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Marie Daria Haust becomes the first woman on the Medical Faculty, at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. Date is not exact
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Pauline Johnson becomes the first individual Canadian woman to appear on a Canadian postage stamp.
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Citizenship and Immigration Minister, Ellen Fairclough, manages to dismantle the Discriminatory Policy.
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Jeanne Fisher Manery becomes the first woman appointed professor in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Toronto. Date not Exact
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Mary "Bonnie" Baker becomes the first female sports caster on CKRM Radio in Regina, Saskatchewan. Date not Exact
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Grace MacInnis is the first woman elected to the British Columbia House of Commons. Date not Exact
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Jean Edmonds is the first woman executive in the federal government as an executive director with the Department of Manpower and Immigration. Date not Exact
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Rosemary Brown is the first black woman elected to a provincial legislature as a member of the New Democratic Party in British Columbia Date not Exact
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Muriel McQueen Furgusson becomes the first woman Speaker of the Senate of Canada and the first woman speaker in the Canadian Parliament. Date not Exact
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CORA, The Feminist Bookmobile is launched by Judith Quinlan, Boo Watson and Ellen Woodsworth to take feminist literature to rural areas of Ontario. Date not Exact
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Pauline McGibbon is appointed Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Ontario and became the first Canadian woman to obtain such a position. Date not Exact
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Grace Hartman is elected to the national president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and is the first woman to hold the top position in a Canadian Union. Date not Exact
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Sylvia Ostry becomes the first woman to hold the rank of Deputy Minister in the government of Canada.
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MATCH International Centre, a Canadian-based non-governmental organization, is established by Dr. Norma E. Walmsley and Ms. Suzanne Johnson-Harvor following their attendance at the 1975 United Nations Conference for Women held in Mexico City. Date not Exact
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Stewardess Mary Dohey becomes the first living person to receive the Cross of valour in recognition for saving the lives and crew of an air Canada flight in 1971
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Helen Marie Rathwell, A Saskatchewan farm wife, wins a landmark decision, from the Supreme Court of Canada which grants half the property acquired in her husband’s name. Date not Exact
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Nellie J. Cournoyea is elected to the Legislature of the Northwest Territories and becomes the first native woman to lead a provincial territorial government in Canada. Date not Exact
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Jeanne Mathilde Sauvé is appointed the first woman Speaker of the House of Commons April 14, 1980 to January 15, 1984.
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The Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology was founded by Mary Vickers, Hilda Ching, Abby Schwarz, Mary Jo Duncan, Diana Herbst, and Maggie Benston. This is a non profit association that promotes, encourages and empowers women and girls in science, engineering and technology. Date not Exact
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Karen Mitchell establishes MADD - Canada (Mothers Against Drunk Driving. to commemorate the death of her daughter who was killed by a drunk driver.
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Ursula Martius Franklin became the first woman to be named a university professor at the University of Toronto.
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Jeanne Mathilde Sauvé becomes the first woman Governor General of Canada.
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Sharon Adele Wood is the first woman from the Western hemisphere to stand on top of the world on Mt. Everest. Date not Exact
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Ethel Blondin is the first Native woman to sit in the Canadian House of Commons.
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Audrey McLaughlin of the New Democratic Party, is the first woman federal leader of a Canadian political party. Date not Exact
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Kim Campbell is appointed Minister of State for Indian and Northern Development
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February 1990- Kim Campbell is the first woman federal Minister of Justice. She is also Attorney-General.
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The Supreme Court of Canada decided that Angelique Lyn Lavalee was acting in self defense when she shot her husband to death. She created a new defense law due to this case.
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Marion Loretta Reid is appointed the 37th Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island, the first woman to hold this position.
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Louise Frechette is the first Canadian woman ambassador to the United Nations. Date not Exact
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Dr. Roberta Lynn Bondar becomes the first Canadian woman in space when she is a payload specialist onboard the space shuttle Discovery January 22 - 30, 1992.
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Manon Rhéaume is the first woman to play hockey professionally. She is a goalie with the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League.
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Kim Campbell is appointed Minister of National Defence and Minister of Veteran affairs. She is the first woman to be Minister of Defence of a NATO country Date not Exact
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Lenna Bradbum, a graduate of the University of Toronto with a degree in criminology and a masters in public administration, is appointed Canada's first woman police chief, in Guelph, Ontario. Date not Exact
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Sarah McLachlan founds an all-female music festival called Lilith Fair, which toured widely for three years.
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Carol Lees convinces Statistics Canada to start collecting data about hours Canadians spend on such unpaid tasks as housework, yard work, childcare and eldercare. Date not Exact
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Catherine Side is the first woman in Canada to graduate with a doctorate in Women's Studies Date not Exact
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Maryse Carmichael, a captain with the Canadian Air Force, is the first female pilot to fly with the Canadian Forces' national aerobatic team, the Snowbirds. Date not Exact
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Nycole Turmel becomes the first woman (and first Francophone) president of the Public Service Alliance of Canada. Date not Exact
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Catriona Le May Doan becomes the first Canadian individual to successfully defend a gold medal at any Olympic Games. Date not Exact
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Mary Ann Burdette is elected as first woman Dominion President of the Royal Canadian Legion. Date not Exact
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Urszula Torarska is the first Canadian woman to successfully scale the seven tallest mountain peaks in the world. Date not Exact
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Michaelle Jean an award winning journalist and broadcaster is invested as Canada's 27th and first Afro-Caribbean Governor General.
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Cindy Klassen became the first Canadian to win five medals at a single Olympic Winter Games.
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Bev Busson is appointed as the first woman Commander of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
