I think that's the year The Terry Fox Story movie was released.
I was only 6. I seem to remember sorting coins and helping my parents fill coin wrappers to help save for our family trip to Hawaii.
I think 1983 was the year my brother and I started renting a video tape player each Christmas Eve and watching Star Trek 2 together. The movie came out in 1982, but I don't think it was on VHS and Betamax until 1983.
I also remember playing games on my brother's Vic20. If I remember correctly, it took cartridges, or you could load games over audio tapes.