February 16th, the sitting Prime Minister (Trudeau) utters 'Fuddle Duddle' to a member of the opposition party while being questioned (you figure that out in today's language). Hey....wait a minute...we have another Trudeau (his son) sitting as Prime Minister (will oral history repeat itself)?
May 22nd Ontario Place opens in Toronto.
July 29th the Bluenose II is donated to the province of Nova Scotia.
November 1st, the Toronto Sun begins publication
December 29th an Air Canada plane is hijacked and flown to Cuba.