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''See also:''
1983 in Canada,
other events of 1984,
1985 in Canada and the
list of 'years in Canada'.
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Contents

Incumbents

Events

Arts and literature

Births

Deaths

Incumbents

★ Monarch - Queen Elizabeth II

★ Governor General - Edward Schreyer then Jeanne Sauvé

★ Prime Minister - Pierre Trudeau then John Turner then Brian Mulroney

★ Premier of Alberta - Peter Lougheed

★ Premier of British Columbia - Bill Bennett

★ Premier of Manitoba - Howard Pawley

★ Premier of New Brunswick - Richard Hatfield

★ Premier of Newfoundland - Brian Peckford

★ Premier of Nova Scotia - John Buchanan

★ Premier of Ontario - Bill Davis

★ Premier of Prince Edward Island - James Lee

★ Premier of Quebec - René Lévesque

★ Premier of Saskatchewan - Grant Devine

Events

★ January 12 - Richard Nerysoo becomes government leader of the Northwest Territories, replacing George Braden

★ February 29 - Pierre Trudeau announces he will retire as soon as the Liberals can elect another leader

★ May 8 - Cpl. Denis Lortie enters the Quebec National Assembly and opens fire, killing 3 and wounding 13. René Jalbert, sergeant-at-arms of the assembly, succeeds in calming him, for which he will later receive the Cross of Valour.

★ May 19 - The NHL's Edmonton Oilers win the Stanley Cup defeating the New York Islanders 5-2 at Edmonton and ending the Islanders dynasty. The first in Oilers club history and of a new dynasty.

★ June 30 - John Turner becomes Canada's seventeenth prime minister replacing the retiring Pierre Trudeau.

★ August 12 - At the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles Canada has its best performance ever, mostly due to the boycott of the games by the Eastern Bloc countries.

★ August 31 - MuchMusic, Canada's answer to MTV, signs on.

★ September 1 - TSN The Sports Network, signs on.

★ September 3 - In protest of the upcoming Papal visit, Thomas Bernard Brigham, a retired American armed forces officer, bombs Montreal's Central Station, killing 3 people and wounding more than 30.

★ September 4 - Federal election Turner's Liberals are routed as Brian Mulroney wins the largest majority in Canadian history.

★ September 9-20 - Pope John Paul II tours Canada.

★ September 17 - Brian Mulroney is sworn in as Canada's eighteenth prime minister.

★ October 5 - Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space, aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger (41-6).

★ November 6 - Saskatchewan MLA Colin Thatcher is convicted of the murder of his ex-wife JoAnn.

★ Richard Nerysoo becomes premier of the Northwest Territories. The territory recognizes aboriginal languages as official languages.

★ Labatt introduces the first twist-off cap on a reusable beer bottle.

★ Grey Cup - Winnipeg Blue Bombers won 47-17 over the Hamilton Tiger Cats

★ Vanier Cup - Guelph Gryphons won 22-13 over the Mount Allison Mounties

★ Telelatino Network signs on in October.

Arts and literature

:New books

★ ''Neuromancer'' - William Gibson

★ ''La Détresse et l'enchantement'' - Gabrielle Roy

★ ''Dinner Along the Amazon'' - Timothy Findley

★ ''The Summer Tree'' - Guy Gavriel Kay
:Awards

★ See 1984 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.

★ Books in Canada First Novel Award: Heather Robertson, ''Willie''

★ Gerald Lampert Award: Sandra Birdsell, ''Night Travellers'' and Jean McKay, ''Gone to Grass''

★ Pat Lowther Award: Bronwen Wallace, ''Signs of the Former Tenant''

★ Stephen Leacock Award: Gary Lautens, ''No Sex Please...We're Married''

★ Vicky Metcalf Award: Bill Freeman
:Film

★ James Cameron's ''The Terminator'' propels the Canadian director to international fame
:Television

★ ''Jeopardy!'' is relaunched with Canadian Alex Trebek as host

★ ''Second City Television'' ends its run on Canadian television

Births

★ April 27 - Pierre-Marc Bouchard, hockey player

★ June 16 - Rick Nash, hockey player

★ September 27 - Avril Lavigne, singer/songwriter

★ November 28 - Marc-Andre Fleury, goalie

Deaths

★ March 30 - Gaëtan Dugas - early AIDS victim

★ May 17 - Gordon Sinclair - newspaper columnist