1981 in Canada
List of Canadian events in 1981
Events from the year 1981 in Canada .
Incumbents
Crown
Federal government
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
Premiers
Territorial governments
Commissioners
Premiers
Events
Full date unknown
Arts and literature
New works
Awards
Film
Sport
Births
January 7 – Alex Auld , ice hockey player
January 8 – Jeff Francis , baseball pitcher
January 11 – Jonathan Mandick , rower
January 15 – Dylan Armstrong , shot putter
January 16 – Nic Youngblud , water polo player
January 17 – Julien Cousineau , alpine skier
January 20 – Owen Hargreaves , soccer player
January 21 – Dany Heatley , ice hockey player
February 13 – Kristina Kiss , soccer player
February 19 – Shawn Spears , pro wrestler
February 24 – Adam Kunkel , hurdler
March 14 – Isabelle Pearson , judoka
March 28 – Dan Petronijevic , actor
April 6 – Auburn Sigurdson , softball player
April 16 – Matthieu Proulx , football player
April 19 – Hayden Christensen , actor
April 29 – Oliver Bone , sailor
May 8 – Blake Leibel , murderer
May 15 – Justin Morneau , baseball player
May 20 – Morgan Knabe , swimmer
June 4 – Jennifer Carroll , swimmer
June 21 – Kevin Mitchell , water polo player
June 23 – Mikey Bustos , Filipino Canadian entertainer
July 9 – Dylan Taylor , actor
July 13 – Michael Mando , actor, writer and director
July 21 – Anabelle Langlois , figure skater
July 23 – Steve Jocz , drummer
August 9 – Lauren Bay Regula , softball player
August 19 – Taylor Pyatt , ice hockey player
September 1 – Michael Adamthwaite , voice actor
September 7
September 13 – Angelina Love , professional wrestler[3]
September 26 – Kaila Holtz , softball player
October 3 – Amanda Walsh , actress
October 4 – Justin Williams , ice hockey player
October 8 – Raffi Torres , ice hockey player
October 25 – Gary Reed , middle distance athlete
October 30 – Shaun Sipos , actor
November 4 – Paul Tucker comic-book artist
November 20 – Christian Bernier , volleyball player
Deaths
Terry Fox
January 5 - Lomer Brisson , politician and lawyer (b. 1916 )
January 16 - John Oates Bower , politician, businessman and executive (b. 1901 )
April 10 - George Carlyle Marler , politician, notary and philatelist (b. 1901 )
May 4 - Samuel Rosborough Balcom , politician (b. 1888 )
May 23 - David Lewis , lawyer and politician (b. 1909 )
May 29 - Walter Russell Shaw , politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island (b. 1887 )
June 28 - Terry Fox , humanitarian, athlete and cancer treatment activist (b. 1958 )
September 23 - Dan George , actor and author (b. 1899 )
November 3 - Thérèse Casgrain , feminist, reformer, politician and Senator (b. 1896 )
December 28 - Allan Dwan , film director, producer and screenwriter (b. 1885 )
See also
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