1970 in Canada

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See also: 1969 in Canada, other events of 1970, 1971 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.

1 Incumbents
2 Events
3 Arts and Literature
4 Births
5 Deaths

Incumbents

Events

January 1 - The towns Fort William and Port Arthur are merged to create Thunder Bay, Ontario
January 16 - The federal government announces plans to convert the nation to the metric system
February 2 - Canada becomes an official observer at the Organization of American States
February 5 - An oil tanker runs aground in Chedabucto Bay, Nova Scotia causing a major oil spill
February 16 - Police recover the Grey Cup after it was stolen the previous December
February 17 - The use of phosphates in laundry detergent is banned
March 2 - Keith Spicer is appointed as the first Official Languages Commissioner
March 7 - A total solar eclipse affects the Maritimes
The first Artic Winter Games commence in Yellowknife
March 20 - The Francophonie is established with Canada as a founding member
April 5 - Bobby Orr becomes the first NHL defensemean to win the scoring title
May 2 - Montreal is awarded the 1976 Summer Olympics
May 12 - Robert Bourassa becomes Premier of Quebec after his Liberals defeat the Union Nationale party
May 22 - The Vancouver Canucks join the NHL
May 22 - The CRTC issues the first Canadian content rules for television and radio
May 29 - The Hudson's Bay Company moves its headquarters from London to Winnipeg, Manitoba
June 23 - The first Juno Awards for Canadian music are held
June 26 - The federal voting age is lowered from 21 to 18
July 5 - 109 people are killed in the crash of an Air Canada DC-8
August 2 - Three Canadians are killed when a ferry collides with a Soviet freighter off British Columbia
August 17 - Arthur Erickson is awarded at Expo '70 for his design of the Canadian pavilion
August 20 - A tornado with winds up to 160 kilometres per hour hits Sudbury, Ontario. It was one of the worst torandos in Canadian history killing 6 people, injuring 200 and causing $17 million dollars in property damage. All in under five minutes.
October 5 - October Crisis: British Trade Commissioner James Cross is kidnaped by the FLQ
October 10 - October Crisis: Quebec Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte is kidnapped by the FLQ
October 16 - October Crisis: Pierre Trudeau introduces the War Measures Act to deal with the FLQ threat
October 17 - October Crisis: The body of Pierre Laporte is found in the trunk of a car
October 28 - Gerald Regan becomes Premier of Nova Scotia after his Liberals defeat George Smith's Conservatives
November 6 - Police raid the hiding place of the FLQ's Chenier cell, arresting Bernard Lortie for the kidnapping and murder of Pierre Laporte.
November 12 - Richard Hatfield becomes Premier of New Brunswick after his Conservatives defeat Louis Robichaud's Liberals
December 3 - October Crisis: James Cross is released unharmed by the FLQ
December 28 - October Crisis: The FLQ kidnappers of Pierre Laporte are caught
The Royal Commission on the Status of Women reports to Parliament
TV Ontario begins broadcasting
INCO builds the world's tallest smokestack at Copper Cliff, Ontario
The Pierre Laporte Bridge opens in Quebec City, at the time it is Canada's longest bridge
The Don't Make a Wave Committee, the predecessor organization to Greenpeace, is founded in Vancouver
The first ACTRA Awards are held