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Canada-related events during the year of 1979
Events from the year 1979 in Canada.
Incumbents
Crown
Federal government
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
Premiers
Territorial governments
Commissioners
Premiers
Events
January to June
July to December
Full date unknown
Arts and literature
New works
Awards
Television
Sport
Births
January to June
- January 2 -
Jagmeet Singh, Canadian politician, leader of the New Democratic Party
- January 8 -
Sarah Polley, actress, singer, film director and screenwriter
- January 9 -
Jenny Johnson, field hockey player
- January 14 -
Nick Boynton, ice hockey player
- January 24 -
Tom Kostopoulos, ice hockey player
- February 1 –
Rachelle Lefevre, actress
- February 8 -
Adam Trupish, boxer
- February 11 -
Eric Cyr, baseball player
- February 15 -
Ohenewa Akuffo, freestyle wrestler
- February 21 -
Andre Noble, actor (d.
2004)
- February 22
- February 23 –
Maryke Hendrikse, voice actress
- March 5 -
Érik Bédard, pitcher
- March 7 -
Stephanie Anne Mills, voice actress
- March 15 -
Azelia Liu, field hockey player
- April 2 -
Lindy Booth, actress
- April 4 -
Roberto Luongo, ice hockey player
- April 11 -
Sebastien Grainger, ice hockey player
- April 17 -
Eric Brewer, ice hockey player
- May 2 -
Jason Chimera, ice hockey player
- May 6 -
Jon Montgomery, Canadian former skeleton racer and television personality; host of
The Amazing Race Canada
- May 9 -
Pierre Bouvier, singer
- May 10 - Dion Lavhey,
Montreal Canadiens player
- May 11 -
Erin Lang, singer-songwriter and guitarist
- May 12 -
Adrian Serioux, soccer player
- May 20 -
Andrew Scheer, politician
- June 1 -
Craig Olejnik, actor
- June 3 -
Pierre Poilievre, politician
- June 5 -
Pete Wentz, musician
- June 8 -
Pete Orr, baseball player
- June 18 -
Chris Neil, ice hockey player
- June 24 -
Fanny Létourneau, synchronized swimmer
- June 26 -
Julia Benson, voice actress
- June 27 -
Rebecca Jane Middleton, murder victim (d.
1996)
- June 30 -
Christopher Jacot, film, television and voice actor
July to December
- July 2 -
Joe Thornton, ice hockey player
- July 4 -
Mark Twitchell, filmmaker and murderer
- July 7 -
Shane Yellowbird, musician (d.
2022)
- July 13 -
Holly Gauthier-Frankel, actress, voice director
- July 16 -
Nathan Rogers, singer-songwriter
- August 3 -
Evangeline Lilly, actress
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- August 9 -
Erin Chan, synchronized swimmer
- August 11 -
Drew Nelson, actor and voice actor
- August 12 -
Cindy Klassen, speed skater
- August 22 -
Jennifer Finnigan, actress
- August 31 -
Mark Johnston, swimmer
- September 5 -
Stacey Dales, basketball player and sportscaster
- September 15
- September 17 -
Chuck Comeau, drummer
- September 21 -
Nathaniel Miller, water polo player
- October 7
- October 13 -
Ryan Malcolm, singer (
Low Level Flight) and winner of
Canadian Idol
- November 14 -
Randee Hermus, soccer player
- November 21 -
Alex Tanguay, ice hockey player
- November 28 -
Jamie Korab, curler
- November 30 -
Diego Klattenhoff, Actor
- December 3 -
Rainbow Sun Francks, actor and singer
- December 6 -
Maxime Collin, child actor
- December 7 -
Eric Bauza, comedian and voice actor
- December 10 -
Andrea Rushton, field hockey player
- December 15 -
Eric Young, professional wrestler
- December 27 -
Pascale Dorcelus, weightlifter
[4]
- December 28 -
Bree Williamson, actress
Deaths
- February 23 -
W. A. C. Bennett, Premier of
British Columbia (b.
1900)
- March 26 -
Lionel Bertrand, politician, journalist and newspaper editor (b.
1906)
- May 9 -
Cyrus S. Eaton, investment banker, businessman and philanthropist (b.
1883)
- May 15 -
Dora Mavor Moore, actor, teacher and director (b.
1888)
- May 29 -
Mary Pickford, actress and studio co-founder (b.
1892)
- July 11 -
Claude Wagner, judge and politician (b.
1925)
- August 16 -
John Diefenbaker, politician and 13th
Prime Minister of Canada (b.
1895)
- September 28 -
John Herbert Chapman, scientist and space researcher (b.
1921)
- November 24 -
John Robert Cartwright, jurist and
Chief Justice of Canada (b.
1895)
- December 19 -
Donald Creighton, historian (b.
1902)
See also
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