See also:
1996 in Canada,
other events of 1997,
1998 in Canada and the
list of 'years in Canada'.
Incumbents
Events
Arts and literature
- New Books
- Awards
- Film
- Television
- The Arrow, a mini-series about the Avro Arrow shows plays to great popularity and acclaim and the CBC
- Music
Births
Deaths
- January 17 - W. A. Kardash, Manitoba politician
- January 26 - Norman Fawcett, politician
- June 9 - Stanley Knowles, MP
- June 22 - Gérard Pelletier, politician
- July 30 - Robert Bryce, civil servant
- August 24 - Hardial Bains, Communist leader
- October 8 - James Ferguson, musician
- November 7 - Clyde Gilmour, CBC radio host
- November 14 - Jack Pickersgill, politician
- November 20 - Ronald Martland, jurist
- November 24 - Czelaw Brzozowicz, engineer
- November 24 - John Sopinka, Supreme Court justice
- November 27 - Yves Prévost, Quebec politician
- December 7 - George Gardiner, businessman, ceramics collector
- December 13 - Catherine Keachie, magazine lobbyist
- December 24 - Pierre Peladeau, newspaper editor
- Pierre Granche, sculptor
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