The Fair Employ Practices Act and Female Employee's Fair Remuneration Act are put into place
Charlotte Whitton becomes first female mayor of a major city
Ontario becomes first province to put equal pay legislature into effect
Elise Knott becomes the first Native American woman to be elected chief
Restrictions on employment of married women are removed
The Federal government passes the Female Employees Equal Pay Act
Ellen Fairclough becomes first female cabinet minister
Aboriginal peoples (including women) are allowed to vote
Birth control pills are available for sale
The Human Rights Code prohibits discrimination on account of race, colour, nationality, ancestry, or place of origin, but not sex
Bill 16 is passed in Quebec's national assembly giving married women the same rights as their husbands
Prime Minister Lester Pearson establishes National Commission on the Status of Women
The new Federal Divorce Act establishes uniform divorce law, allowing for divorce on basis of marital breakdown, adultery, and mental or physical cruelty
Pierre Trudeau's government decriminalizes contraception and allows abortion
Royal Commission on the Status of Women recommends changes to the military to create equal conditions for all
Thirty-five women chain themselves to the parliamentary gallery as part of a two-day demonstration for abortion rights
The Federal government creates the cabinet portfolio of Minister Responsible for the Status of Women
Amendments to Canadian Labour Code prohibit discrimination on basis of sex and marital system and reinforce the provision of seventeen weeks of maternity leave
BC NDP MLA Rosemary Brown becomes first black woman in Canada to be elected to a provincial legislature
Income Tax Act allows deduction of cost of child care from income of working mothers
The first Canadian lesbian journal, Long Time Coming, is published by the group Montreal Gay Women
The first RCMP recruits begin training at Regina
The Native Women's Association of Canada is established
The Omnibus Bill is passed, eliminating pregnancy as a basis for layoff and dismissal
Judy Cameron becomes first female pilot hired by Air Canada
Jeanne Sauvé becomes first female speaker of house of Commons
Unemployment insurance is granted to women working with their husbands
Bertha Wilson becomes first woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom is adopted, including section 15, the Equality Clause
The Criminal Code changes to replace rape with three categories of sexual assault, giving equal protection to men and women under law, and allowing spouses to charge each other with sexual assault
Jeanne Sauvé becomes first female Governor General
The Indian Act is amended giving aboriginal women the right to keep their Indian Status and pass it to their children if they marry a non-native man
Systematic discrimination in the hiring if a woman is considered unlawful
Supreme Court rules that sexual harassment is form of sexual discrimination
Abortion becomes legal in Canada
Sheila Hellstorm becomes first female Brigadier-General in the Canadian Armed Forces
Ethel Blondin becomes the first Indigenous woman to sit in the House of Commons
Audrey McLaughlin becomes first woman in Canada to lead a political Party
Supreme Court of Canada decides that sexual harassment is a form of sexual discrimination
Supreme Court rules a man has no right to veto a woman's abortion decision
Fourteen female engineering students are shot by a anti-feminist
Roberta Bondar becomes the first Canadian female astronaut
Canada wins the first Women's World Hockey Championship
Rita Johnston becomes Canada's first non-elected female premier
Supreme Court reaffirms that a fetus is not legally a person until it is born alive
Loise Frechette becomes the first female Canadian ambassador to the United Nations
Manon Rheaume becomes the first woman to play for a major juniour hockey team as a goalie
Catherine Callbeck becomes first elected female premier in Canada
Kim Campbell serves as Canada's first female Prime Minister
Lieutenant Governors in seven provinces and Governor General are women
