier , pair skater November 25 December 7 – Nicole Appleton , singer ^ "Queen Elizabeth II | The Canadian Encyclopedia" . www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca . Retrieved 4 December 2022 . ^ Lentz, Harris M. (4 February 2014). Heads of States and Governments Since 1945 . Routledge. p. 143. ISBN 978-1-134-26490-2 . ^ "History of the RCMP: Former RCMP Commissioners" . Retrieved April 13, 2019 . ^ "The sovereign state of RCMP?" . Maclean's . May 31, 1976. Retrieved April 13, 2019 . ^ "Montreal stocks" . Ottawa Citizen . The Canadian Press . January 2, 1974. p. 8. Archived from the original on April 16, 2019. Retrieved April 16, 2019 . ^ "Canadian Stock Exchange" . TERMIUM Plus - Government of Canada . October 8, 1991. Archived from the original on April 16, 2019. Retrieved April 16, 2019 . ^ "45th Anniversary of Woodsworth College" . University of Toronto: Woodsworth College . Retrieved 30 May 2019 . ^ "Third network: Global stations start schedule" . Ottawa Citizen . The Canadian Press . January 7, 1974. p. 18. Archived from the original on April 16, 2019. Retrieved April 16, 2019 – via Google News Archive Search. ^ "Laskin to media: Pay attention to judgements" . Ottawa Citizen . The Canadian Press . January 8, 1974. p. 16. Archived from the original on April 16, 2019. Retrieved April 16, 2019 – via Google News Archive Search. ^ "Make way for the Governor-General" . Ottawa Citizen . January 15, 1974. p. 1. Archived from the original on April 16, 2019. Retrieved April 16, 2019 – via Google News Archive Search. ^ "The History of Metropolitan Vancouver: 1974 Chronology" . Archived from the original on 2019-04-27. Retrieved 2019-04-11 . ^ "Agreement relating to the delimitation of the continental shelf between Greenland and Canada (with annexes); signed December 17, 1973; United Nations Treaty Series 13550" (PDF) . United Nations . Retrieved April 13, 2019 . ^ "Limits in the Seas No. 72 - Continental Shelf Boundary - Canada--Greenland" (PDF) . United States Department of State . August 4, 1976. Retrieved April 13, 2019 . ^ Frizzell, Sara (May 28, 2018). "Truce? Canada, Greenland, Denmark inch closer to settling decades-old spat over Hans Island" . CBC News . Retrieved April 13, 2019 . ^ "Women graduating from the RCMP Academy since 1975" . Royal Canadian Mounted Police . March 8, 2017. Archived from the original on January 14, 2019. Retrieved April 13, 2019 . ^ "Trials and training: life at Depot for Troop 17" . Royal Canadian Mounted Police . September 22, 2014. Archived from the original on July 14, 2017. Retrieved April 13, 2019 . ^ "Beverley Busson to head RCMP" . Vancouver Sun . Canwest News Service . December 16, 2006. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved April 13, 2019 . ^ Ernst, Ric (November 28, 2014). "Forty years ago Saskatoon got its first — and so far only — hijacked airplane" . National Post . Postmedia Network . Retrieved April 12, 2019 . ^ Rea, Darren (12 August 2011). "Anna Silk (Bo) – Lost Girl" . Sci-fi Online . Retrieved 10 June 2020 .
1974 in North America
Sovereign states Dependencies and other territories