1980 in Canada
Events from the year 1980 in Canada. == Incumbents == === Crown === Monarch – Elizabeth II === Federal government === Governor General – Edward Schreyer Prime Minister – Joe Clark (until March 3) then Pierre Trudeau Chief Justice – Bora Laskin (Ontario) Parliament – 32nd (from April 14) === Provincial governments === ==== Lieutenant governors ==== Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Francis Charles Lynch-Staunton Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Henry Pybus Bell-Irving Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Francis Lawrence Jobin Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Hédard Robichaud Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland – Gordon Arnaud Winter Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – John Elvin Shaffner Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Pauline Mills McGibbon (until September 15) then John Black Aird Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Gordon Lockhart Bennett (until January 14) then Joseph Aubin Doiron Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Jean-Pierre Côté Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Irwin McIntosh ==== Premiers ==== Premier of Alberta – Peter Lougheed Premier of British Columbia – Bill Bennett Premier of Manitoba – Sterling Lyon 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 – Angus MacLean Premier of Quebec – René Lévesque Premier of Saskatchewan – Allan Blakeney === Territorial governments === ==== Commissioners ==== Commissioner of Yukon – Douglas Bell Commissioner of Northwest Territories – John Havelock Parker ==== Premiers ==== Premier of the Northwest Territories – George Braden (from June 16) Premier of Yukon – Chris Pearson == Events == === January to June === January 21 – Three Soviet embassy workers are expelled after they are accused of spying January 28 – Canadian ambassador to Iran, Ken Taylor, organizes the escape of American citizens from Iran February 5 – Fort Chimo, Quebec, is renamed to Kuujjuaq.