Events from the year 1980 in Canada .
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January 1 – Mark Nichols , curler
January 19 – Luke Macfarlane , actor and musician
January 20 – Philippe Gagnon , Paralympic swimmer
January 21 – Kevin McKenna , footballer
January 22 – Amy Cotton , judoka
January 28 – Nathan Marsters , ice hockey player (d. 2009 )
February 6 – Kim Poirier , actress
February 9
February 10 – Mike Ribeiro , ice hockey player
February 14 – Michelle Rempel , Conservative MP
February 16 – Blair Betts , ice hockey player
February 17 – Zachary Bennett , actor and musician
February 21
February 23 – Yvonne Tousek , artistic gymnast
February 29 – Simon Gagné , ice hockey player
March 1 – Manmeet Bhullar , lawyer and politician (d. 2015)
March 2 – Julia Chantrey , actress
March 13 – Malindi Elmore , middle-distance athlete
March 14 – Jessica Mulroney , fashion stylist
March 21 – Deryck Whibley , guitarist, lead vocalist, songwriter and producer
March 24 – Ramzi Abid , ice hockey player
March 31 – Michael Ryder , ice hockey player
April 6 – Bardish Chagger , politician
April 10 – Sean Avery , ice hockey player
April 17 – Alaina Huffman , film and television actress
April 19
April 21 – Vincent Lecavalier , ice hockey player
April 29 – Mathieu Biron , ice hockey player
May 1 – Robin Randall , water polo player
May 4 – Andrew Raycroft , ice hockey player
May 5 – Noah Miller , water polo player
May 8 – Benny Yau , entertainer
May 22 – Angela Whyte , hurdler
May 26 – Richard Green , soldier killed in Afghanistan (d. 2002 )
May 29 – Valérie Hould-Marchand , synchronized swimmer[3]
June 5 – Mike Fisher , ice hockey player
June 24 – Liane Balaban , actress
July 2 – Thomas Marks , water polo player
July 11 – Tyson Kidd , wrestler
July 15 – Jonathan Cheechoo , ice hockey player
July 16 – Matt Peck , field hockey player
July 21 – Scott Frandsen , rower and Olympic silver medallist
July 27 – Paul Larmand , basketball player
August 3 – Dominic Moore , ice hockey player
August 5 – Mark Bell , ice hockey player
August 9 – Charlie David , actor
August 21 – Jon Lajoie , comedian
August 24 – Tanya Hunks , swimmer
August 28 – Carly Pope , actress
August 29 – Perdita Felicien , hurdler
September 2 – Dany Sabourin , French Canadian ice hockey goaltender and coach
September 5 – Kevin Simm , singer (Liberty X )
September 9 – Félix Brillant , soccer player
September 17 – Brent McMahon , triathlete
September 19 – Adrian Cann , soccer player
September 26 – Kerry DuWors , violinist, chamber musician and educator[4]
September 29 – Dallas Green , singer-songwriter
October 3 – Daniel DeSanto , film, television and voice actor
October 13 – Marc-André Bergeron , ice hockey player
October 14 – Mike Munday , volleyball player
October 21 – Mike Danton , ice hockey player
November 4 – Erin Cumpstone , softball player
November 9
November 12 – Ryan Gosling , actor, musician, and producer
November 16 – Carol Huynh , freestyle wrestler and Olympic gold medallist
November 18
November 23 – Tracy Latimer , murder victim (d. 1993 )
December 1 – Joel A. Sutherland , author
December 2 – Adam Kreek , rower, Olympic gold medallist and World Champion
December 9 – Ryder Hesjedal , cyclist
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October 17 – Richard Gavin Reid , politician and 7th Premier of Alberta (b. 1879 )
October 27 – Judy LaMarsh , politician and Minister, lawyer, author and broadcaster (b. 1924 )
November 4 – Elsie MacGill , the world's first female aircraft designer (b. 1905 )
November 18 – Conn Smythe , ice hockey manager and owner (b. 1895 )
November 21 – A. J. M. Smith , poet (b. 1902 )
November 22 – Jules Léger , diplomat and Governor General of Canada (b. 1913 )[2]
December 7 – W. L. Morton , historian (b. 1908 )
December 9 – Dorise Nielsen , politician (b. 1902 )
December 12 – Jean Lesage , lawyer, politician and Premier of Quebec (b. 1912 )
December 22 – Ethel Wilson , novelist and short story writer (b. 1888 )
December 31 – Marshall McLuhan , educator, philosopher, and scholar (b. 1911 )
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