2008 in Canada
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Events from the year 2008 in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

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January to March

  • January 3 - In Montreal
    Montreal
    Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

    , a false bomb threat forces the closing of Victoria Bridge
    Victoria Bridge (Montreal)
    Victoria Bridge , formerly originally known as Victoria Jubilee Bridge, is a bridge over the St. Lawrence River, linking Montreal, Quebec, to the south shore city of Saint-Lambert....

     for four and a half hours.
  • January 12 - A road accident near Bathurst, New Brunswick
    Bathurst, New Brunswick
    Bathurst is a Canadian city in Gloucester County, New Brunswick.Bathurst is situated on Bathurst Harbour, an estuary at the mouth of the Nepisiguit River at the southernmost part of Chaleur Bay....

     leaves eight people dead, including seven teenagers and one woman. They were all members of the Bathurst High School basketball team.
  • January 15 - Europol
    Europol
    Europol is the European Union's criminal intelligence agency. It became fully operational on 1 July 1999....

     Operation Koala arrests 9 Canadians in connection to an international paedophile ring.
  • January 28 - CTV
    CTV television network
    CTV Television Network is a Canadian English language television network and is owned by Bell Media. It is Canada's largest privately-owned network, and has consistently placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival...

    's Canada AM
    Canada AM
    Canada AM is a Canadian breakfast television news show, which has aired on the CTV Television Network since 1972. It is currently hosted by Beverly Thomson and Seamus O'Regan, with Marci Ien reporting from the headline news desk and Jeff Hutcheson presenting the weather forecast and sports...

    adds a second hosting team in western Canada
    Western Canada
    Western Canada, also referred to as the Western provinces and commonly as the West, is a region of Canada that includes the four provinces west of the province of Ontario.- Provinces :...

    , expanding the program to six hours and becoming the first morning television program in North America to air live in all time zones.
  • February 11 - The first of three treatment facilities open in Halifax Regional Municipality a $400 million project to clean up the Halifax Harbour
    Halifax Harbour
    Halifax Harbour is a large natural harbour on the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia, Canada, located in the Halifax Regional Municipality.-Harbour description:The harbour is called Jipugtug by the Mi'kmaq first nation, anglisized as Chebucto...

  • February 13 - An explosion occurs at a Taco del Mar
    Taco del Mar
    Taco del Mar is a Seattle, Washington-based Fresh Mex fast food restaurant chain that specializes in San Francisco burritos. Since opening in Seattle on June 8, 1992 by brothers James and John Schmidt, it has expanded into over 260 locations in the U.S. and Canada...

     on Broadway Street
    Broadway (Vancouver)
    Broadway is a major east-west thoroughfare in the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. In Vancouver's numbered avenue grid system, it runs in place of a 9th Avenue, between 8th and 10th. The street has four lanes for most of its course...

     in Vancouver.
  • February 20 - A large fire in Toronto, ON destroyed several buildings on the south side of Queen Street West
    Queen Street West
    Queen Street West describes both the western branch of Queen Street, a major east-west thoroughfare, and a series of neighbourhoods or commercial districts, situated west of Yonge Street in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Queen Street begins in the west at the intersection of King Street, The...

    , between Bathurst and Portland Streets.
  • March - The Apple iPhone
    IPhone
    The iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007...

     is expected to be released on Rogers Wireless
    Rogers Wireless
    Rogers Wireless is a wireless telecommunications provider offering mobile phone and data services throughout Canada using Global System for Mobile Communications and Universal Mobile Telecommunications System technology. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Rogers Communications...

     service provider.
  • March 3 - Alberta general election, 2008
  • March 17 - Federal by-elections in Toronto Centre
    Toronto Centre
    Toronto Centre is a federal electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1872 to 1925, and since 1935, under the names Centre Toronto , Toronto Centre , Rosedale and Toronto Centre—Rosedale .Toronto Centre covers the heart of...

    , Willowdale
    Willowdale (electoral district)
    Willowdale is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1979.The riding was created in 1976 from part of Eglinton....

    , Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River
    Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River
    Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River is a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997.-Demographics:...

     and Vancouver Quadra
    Vancouver Quadra
    Vancouver Quadra is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1949....

    .
  • March 28 - The start of the 2008 Canadian Commercial Seal Hunt
    2008 Canadian commercial seal hunt
    Canada's 2008 annual commercial seal hunt in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and around Newfoundland, Quebec and Nova Scotia began on March 28. The hunting season lasts from mid-November to mid-May, but the hunt mainly occurs in March and April...


April to June

  • April 5 - The Quebec City Armoury
    Quebec City Armoury
    The Quebec City Armoury or Grande-Allée Armoury was a Gothic Revival drill hall for the infantry regiment Les Voltigeurs de Québec in 805 Wilfrid-Laurier Avenue East, Quebec City, Canada. It was built between 1885 and 1888 and designed by architect Eugène-Étienne Taché...

     burns down.
  • April 19 - Bowie Seamount
    Bowie Seamount
    Bowie Seamount is a large submarine volcano in the northeastern Pacific Ocean, located west of Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada.The seamount is named after William Bowie of the Coast & Geodetic Survey....

     on the British Columbia Coast
    British Columbia Coast
    The British Columbia Coast or BC Coast is Canada's western continental coastline on the Pacific Ocean. The usage is synonymous with the term West Coast of Canada....

     becomes a Marine Protected Area
    Marine Protected Area
    Marine Protected Areas, like any protected area, are regions in which human activity has been placed under some restrictions in the interest of conserving the natural environment, it's surrounding waters and the occupant ecosystems, and any cultural or historical resources that may require...

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  • April 26 - The Toronto Transit Commission
    Toronto Transit Commission
    -Island Ferry:The ferry service to the Toronto Islands was operated by the TTC from 1927 until 1962, when it was transferred to the Metro Parks and Culture department. Since 1998, the ferry service is run by Toronto Parks and Recreation.-Gray Coach:...

    's union, the ATU Local 113 voted against a contract causing mayhem throughout the city as they gave only an hour's notice to Torontonians. Strike ended the day after when they were forced back to work through legislation. It also revived the debate as to whether the TTC is an essential service or not.
  • May 30 - Maxime Bernier
    Maxime Bernier
    Maxime Bernier, PC, MP is a Canadian politician currently serving as the Minister of State for Small Business and Tourism in the cabinet of Prime Minister Stephen Harper....

     resigned from his federal cabinet post as Minister of Foreign Affairs, after a scandal where it was discovered that he had left confidential NATO briefing documents at the home of his former girlfriend, Julie Couillard. She was a former model who had past romantic links with members of the Hells Angels
    Hells Angels
    The Hells Angels Motorcycle Club is a worldwide one-percenter motorcycle gang and organized crime syndicate whose members typically ride Harley-Davidson motorcycles. In the United States and Canada, the Hells Angels are incorporated as the Hells Angels Motorcycle Corporation. Their primary motto...

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  • June 11 - The federal government officially apologizes for the systematic abuses inflicted to Aboriginal children in the residential school system
    Canadian residential school system
    -History:Founded in the 19th century, the Canadian Indian residential school system was intended to assimilate the children of the Aboriginal peoples in Canada into European-Canadian society...

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  • June 14 - Howard Hampton
    Howard Hampton
    Howard George Hampton, MPP is a Canadian lawyer and politician. He has served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Canada, since 1987 as the Member of Provincial Parliament from the northern riding of Kenora—Rainy River. A member of the Ontario New Democratic Party, he was also the party's...

     announces his resignation from the leadership of the Ontario New Democratic Party
    Ontario New Democratic Party
    The Ontario New Democratic Party or , formally known as New Democratic Party of Ontario, is a social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. It is a provincial section of the federal New Democratic Party. It was formed in October 1961, a few months after the federal party. The ONDP had its...

    , resulting in the commencement of the Ontario New Democratic Party leadership election, 2009
    Ontario New Democratic Party leadership election, 2009
    The 2009 Ontario New Democratic Party leadership election was held in Hamilton, from March 6 to 8, 2009 to elect a successor to Howard Hampton as leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party . On June 15, 2008, Hampton informed the party's provincial council that he would not stand for re-election as...

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  • June 20 - Presidential
    President of the United States
    The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....

     candidate
    John McCain presidential campaign, 2008
    John McCain, the senior United States Senator from Arizona, launched his second candidacy for the presidency of the United States in an unsuccessful bid to win the 2008 presidential election. His candidacy, in the works for a number of years, was informally announced on February 28, 2007 during a...

     John McCain
    John McCain
    John Sidney McCain III is the senior United States Senator from Arizona. He was the Republican nominee for president in the 2008 United States election....

     speaks before the Economic Club of Toronto
    Economic Club of Toronto
    The Economic Club of Canada is a non-profit, non-partisan speaker’s forum based in Canada. The organization meets three times a week and provides a platform for key policy makers and business leaders...

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July to September

  • July 1 - Chief of the Defence Staff (Canada)
    Chief of the Defence Staff (Canada)
    The Chief of the Defence Staff is the second most senior member of the Canadian Forces, and heads the Armed Forces Council, having primary responsibility for command, control, and administration of the forces, as well as military strategy, plans, and requirements...

     General
    General
    A general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....

     Rick Hillier
    Rick Hillier
    General Rick Hillier, CMM, MSC, CD , is the former Chief of the Defence Staff of the Canadian Forces. He held this appointment from February 4, 2005 to July 1, 2008. He retired on July 1, 2008, and was replaced by former Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff Walter Natynczyk...

    's term is set to end; Hillier is replaced by Walter Natynczyk
    Walter Natynczyk
    General Walter J. Natynczyk , CMM, MSC, CD is the Chief of the Defence Staff of the Canadian Forces.-Biography:Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1958, where he grew up with his two sisters, Natynczyk is the son of a Polish father and German mother. He worked as a Winnipeg Free Press paperboy and a...

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  • August - 2008 Canadian listeriosis outbreak
    2008 Canadian listeriosis outbreak
    The 2008 Canadian listeriosis outbreak was a widespread outbreak of listeriosis in Canada linked to cold cuts from a Maple Leaf Foods plant in Toronto, Ontario. 22 people died and there were 57 total confirmed cases.-Origin and spread:...

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  • August 10 - Toronto Explosions leaves 2 dead and thousands evacuate their homes.
  • August 28 - The governor general announces the creation of the Sacrifice Medal
    Sacrifice Medal
    The Sacrifice Medal is a decoration that was created in 2008 as a replacement for the Wound Stripe, being gifted by the Canadian monarch, generally through his or her viceroy-in-Council, to members of the Canadian Forces or allied forces who were wounded or killed in action.-Design:The Sacrifice...

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  • August 30 - The former Liberal MP Blair Wilson
    Blair Wilson
    Blair Wilson was the Canadian Member of Parliament in the 39th Canadian parliament for West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country electoral district. He was elected on January 23, 2006 in the 2006 federal election as the Liberal candidate...

     announces he is joining the Green Party of Canada
    Green Party of Canada
    The Green Party of Canada is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1983 with 10,000–12,000 registered members as of October 2008. The Greens advance a broad multi-issue political platform that reflects its core values of ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy and...

    , becoming the party's first MLA.
  • September 7 - Stephen Harper
    Stephen Harper
    Stephen Joseph Harper is the 22nd and current Prime Minister of Canada and leader of the Conservative Party. Harper became prime minister when his party formed a minority government after the 2006 federal election...

     issues the writs for the 2008 federal election
    Canadian federal election, 2008
    The 2008 Canadian federal election was held on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons of the 40th Canadian Parliament after the previous parliament had been dissolved by the Governor General on September 7, 2008...

    . Federal by-elections which had been scheduled in Westmount—Ville-Marie
    Westmount—Ville-Marie
    Westmount—Ville-Marie is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997. Its population in 2001 was 97,226.-Geography:...

    , Saint-Lambert
    Saint-Lambert (electoral district)
    Saint-Lambert is a federal electoral district in the Canadian province of Quebec. It has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997. Its population in 2006 was 94,541.-Geography:...

     and Guelph
    Guelph (electoral district)
    Guelph is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 1988 and has been since 2004.The riding's parliamentary seat is held by Liberal MP Frank Valeriote.-History:...

     for September 8 are pre-empted by the election call.
  • September 19 - A fire, later confirmed as arson
    Arson
    Arson is the crime of intentionally or maliciously setting fire to structures or wildland areas. It may be distinguished from other causes such as spontaneous combustion and natural wildfires...

     by two young offenders
    Youth Criminal Justice Act
    Canada's Youth Criminal Justice Act is a Canadian statute, which came into effect on April 1, 2003. It covers the prosecution of youths for criminal offences...

    , destroys the historic Sudbury Steelworkers Hall
    Sudbury Steelworkers Hall
    The Sudbury Steelworkers Hall was a historic labour union hall in Sudbury, Ontario, which was destroyed by a fire on September 19, 2008.-History:...

     in Sudbury, Ontario
    Ontario
    Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

    .
  • September 29 - The S&P/TSX Composite Index
    S&P/TSX Composite Index
    The S&P/TSX Composite Index is an index of the stock prices of the largest companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange as measured by market capitalization. The Toronto Stock Exchange listed companies in this index comprise about 70% of market capitalization for all Canadian-based companies listed on...

     drops by 840.93 points, the most in eight years, in reaction to the American financial crisis.

October to December

  • October 1 - French-language debate for federal party leaders
  • October 2 - English-language debate for federal party leaders
  • October 10 - 2008 British Columbia pipeline bombings: Letters were sent to local media outlets warning oil and gas companies to leave the area saying: "We will no longer negotiate with terrorists which you are as you keep endangering our families with crazy expansion of deadly gas wells in our home lands".
  • October 12 - 2008 British Columbia pipeline bombings: An explosion occurred on a sour gas pipeline to the east of Dawson Creek British Columbia.
  • October 14 - The 40th Canadian general election
    Canadian federal election, 2008
    The 2008 Canadian federal election was held on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons of the 40th Canadian Parliament after the previous parliament had been dissolved by the Governor General on September 7, 2008...

     results in the Conservative Party of Canada
    Conservative Party of Canada
    The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...

     holding the largest number of seats in the third consecutive minority Parliament. Stephen Harper
    Stephen Harper
    Stephen Joseph Harper is the 22nd and current Prime Minister of Canada and leader of the Conservative Party. Harper became prime minister when his party formed a minority government after the 2006 federal election...

     remains Prime Minister
    Prime Minister of Canada
    The Prime Minister of Canada is the primary minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus head of government for Canada, charged with advising the Canadian monarch or viceroy on the exercise of the executive powers vested in them by the constitution...

    .
  • October 16 - 2008 British Columbia pipeline bombings: A second blast hit a natural gas pipeline. Workers discovered the blast site at approximately 10:00 a.m. MT off of British Columbia Highway 2.
  • October 20 - Stéphane Dion
    Stéphane Dion
    Stéphane Maurice Dion, PC, MP is a Canadian politician who has been the Member of Parliament for the riding of Saint-Laurent–Cartierville in Montreal since 1996. He was the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and the Leader of the Opposition in the Canadian House of Commons from 2006 to 2008...

     announces his resignation as Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada
    Liberal Party of Canada
    The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...

    , effective upon the selection of his successor in May 2009.
  • October 22 - Economic crisis of 2008: The Loonie
    Loonie
    The Canadian 1 dollar coin is a gold-coloured, bronze-plated, one-dollar coin introduced in 1987. It bears images of a common loon, a bird which is common and well known in Canada, on the reverse, and of Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse.The design for the coin was meant to be a voyageur theme,...

     drops below $ .80US for the first time since mid-2005.
  • October 31 - 2008 British Columbia pipeline bombings: A third bomb detonated at a natural gas wellhead in the region of Dawson Creek
  • November 18 - Eva Aariak is selected as the new Premier of Nunavut
    Premier of Nunavut
    The Premier of Nunavut is the first minister for the Canadian territory of Nunavut. They are the territory's head of government and de facto chief executive, although their powers are considerably smaller than that of a provincial premier....

     at the Nunavut Leadership Forum in Iqaluit.
  • December 1 - 2008 Canadian parliamentary dispute: The Liberal Party of Canada
    Liberal Party of Canada
    The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...

     and the New Democratic Party
    New Democratic Party
    The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...

     sign an agreement to form a coalition government
    Coalition government
    A coalition government is a cabinet of a parliamentary government in which several political parties cooperate. The usual reason given for this arrangement is that no party on its own can achieve a majority in the parliament...

     with the support of the Bloc Québécois
    Bloc Québécois
    The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party in Canada devoted to the protection of Quebec's interests in the House of Commons of Canada, and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was originally a party made of Quebec nationalists who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative...

     if they are successful in ousting the Conservative
    Conservative Party of Canada
    The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...

     minority government
    Minority government
    A minority government or a minority cabinet is a cabinet of a parliamentary system formed when a political party or coalition of parties does not have a majority of overall seats in the parliament but is sworn into government to break a Hung Parliament election result. It is also known as a...

     in an confidence vote.
  • December 4 - The 40th Canadian Parliament
    40th Canadian Parliament
    The 40th Canadian Parliament was in session from November 18, 2008 to March 26, 2011, and was the last Parliament of the longest-running minority government in Canadian history that began with the previous Parliament. The membership of its House of Commons was determined by the results of the 2008...

     is prorogued
    Prorogation in Canada
    Prorogation is the end of a parliamentary session in the Parliament of Canada and the parliaments of its provinces and territories. It differs from a recess or adjournment, which do not end a session, and from a complete dissolution of parliament, which ends both the session and the entire...

     preventing the Liberal
    Liberal Party of Canada
    The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...

    -NDP
    New Democratic Party
    The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...

     from ousting the Conservative
    Conservative Party of Canada
    The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...

     minority government
    Minority government
    A minority government or a minority cabinet is a cabinet of a parliamentary system formed when a political party or coalition of parties does not have a majority of overall seats in the parliament but is sworn into government to break a Hung Parliament election result. It is also known as a...

     as planned.
  • December 8 - Quebec general election, 2008
  • December 10 - Michael Ignatieff
    Michael Ignatieff
    Michael Grant Ignatieff is a Canadian author, academic and former politician. He was the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and Leader of the Official Opposition from 2008 until 2011...

     becomes the interim leader
    Interim leader
    An interim leader, in Canadian politics, is a party leader appointed by the party's legislative caucus or the party's executive to temporarily act as leader when a gap occurs between the resignation or death of a party leader and the election of a formal successor...

     of the Liberal Party, succeeding Stéphane Dion
    Stéphane Dion
    Stéphane Maurice Dion, PC, MP is a Canadian politician who has been the Member of Parliament for the riding of Saint-Laurent–Cartierville in Montreal since 1996. He was the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and the Leader of the Opposition in the Canadian House of Commons from 2006 to 2008...

    . He is expected to be ratified as permanent leader at the May 2009 Liberal leadership convention.

Arts and literature

  • December 8 - Marc Mayer
    Marc Mayer
    Marc Mayer is a Canadian arts manager and curator, who was named the director of the National Gallery of Canada on December 8, 2008....

     is appointed director of the National Gallery of Canada
    National Gallery of Canada
    The National Gallery of Canada , located in the capital city Ottawa, Ontario, is one of Canada's premier art galleries.The Gallery is now housed in a glass and granite building on Sussex Drive with a notable view of the Canadian Parliament buildings on Parliament Hill. The acclaimed structure was...

    .

Sport

  • January 16–January 20 - 2008 Canadian Figure Skating Championships
    2008 Canadian Figure Skating Championships
    The 2008 Canadian Figure Skating Championships were a figure skating national championship held to determine the national champions of Canada for the 2007–2008 figure skating season...

    • Men's medalists - Patrick Chan
      Patrick Chan
      Patrick Chan is a Canadian figure skater.He is the 2011 World Champion, 2010–2011 Grand Prix Final champion, the 2009 Four Continents champion, the 2009 and 2010 World silver medalist, the 2007 World Junior silver medalist and a four-time Canadian Champion.At the 2010 Canadian Championships, he...

      , Gold; Jeffrey Buttle
      Jeffrey Buttle
      Jeffrey Buttle is a Canadian figure skater. He is the 2006 Winter Olympics bronze medalist, the 2008 World champion, the 2002 & 2004 Four Continents champion and the 2005-2007 Canadian champion. On March 22, 2008, Buttle became the first Canadian man since Elvis Stojko in 1997 to win the World Title...

      , Silver; Shawn Sawyer
      Shawn Sawyer
      Shawn Sawyer is a Canadian figure skater. He is the 2011 Canadian national silver medalist and a three-time Canadian national bronze medalist. He represented Canada in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy finishing 12th overall...

      , Bronze.
    • Women's medalists - Joannie Rochette
      Joannie Rochette
      Joannie Rochette is a Canadian figure skater. She is the 2010 Olympic bronze medalist, the 2009 World silver medalist, the 2008 and 2009 Four Continents silver medalist, the 2004 Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, and a six-time Canadian national champion.-Personal life:Rochette was born in...

      , Gold; Mira Leung
      Mira Leung
      Mira Leung is a Canadian figure skater. She is the 2006-2008 Canadian silver medalist.-Biography:Leung was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. She began skating at age 3 with the Kitsilano Figure Skating Club and her former coach Christine Goodall...

      , Silver; Cynthia Phaneuf
      Cynthia Phaneuf
      Cynthia Phaneuf is a Canadian figure skater. She is the 2004 and 2011 Canadian national champion and a three-time Canadian silver medalist...

      , Bronze.
    • Pairs' medalists - Anabelle Langlois
      Anabelle Langlois
      Anabelle Langlois is a Canadian pair skater. With partner Cody Hay, she is the 2008 Canadian national champion.- Career :...

       / Cody Hay
      Cody Hay
      Cody Hay is a retired Canadian pair skater. With Anabelle Langlois, he is the 2008 Canadian national champion. He is now a coach with Langlois.- Career :...

      , Gold; Jessica Dubé
      Jessica Dubé
      Jessica Dubé is a Canadian figure skater who is best known for her pairs career with Bryce Davison. They are the three-time Canadian national champion, the 2008 World bronze medalist and the 2009 Four Continents silver medalist. They represented Canada at the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics...

       / Bryce Davison
      Bryce Davison
      Bryce Davison is an American-Canadian pair skater. With former partner Jessica Dubé, he is a three-time Canadian national champion, the 2008 World bronze medalist and the 2009 Four Continents silver medalist.They represented Canada at the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics.- Biography :Davison began...

      , Silver; Meagan Duhamel
      Meagan Duhamel
      Meagan Duhamel is a Canadian pair skater. With current partner Eric Radford, she is the 2011 Four Continents silver medalist and 2011 Canadian national silver medalist...

       / Craig Buntin
      Craig Buntin
      - External links :*...

      , Bronze.
    • Dance medalists - Tessa Virtue
      Tessa Virtue
      Tessa Virtue is a Canadian ice dancer who competes with Scott Moir. Virtue and Moir are the 2010 Olympic champions, the 2010 World Champions, the 2008 Four Continents Champions, the 2006 World Junior Champions and the 2008–2010 Canadian national champions.At the 2009 Skate Canada competition, they...

       / Scott Moir
      Scott Moir
      Scott Moir is a Canadian ice dancer. He ice dances with Tessa Virtue. Moir and Virtue are the 2010 Olympic champions, the 2010 World Champions, the 2008 Four Continents Champions, the 2006 World Junior Champions and the 2008–2010 Canadian national champions.They were the first ice dance team to...

      , Gold; Kaitlyn Weaver
      Kaitlyn Weaver
      Kaitlyn Weaver is an American-Canadian ice dancer who represents Canada internationally. With partner Andrew Poje, she is the 2010 Four Continents champion, 2008 Canadian national silver medalist and 2007 World Junior bronze medalist...

       / Andrew Poje
      Andrew Poje
      Andrew Poje is a Canadian ice dancer. With partner Kaitlyn Weaver, he is the 2010 Four Continents champion, the 2008 Canadian national silver medalist and World Junior bronze medalist.- Career :...

      , Silver; Allie Hann-McCurdy
      Allie Hann-McCurdy
      Allie Hann-McCurdy is a Canadian ice dancer. She partners Michael Coreno. They are the 2010 Four Continents silver medalists and the 2008 Canadian bronze medalists.-Competitive highlights:...

       / Michael Coreno
      Michael Coreno
      Michael Coreno is a Canadian ice dancer. He competes with Allie Hann-McCurdy. They are the 2010 Four Continents silver medalists and the 2008 Canadian bronze medalists.-Competitive highlights:...

      , Bronze.
  • February 11–February 17 - 2008 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships
    2008 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships
    The 2008 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships are the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships for the 2007/2008 season. Commonly abbreviated "4CC", they are an annual figure skating competition in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of Four Continents Champion. Skaters...

    • Jeffrey Buttle
      Jeffrey Buttle
      Jeffrey Buttle is a Canadian figure skater. He is the 2006 Winter Olympics bronze medalist, the 2008 World champion, the 2002 & 2004 Four Continents champion and the 2005-2007 Canadian champion. On March 22, 2008, Buttle became the first Canadian man since Elvis Stojko in 1997 to win the World Title...

       won the silver medal in the men's singles division.
    • Tessa Virtue
      Tessa Virtue
      Tessa Virtue is a Canadian ice dancer who competes with Scott Moir. Virtue and Moir are the 2010 Olympic champions, the 2010 World Champions, the 2008 Four Continents Champions, the 2006 World Junior Champions and the 2008–2010 Canadian national champions.At the 2009 Skate Canada competition, they...

       and Scott Moir
      Scott Moir
      Scott Moir is a Canadian ice dancer. He ice dances with Tessa Virtue. Moir and Virtue are the 2010 Olympic champions, the 2010 World Champions, the 2008 Four Continents Champions, the 2006 World Junior Champions and the 2008–2010 Canadian national champions.They were the first ice dance team to...

       won the gold metal in Ice Dance.
    • Joannie Rochette
      Joannie Rochette
      Joannie Rochette is a Canadian figure skater. She is the 2010 Olympic bronze medalist, the 2009 World silver medalist, the 2008 and 2009 Four Continents silver medalist, the 2004 Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, and a six-time Canadian national champion.-Personal life:Rochette was born in...

       won the silver medal in the woman's singles division.
  • March 17–March 23 - 2008 World Figure Skating Championships
    2008 World Figure Skating Championships
    The 2008 World Figure Skating Championships was the World Figure Skating Championships of the 2007–2008 figure skating season. The World Championships are an annual figure skating competition in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion. The event was open to figure skaters...

    • March 19 - Jessica Dubé
      Jessica Dubé
      Jessica Dubé is a Canadian figure skater who is best known for her pairs career with Bryce Davison. They are the three-time Canadian national champion, the 2008 World bronze medalist and the 2009 Four Continents silver medalist. They represented Canada at the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics...

      /Bryce Davison
      Bryce Davison
      Bryce Davison is an American-Canadian pair skater. With former partner Jessica Dubé, he is a three-time Canadian national champion, the 2008 World bronze medalist and the 2009 Four Continents silver medalist.They represented Canada at the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics.- Biography :Davison began...

       won the bronze medal in pairs.
    • March 21 - Tessa Virtue
      Tessa Virtue
      Tessa Virtue is a Canadian ice dancer who competes with Scott Moir. Virtue and Moir are the 2010 Olympic champions, the 2010 World Champions, the 2008 Four Continents Champions, the 2006 World Junior Champions and the 2008–2010 Canadian national champions.At the 2009 Skate Canada competition, they...

      /Scott Moir
      Scott Moir
      Scott Moir is a Canadian ice dancer. He ice dances with Tessa Virtue. Moir and Virtue are the 2010 Olympic champions, the 2010 World Champions, the 2008 Four Continents Champions, the 2006 World Junior Champions and the 2008–2010 Canadian national champions.They were the first ice dance team to...

       won the silver medal in Ice Dancing.
    • March 22 - Jeffrey Buttle
      Jeffrey Buttle
      Jeffrey Buttle is a Canadian figure skater. He is the 2006 Winter Olympics bronze medalist, the 2008 World champion, the 2002 & 2004 Four Continents champion and the 2005-2007 Canadian champion. On March 22, 2008, Buttle became the first Canadian man since Elvis Stojko in 1997 to win the World Title...

       won the gold medal and became World Champion in Men's singles.
  • March 22–March 30 - The 2008 World Women's Curling Championship was held at the Wesbild Centre in Vernon, British Columbia
    British Columbia
    British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

    , Canada. Jennifer Jones
    Jennifer Jones (curler)
    Jennifer Jones is a Canadian curler from East St. Paul, Manitoba. Jones, a lawyer, is corporate counsel for Wellington West Capital and a Windsor Park Collegiate graduate.-Early success:...

    ' rink from Canada won the gold medal and became World Champions.
  • April 4–April 14 - The 2008 World Men's Curling Championship
    2008 World Men's Curling Championship
    -Draw 2:April 5, 19:00-Draw 3:April 6, 09:00-Draw 4:April 6, 14:00-Draw 5:April 6, 19:00-Draw 6:April 7, 09:00-Draw 7:April 7, 14:00-Draw 8:April 7, 19:00-Draw 9:April 8, 09:00...

     is held at Ralph Engelstad Arena
    Ralph Engelstad Arena
    For the arena with the same name in Thief River Falls, Minnesota see Ralph Engelstad Arena .For the pre-2001 arena in Grand Forks, North Dakota see Ralph Engelstad Arena ....

     in Grand Forks, North Dakota
    Grand Forks, North Dakota
    Grand Forks is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Grand Forks County. According to the 2010 census, the city's population was 52,838, while that of the city and surrounding metropolitan area was 98,461...

    . Kevin Martin
    Kevin Martin (curler)
    Kevin Martin , nicknamed "The Old Bear" and "K-Mart", is a Canadian curler from Edmonton. He is a four-time Brier champion, has been to three Winter Olympics and is the gold medal winner in the 2010 Winter Olympics...

    's rink from Canada won the gold medal and became World Champions.
  • April 30 - 2008 CFL Draft
    2008 CFL Draft
    The 2008 CFL Draft took place on April 30, 2008. 48 players were chosen from among 752 eligible players from Canadian Universities across the country, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA....

    : Moose Jaw native and Saskatchewan Huskies
    Saskatchewan Huskies
    The University of Saskatchewan began in 1907 and has operated teams that compete with others since 1911. The term Huskie Athletics is defined as those student athletes from the University of Saskatchewan that compete in elite interuniversity competition administered by Canadian Interuniversity...

     Canadian football
    Canadian football
    Canadian football is a form of gridiron football played exclusively in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed prolate spheroid ball into the opposing team's scoring area...

     player Dylan Barker
    Dylan Barker
    Dylan Barker is a Canadian football player currently playing for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He was the first overall pick in the 2008 CFL Draft.-References:...

     is chosen first-overall by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats
    Hamilton Tiger-Cats
    The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a Canadian Football League team based in Hamilton, Ontario, founded in 1950 with the merger of the Hamilton Tigers and the Hamilton Wildcats. The Tiger-Cats play their home games at Ivor Wynne Stadium...

    .
  • July 19–August 3 - 2008 Rogers Cup Canada Masters
    Canada Masters
    The Canada Masters , currently sponsored as the Rogers Cup, is an annual tennis tournament held in Canada. The men's competition is a Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour. The women's competition is a Premier 5 tournament on the Women's Tennis Association tour...

     Tennis Tournament: Men's event held in Toronto, women's event held in Montreal.
  • September 10 - Jeffrey Buttle retires from competitive figure skating.

January

  • January 3 – Milt Dunnell
    Milt Dunnell
    Milt Dunnell was a Canadian sportswriter, known chiefly for his work at the Toronto Star.Born in St. Marys, Ontario, Dunnell entered journalism with the Stratford Beacon Herald in the 1920s, later becoming the sports editor. He joined the Star as a sportswriter in 1942, becoming sports editor in...

    , sportswriter (b. 1905
    1905 in Canada
    -Events:* January 25 - 1905 Ontario election: Sir James Whitney's Conservatives win a majority, defeating G. W. Ross's Liberals* February 8 - Sir James Whitney becomes premier of Ontario, replacing George Ross* February 27 - Clifford Sifton resigns from cabinet...

    )
  • January 4 – Mort Garson
    Mort Garson
    Mort Garson who was born in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, was an electronic musician best known for his albums that predominantly feature Moog synthesizers.-Early life:...

    , electronic musician (b. 1924
    1924 in Canada
    -Events:*January 3 - First session of the British Columbia Older Boys' Parliament held in Victoria, British Columbia.*January 10 - Narcisse Pérodeau becomes Quebec's 14th Lieutenant Governor....

    )
  • January 5 - John Ashley
    John Ashley (ice hockey)
    John George Ashley was a referee in the National Hockey League. He was born in Galt, Ontario.John started his officiating career in 1959. From 1964 to 1972, John officiated every Game Seven in the Stanley Cup playoffs, a testament to his legacy. John was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1981...

    , referee
    Official (ice hockey)
    In ice hockey, an official is a person who has some responsibility in enforcing the rules and maintaining the order of the game. There are two categories of officials, on-ice officials, who are the referees and linesmen that enforce the rules during game play, and off-ice officials, who have an...

     in the National Hockey League
    National Hockey League
    The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...

     (b. 1930
    1930 in Canada
    -Events:*February 15 - Cairine Wilson becomes Canada's first female senator*May 20 - Walter Lea becomes Premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Albert Saunders...

    )
  • January 10 – Allan McEachern
    Allan McEachern
    Allan McEachern, BA, LL.B, LL.D was a Canadian lawyer, a judge, and a Chancellor of the University of British Columbia.-Career:...

    , lawyer, judge and university chancellor (b. 1926
    1926 in Canada
    - Events :*February 24 – Robert Randolph Bruce becomes British Columbia's 13th Lieutenant Governor*February 26 – James Garfield Gardiner becomes premier of Saskatchewan, replacing Charles Dunning...

    )
  • January 11 - Murray Cohl
    Murray Cohl
    Murray "Dusty" Cohl, CM was a Canadian film producer and co-founder of Toronto International Film Festival and Canada's Walk of Fame....

    , film producer
    Film producer
    A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...

    , co-founder of the Toronto Film Festival
    Toronto International Film Festival
    The Toronto International Film Festival is a publicly-attended film festival held each September in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In 2010, 339 films from 59 countries were screened at 32 screens in downtown Toronto venues...

     and Canada's Walk of Fame
    Canada's Walk of Fame
    Canada's Walk of Fame , located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is a walk of fame that acknowledges the achievements and accomplishments of successful Canadians...

     (b. 1929
    1929 in Canada
    -Events:*January 10 - Lomer Gouin becomes Quebec's 15th Lieutenant Governor, serving until his death on March 28, 1929.*March 22 - The Canadian schooner and rum-runner I'm Alone was sunk by the US Coast Guard....

    )
  • January 19 – Don Wittman
    Don Wittman
    Donald Rae Wittman was a Canadian sportscaster.Born in Herbert, Saskatchewan, Wittman attended the University of Saskatchewan and got his start in the field of broadcasting as a news reporter with CFQC radio in Saskatoon in 1955.As a sportscaster, Wittman covered many sports including athletics,...

    , sportscaster (b. 1936
    1936 in Canada
    -Incumbents:*Monarch: George V, then Edward VIII, then George VI*Governor General: John Baron Tweedsmuir*Prime Minister: Mackenzie King*Secretary of State for External Affairs: Mackenzie King*Minister of National Defence: Ian Mackenzie...

    )
  • January 20 - Talivaldis Kenins
    Talivaldis Kenins
    Tālivaldis Ķeniņš was a Canadian composer born in Latvia.Kenins's father was a lawyer, poet and government official, and his mother was a journalist. He first began playing piano at the age of five, and his first compositions followed at age eight...

    , composer
    Composer
    A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

     (b. 1919
    1919 in Canada
    -January to June:*January 19 - Canadian troops take part in the Battle of Shenkursk, part of the Russian Civil War.*February 17 - Wilfrid Laurier, Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, dies in office.*April 17 - New Brunswick women are permitted to vote....

    )
  • January 21 – Pam Barrett
    Pam Barrett
    Pam Barrett was a politician who left politics in February 2000, after having a life-changing near-death experience.-Early political career:...

    , politician (b. 1953
    1953 in Canada
    -Incumbents:*Monarch – Elizabeth II*Governor General – Vincent Massey*Prime Minister – Louis Saint Laurent*Premier of Alberta – Ernest Manning*Premier of British Columbia – W.A.C...

    )
  • January 22 - Mike Cacic
    Mike Cacic
    Mike Cacic is a former defensive lineman who played 10 years in the Canadian Football League for the British Columbia Lions from 1957-1967.He was born in the east end in Vancouver of Croatian heritage .He never played college football , but played in the junior league in the Lower Mainland near...

    , football player
    Canadian football
    Canadian football is a form of gridiron football played exclusively in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed prolate spheroid ball into the opposing team's scoring area...

     for BC Lions
    British Columbia Lions
    The BC Lions are a professional Canadian football team competing in the West Division of Canadian Football League . Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, the Lions play their home games at BC Place Stadium in Downtown Vancouver, having previously played at Empire Stadium in East Vancouver from 1954...

     (b. 1937
    1937 in Canada
    -Events:*April 10 - Trans-Canada Airlines, the predecessor of Air Canada, was created as a subsidiary of Canadian National Railway*July 5 - Midale, Saskatchewan and Yellow Grass record the highest temperature ever in Canada, with a record high of 45 °C ....

    )

February

  • February 2 – Barry Morse
    Barry Morse
    Herbert "Barry" Morse was an Anglo-Canadian actor of stage, screen, and radio best known for his roles in the ABC television series The Fugitive and the British sci-fi drama Space: 1999...

    , actor (b.1918
    1918 in Canada
    -Events:*March 1 - Harlan Brewster, premier of British Columbia, dies in office*March 6 - John Oliver becomes premier of British Columbia*March 30 - C Squadron of Lord Strathcona's Horse conducts a cavalry charge against the Germans at Moreuil Wood...

    )
  • February 15 – Willie P. Bennett
    Willie P. Bennett
    Willie P. Bennett was a Canadian folk-music singer and song writer.-Life and career:Born William Patrick Bennett in Toronto, Ontario, Bennett was part of the 1970s folk music scene in Canada, alongside such figures as Bruce Cockburn, Stan Rogers and David Wiffen...

    , folk music singer-songwriter (b.1951
    1951 in Canada
    -Incumbents:*Monarch – King George VI*Governor General – Earl Alexander of Tunis*Prime Minister – Louis Saint Laurent*Premier of Alberta – Ernest Manning*Premier of British Columbia – Byron Johnson*Premier of Manitoba – Douglas Campbell...

    )
  • February 16 – Harry Flemming
    Harry Flemming
    Harry Flemming was a Nova Scotian journalist focused on politics. He was also an unsuccessful candidate for the Liberal Party of Canada in the Canadian federal election, 1968....

    , journalist (b.1933
    1933 in Canada
    -Events:* April 7 - Raymond Paley becomes the first known skiing fatality in the Canadian Rockies on Fossil Mountain.* August 16 - A race riot occurs at Christie Pits in Toronto.* November 11 - The magnitude 7.3 Baffin Bay earthquake occurs at Baffin Bay, Nunavut....

    )
  • February 17
    • Bill Juzda
      Bill Juzda
      William Juzda was a Canadian professional ice hockey defencemen from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He played with the Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Rangers of the National Hockey League and won two Stanley Cups with the Leafs in 1949 and 1951. Although not a prolific goal scorer Juzda built a reputation...

      , ice hockey player (b.1920
      1920 in Canada
      -Events:*January 10 - Canada is a founding member of the League of Nations*February 1 - The Royal Northwest Mounted Police renamed the Royal Canadian Mounted Police*February 14 - Université de Montréal founded...

      )
    • Val Ross
      Val Ross
      Valerie Jacqueline Candida "Val" Ross was a Canadian writer and winner of the 2004 Norma Fleck Award for Canadian children's non-fiction...

      , writer and journalist (b.1950
      1950 in Canada
      -Incumbents:*Monarch: King George VI*Governor General: Earl Alexander of Tunis*Prime Minister: Louis Saint Laurent*Premier of Alberta: Ernest Manning*Premier of British Columbia: Byron Johnson*Premier of Manitoba: Douglas Campbell...

      )
  • February 18 - Mickey Renaud, junior ice hockey center (b.1988
    1988 in Canada
    -Incumbents:*Monarch – Elizabeth II*Governor General – Jeanne Sauvé*Prime Minister – Brian Mulroney*Premier of Alberta – Don Getty*Premier of British Columbia – Bill Vander Zalm*Premier of Manitoba – Howard Pawley then Gary Filmon...

    )
  • February 23 – Denis Lazure
    Denis Lazure
    Denis Lazure was a Canadian politician and a Member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1976 to 1984 and from 1989 to 1996. -Background:...

    , politician (b.1925
    1925 in Canada
    -Events:*February 5 - Post Office workers are brought under civil service regulations.*February 24 - The Lake of the Woods Treaty works out joint Canadian-American control of the Lake of the Woods.*April 13 - Women win the right to vote in Newfoundland...

    )
  • February 28 – Milt Harradence, lawyer, pilot, politician and judge (b.1922
    1922 in Canada
    -Incumbents:*Sovereign: King George V*Prime Minister: William Lyon Mackenzie King*Governor General: Viscount Byng*Premier of Alberta: Herbert Greenfield*Premier of British Columbia: John Oliver*Premier of Manitoba: Tobias Norris then John Bracken...

    )
  • February 29 - Ralph Hansch
    Ralph Hansch
    Ralph Lawrence Hansch was a Canadian ice hockey goaltender.He was born and died in Edmonton, Alberta.Hansch won a gold medal at the 1952 Winter Olympics.-External links:*...

    , Olympic
    Olympic Games
    The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...

     ice hockey
    Ice hockey
    Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

     player (b.1924
    1924 in Canada
    -Events:*January 3 - First session of the British Columbia Older Boys' Parliament held in Victoria, British Columbia.*January 10 - Narcisse Pérodeau becomes Quebec's 14th Lieutenant Governor....

    )

March

  • March 2 – Jeff Healey
    Jeff Healey
    Norman Jeffrey "Jeff" Healey was a blind Canadian jazz and blues-rock vocalist and guitarist who attained musical and personal popularity, particularly in the 1980s and 1990s.-Early life:...

    , jazz and blues-rock guitarist and vocalist (b.1966
    1966 in Canada
    -Incumbents:*Monarch: Elizabeth II*Governor General: Georges Vanier*Prime Minister: Lester B. Pearson*Premier of Alberta: Ernest Manning*Premier of British Columbia: W.A.C...

    )
  • March 8 - Donald C. MacDonald
    Donald C. MacDonald
    Donald Cameron MacDonald, CM, O.Ont was a long time Canadian politician and political party leader and had been referred to as the "Best premier Ontario never had." He represented the provincial riding of York South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1955 to 1982...

    , politician (b.1913
    1913 in Canada
    -Events:*April 17 - Alberta general election, 1913: Arthur Sifton's Liberals win a third consecutive majority*November 7 - November 8 - A storm on the Great Lakes sinks some thirty-four ships*November 17 - The National Transcontinental Railway is completed...

    )
  • March 9 – Simon Reisman
    Simon Reisman
    Sol Simon Reisman, was a Canadian civil servant, and the country's chief negotiator for the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement....

    , civil servant and chief negotiator of the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement
    Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement
    The Free Trade Agreement was a trade agreement signed by Canada and the United States on October 4, 1988. The agreement, finalized by October 1987, removed several trade restrictions in stages over a ten year period, and resulted in a great increase in cross-border trade...

     (b.1919
    1919 in Canada
    -January to June:*January 19 - Canadian troops take part in the Battle of Shenkursk, part of the Russian Civil War.*February 17 - Wilfrid Laurier, Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, dies in office.*April 17 - New Brunswick women are permitted to vote....

    )
  • March 11 - J. I. Albrecht
    J. I. Albrecht
    J. I. Albrecht worked in college and professional sports for 53 years. He worked in the CFL, NFL and NCAA, and NASL.-Background:...

    , manager and director in the CFL
    Canadian Football League
    The Canadian Football League or CFL is a professional sports league located in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football, a form of gridiron football closely related to American football....

     (b.1931
    1931 in Canada
    -Events:*May 19 - Charles Richards becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing John Baxter*August 29 - James D. Stewart becomes premier of Prince Edward Island for the second time, replacing Walter Lea*November 12 - Maple Leaf Gardens opens in Toronto...

    )
  • March 15 - Ken Reardon
    Ken Reardon
    Kenneth Joseph "Kenny" Reardon was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played for the Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1966....

    , ice hockey
    Ice hockey
    Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

     defenceman
    Defenceman (ice hockey)
    Defence in ice hockey is a player position whose primary responsibility is to prevent the opposing team from scoring...

     (Montreal Canadiens
    Montreal Canadiens
    The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...

    )(b.1921
    1921 in Canada
    -Events:*March 26 - The Bluenose is launched*June 9 - Saskatchewan general election, 1921: William M. Martin's Liberals win a fifth consecutive majority*June 15 - Prohibition comes to an end in British Columbia...

    )
  • March 18 - Geoffrey Pearson
    Geoffrey Pearson
    Geoffrey Arthur Holland Pearson, OC was a Canadian diplomat and author. Born in Toronto, Ontario, he was the son of former Prime Minister of Canada Lester B. Pearson and Maryon Pearson....

    , diplomat (b.1927
    1927 in Canada
    -Events:*January 9 - 76 are killed when a fire breaks out at the Laurier Palace Theatre in Montreal*March 1 - The location of the boundary between Labrador and Quebec is settled by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, accepting the Dominion of Newfoundland's claim rather than Canada's.*May...

    )
  • March 21 - George Gross, sports journalist, founding sports editor of the Toronto Sun
    Toronto Sun
    The Toronto Sun is an English-language daily tabloid newspaper published in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is known for its daily Sunshine Girl feature and for what it sees as a populist conservative editorial stance.-History:...

    (b.1923
    1923 in Canada
    -Incumbents:*Prime Minister: William Lyon Mackenzie King*Governor General: Viscount Byng*Premier of Alberta: Herbert Greenfield*Premier of British Columbia: John Oliver*Premier of Manitoba: John Bracken*Premier of New Brunswick: Walter Foster then Peter Veniot...

    )
  • March 24 - Sherri Wood
    Sherri Wood
    Sherri Wood was a Canadian journalist for the Toronto Sun. An Etobicoke, Ontario native, Wood worked for the Sun since 2004 as an entertainment reporter and critic. She also had a weekly spot on Canoe Live, SUN TV's current-affairs show...

    , journalist
    Journalist
    A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...

     (Toronto Sun
    Toronto Sun
    The Toronto Sun is an English-language daily tabloid newspaper published in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is known for its daily Sunshine Girl feature and for what it sees as a populist conservative editorial stance.-History:...

    ) (b.1979
    1979 in Canada
    -January to June:*January 17 - Edward Richard Schreyer replaces Jules Léger as Governor General*February 1 - The first Winterlude is held in Ottawa*February 24 - An explosion rips through Number 26 Colliery located in Glace Bay, Cape Breton killing 12 men....

    )
  • March 28 - Lorne Ferguson
    Lorne Ferguson
    Lorne Ferguson was professional ice hockey left winger who played 422 games in the National Hockey League. Born in Palmerston, Ontario, he played for the Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings, and Chicago Black Hawks....

    , ice hockey
    Ice hockey
    Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

     player (b.1930
    1930 in Canada
    -Events:*February 15 - Cairine Wilson becomes Canada's first female senator*May 20 - Walter Lea becomes Premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Albert Saunders...

    )

April

  • April 10 - Francis Coleman
    Francis Coleman
    Francis Coleman was a conductor and television producer and director.Born in Montreal, Canada, Coleman began working in an office at the age of fourteen while studying music at evening classes...

    , conductor
    Conducting
    Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble...

    , television producer
    Television producer
    The primary role of a television Producer is to allow all aspects of video production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking...

     and director
    Television director
    A television director directs the activities involved in making a television program and is part of a television crew.-Duties:The duties of a television director vary depending on whether the production is live or recorded to video tape or video server .In both types of productions, the...

     (b.1924
    1924 in Canada
    -Events:*January 3 - First session of the British Columbia Older Boys' Parliament held in Victoria, British Columbia.*January 10 - Narcisse Pérodeau becomes Quebec's 14th Lieutenant Governor....

    )
  • April 22 - Ed Chynoweth
    Ed Chynoweth
    Ed Chynoweth was the long time president of the Western Hockey League and Canadian Hockey League, a director of the CHL, team owner, pioneer, and one of the most influential men in junior ice hockey in Canada.Chynoweth became the WHL's first full-time president in 1972, a job he held until 1995,...

    , president of the Western Hockey League
    Western Hockey League
    The Western Hockey League is a major junior ice hockey league based in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States. The WHL is one of three leagues that constitute the Canadian Hockey League as the highest level of junior hockey in Canada...

     (1972–1995) and CHL
    Canadian Hockey League
    The Canadian Hockey League is an umbrella organization that represents the three Canadian-based major junior ice hockey leagues for players 16 to 20 years of age. The CHL was founded in 1975 as the Canadian Major Junior Hockey League, and is composed of its three member leagues, the Western Hockey...

     (1975–1995) (b.1941
    1941 in Canada
    -Events:* January 1: The news division of CBC is founded* March 4: All Japanese Canadians are registered by the government* July 16: The highest temperature ever recorded in British Columbia is measured in Lytton, when the temperature hit an all time high of 44.4 degrees Celsius.* July 24: Alcan...

    )
  • April 23
    • Martha Kostuch
      Martha Kostuch
      Martha Kostuch was a Canadian veterinarian and an award-winning environmentalist. In her veterinary work, she identified reproductive and immunological problems among cattle to air pollutants, like sulphur dioxide, from the sour gas industry in the region...

      , environmentalist
      Environmentalist
      An environmentalist broadly supports the goals of the environmental movement, "a political and ethical movement that seeks to improve and protect the quality of the natural environment through changes to environmentally harmful human activities"...

       (b.1949
      1949 in Canada
      -Events:*March 31 - Newfoundland becomes Canada's 10th province at a fraction of a second from April 1, April Fools' Day.*April 1 - Joey Smallwood becomes the first premier of Newfoundland as a Canadian province...

      )
    • Don Gillis, (b.1922
      1922 in Canada
      -Incumbents:*Sovereign: King George V*Prime Minister: William Lyon Mackenzie King*Governor General: Viscount Byng*Premier of Alberta: Herbert Greenfield*Premier of British Columbia: John Oliver*Premier of Manitoba: Tobias Norris then John Bracken...

      )
  • April 24 - Harry Geris
    Harry Geris
    Harry Geris was a Canadian Olympic wrestler who represented Canada in the 1968, 1972, and 1976 Olympics, and the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games....

    , Olympic
    Olympic Games
    The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...

     wrestler (b.1947
    1947 in Canada
    -Events:*January 1 - Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 comes into effect*January 27 - The cabinet order deporting Japanese-Canadians to Japan is repealed after widespread protests*February 13 - Oil is discovered near Leduc, Alberta...

    )
  • April 26 - Henry Brant
    Henry Brant
    Henry Dreyfuss Brant was a Canadian-born American composer. An expert orchestrator with a flair for experimentation, many of Brant's works featured spatialization techniques.- Biography :...

    , Pulitzer Prize
    Pulitzer Prize for Music
    The Pulitzer Prize for Music was first awarded in 1943. Joseph Pulitzer did not call for such a prize in his will, but had arranged for a music scholarship to be awarded each year...

    -winning composer
    Composer
    A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

     (b.1913
    1913 in Canada
    -Events:*April 17 - Alberta general election, 1913: Arthur Sifton's Liberals win a third consecutive majority*November 7 - November 8 - A storm on the Great Lakes sinks some thirty-four ships*November 17 - The National Transcontinental Railway is completed...

    )
  • April 30 - Allan Sparrow
    Allan Sparrow
    Allan Sparrow was a Canadian political activist and long standing city councillor in Toronto. He was instrumental in stopping the Spadina Expressway, setting up civilian oversight of the Toronto Police, promoting cycling in Toronto and gay rights...

    , activist and Toronto
    Toronto
    Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

     city councillor
    Toronto City Council
    The Toronto City Council is the governing body of the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Members represent wards throughout the city, and are known as councillors....

     (1974–1980) (b.1944
    1944 in Canada
    -Events:*March 20 - Henry Duncan Graham Crerar becomes chief of the Canadian Army*June 6 - World War II: The 3rd Canadian Infantry Division lands at Juno Beach, part of the Invasion of Normandy...

    )

May

  • May 3 - Charles Caccia
    Charles Caccia
    Charles L. Caccia, PC was a Canadian politician.Caccia was a Liberal member of the Canadian House of Commons. He represented the Toronto riding of Davenport between 1968 and 2004.Caccia was born in 1930 in Milan, Italy...

    , politician (b.1930
    1930 in Canada
    -Events:*February 15 - Cairine Wilson becomes Canada's first female senator*May 20 - Walter Lea becomes Premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Albert Saunders...

    )
  • May 9 - Arthur Kroeger
    Arthur Kroeger
    Arthur Kroeger, was a Canadian academic and civil servant, who is referred to as the "dean of deputy ministers"....

    , civil servant
    Civil service
    The term civil service has two distinct meanings:* A branch of governmental service in which individuals are employed on the basis of professional merit as proven by competitive examinations....

     (1958–1992), academic
    Academia
    Academia is the community of students and scholars engaged in higher education and research.-Etymology:The word comes from the akademeia in ancient Greece. Outside the city walls of Athens, the gymnasium was made famous by Plato as a center of learning...

     and chancellor
    Chancellor (education)
    A chancellor or vice-chancellor is the chief executive of a university. Other titles are sometimes used, such as president or rector....

     of Carleton University
    Carleton University
    Carleton University is a comprehensive university located in the capital of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. The enabling legislation is The Carleton University Act, 1952, S.O. 1952. Founded as a small college in 1942, Carleton now offers over 65 programs in a diverse range of disciplines. Carleton has...

     (1993–2002) (b.1932
    1932 in Canada
    -Events:* February 17 - The "Mad Trapper" is killed by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in the Yukon* June 1 - Leonard Tilley becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Charles Richards...

    )
  • May 11 - John Rutsey
    John Rutsey
    John Howard Rutsey from Ontario, Canada was a former drummer, most recognized for being a co-founding member of Rush along with Alex Lifeson and Jeff Jones, and performing on the band's debut album.-History:...

    , drummer
    Drummer
    A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...

     (Rush
    Rush (band)
    Rush is a Canadian rock band formed in August 1968, in the Willowdale neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario. The band is composed of bassist, keyboardist, and lead vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and drummer and lyricist Neil Peart...

    ) (b.1953
    1953 in Canada
    -Incumbents:*Monarch – Elizabeth II*Governor General – Vincent Massey*Prime Minister – Louis Saint Laurent*Premier of Alberta – Ernest Manning*Premier of British Columbia – W.A.C...

    )
  • May 17
    • Joyce Trimmer
      Joyce Trimmer
      Joyce Trimmer was a Canadian politician. She was the first woman mayor of Scarborough, Ontario.Born in London, England, Trimmer emigrated to Toronto with her husband Douglas in 1954, where they settled on the Toronto Islands.Working as a secretary and then a business and typing teacher at...

      , politician and first female mayor of Scarborough, Ontario
      Scarborough, Ontario
      Scarborough is a dissolved municipality within the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Geographically, it comprises the eastern part of Toronto. It is bordered on the south by Lake Ontario, on the west by Victoria Park Avenue, on the north by Steeles Avenue East, and on the east by the Rouge River...

       (b.1927
      1927 in Canada
      -Events:*January 9 - 76 are killed when a fire breaks out at the Laurier Palace Theatre in Montreal*March 1 - The location of the boundary between Labrador and Quebec is settled by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, accepting the Dominion of Newfoundland's claim rather than Canada's.*May...

      )
    • D. Aubrey Moodie
      D. Aubrey Moodie
      Douglas Aubrey Moodie was reeve of Nepean Township, Ontario from 1954 to 1969 and was known as the "Father of Nepean". He was born in Bells Corners, Nepean Township, Ontario ....

      , politician
      Politician
      A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

       (b.1908
      1908 in Canada
      -Incumbents:*Prime Minister: Sir Wilfrid Laurier*Governor General: Earl Grey*Premier of Alberta: Alexander Rutherford*Premier of British Columbia: Richard McBride*Premier of Manitoba: R.P. Roblin*Premier of New Brunswick: Clifford Robinson then John Hazen...

      )
  • May 19 - Jack Duffy
    Jack Duffy
    Jack Duffy was a Canadian singer, comedian and actor.-Biography:Born in Montreal, Duffy grew up in Toronto, dropping out of Central Technical School to become a singer...

    , actor and comedian (b.1926
    1926 in Canada
    - Events :*February 24 – Robert Randolph Bruce becomes British Columbia's 13th Lieutenant Governor*February 26 – James Garfield Gardiner becomes premier of Saskatchewan, replacing Charles Dunning...

    )
  • May 20 - Cy Leonard
    Cy Leonard
    Cy Leonard was a Canadian entertainer who was the first ventriloquist to perform on Canadian television. He also appeared on The Adventures of Tugboat Annie, the first Canadian-made situation comedy...

    , ventriloquist
    Ventriloquism
    Ventriloquism, or ventriloquy, is an act of stagecraft in which a person manipulates his or her voice so that it appears that the voice is coming from elsewhere, usually a puppeteered "dummy"...

     (b.1926
    1926 in Canada
    - Events :*February 24 – Robert Randolph Bruce becomes British Columbia's 13th Lieutenant Governor*February 26 – James Garfield Gardiner becomes premier of Saskatchewan, replacing Charles Dunning...

    )
  • May 29 - Luc Bourdon
    Luc Bourdon
    Luc Bourdon was a Canadian professional Ice Hockey Defenceman who played for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League and their American Hockey League affiliate, the Manitoba Moose, from 2006 until 2008...

    , ice hockey
    Ice hockey
    Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

     player (b.1987
    1987 in Canada
    -Incumbents:*Monarch: Elizabeth II*Governor General: Jeanne Sauvé*Prime Minister: Brian Mulroney*Premier of Alberta: Don Getty*Premier of British Columbia: Bill Vander Zalm*Premier of Manitoba: Howard Pawley...

    )

June

  • June 2 – Sheela Basrur
    Sheela Basrur
    Sheela Basrur, O.Ont was a Canadian medical doctor and former Ontario Chief Medical Officer of Health and Assistant Deputy Minister of Public Health. She resigned from these positions late in 2006 to undergo treatment for cancer.-Life and training:Basrur was born in Toronto, Canada, in 1956 to...

    , medical doctor and Chief Medical Officer of Health in Ontario
    Ontario
    Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

     (b.1956
    1956 in Canada
    -Incumbents:*Monarch – Elizabeth II*Governor General – Vincent Massey*Prime Minister – Louis Saint Laurent*Premier of Alberta – Ernest Manning*Premier of British Columbia – W.A.C...

    )
  • June 3 - Pat Egan
    Pat Egan
    Martin Joseph "Pat" Egan was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman, most notably for the Boston Bruins and New York Americans of the National Hockey League...

    , ice hockey
    Ice hockey
    Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

     defenceman
    Defenceman (ice hockey)
    Defence in ice hockey is a player position whose primary responsibility is to prevent the opposing team from scoring...

     (b.1918
    1918 in Canada
    -Events:*March 1 - Harlan Brewster, premier of British Columbia, dies in office*March 6 - John Oliver becomes premier of British Columbia*March 30 - C Squadron of Lord Strathcona's Horse conducts a cavalry charge against the Germans at Moreuil Wood...

    )
  • June 4 - Jack Byrne
    Jack Byrne
    Jack Byrne was a Canadian politician. He represented the riding of Cape St. Francis in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly...

    , member of Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
    Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
    The Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly is one of two components of the General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, the other being the Lieutenant-Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador. The Newfoundland and Labrador General Assembly meets in the Confederation Building at St...

    , mayor of LB-MC-OC
    Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador
    Logy Bay–Middle Cove–Outer Cove is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Located about 10 minutes' drive outside of the city of St. John's and adjacent to the Town of Torbay on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula....

     (1986–1993) (b.1951
    1951 in Canada
    -Incumbents:*Monarch – King George VI*Governor General – Earl Alexander of Tunis*Prime Minister – Louis Saint Laurent*Premier of Alberta – Ernest Manning*Premier of British Columbia – Byron Johnson*Premier of Manitoba – Douglas Campbell...

    )
  • June 6 - Edwin Tchorzewski
    Edwin Tchorzewski
    Edwin Tchorzewski was a Canadian politician, former Saskatchewan finance minister and member of the Legislative Assembly for 25 years....

    , politician (b.1943
    1943 in Canada
    -Events:*January 8 - Stuart Garson becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing John Bracken, who had governed for 21 years*May 11 - J. Walter Jones becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Thane Campbell...

    )
  • June 8 - Charles-Noël Barbès
    Charles-Noël Barbès
    Charles-Noël Barbès was a Canadian politician and lawyer. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Member of the Liberal Party in 1957 for the riding of Chapleau. He lost in the election of 1958. He was born in Hull, Quebec, Canada.-References:*...

    , politician and lawyer (b.1914
    1914 in Canada
    -January to June:* March 19 - The Royal Ontario Museum opens* April 11 - Canadian Margaret C. MacDonald is appointed Matron-in-Chief of the Canadian Nursing service band and becomes the first woman in the British Empire to reach the rank of major....

    )
  • June 11
    • James Reaney
      James Reaney
      James Crerar Reaney was an influential Canadian poet, playwright, librettist, and professor, "whose works transform small-town Ontario life into the realm of dream and symbol."...

      , poet, playwright and literary critic (b.1926
      1926 in Canada
      - Events :*February 24 – Robert Randolph Bruce becomes British Columbia's 13th Lieutenant Governor*February 26 – James Garfield Gardiner becomes premier of Saskatchewan, replacing Charles Dunning...

      )
    • Brian Budd
      Brian Budd
      Brian Budd was a Canadian professional soccer player best known for winning the World Superstars competition three years in a row from 1978 to 1980. He was also a soccer sportscaster.-Early years:...

      , soccer player (b.1952
      1952 in Canada
      -Incumbents:*Monarchy in Canada: King George VI then Elizabeth II*Governor General: Earl Alexander of Tunis then Vincent Massey*Prime Minister: Louis Saint Laurent*Premier of Alberta: Ernest Manning*Premier of British Columbia: Byron Johnson then W.A.C...

      )
  • June 15 - Ray Getliffe
    Ray Getliffe
    Ray Getliffe was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played 10 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Boston Bruins and Montreal Canadiens. Born in Galt, Ontario , he played with the Saint John St. Peters.It is a miscopnception that Getliffe nicknamed Rocket...

    , ice hockey
    Ice hockey
    Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

     player (b.1914
    1914 in Canada
    -January to June:* March 19 - The Royal Ontario Museum opens* April 11 - Canadian Margaret C. MacDonald is appointed Matron-in-Chief of the Canadian Nursing service band and becomes the first woman in the British Empire to reach the rank of major....

    )
  • June 20 - Bea Firth
    Bea Firth
    Beatrice Ann Firth was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Riverdale South in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1982 to 1996. She was a member of the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party....

    , politician (b.1946
    1946 in Canada
    -Events:*January 21 - The Bluenose sinks off Haiti*May 14 - The Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 is passed. It creates a Canadian citizenship separate from the British.*May 31 - All Japanese-Canadians ordered deported to Japan...

    )
  • June 21 - William Vince
    William Vince
    William Vince was a Canadian film producer who produced Air Bud , Dead Heat , Saved! and Capote – for which he shared an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture. His alternate name are Bill Vince and William D...

    , film producer
    Film producer
    A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...

    , Academy Award nominee (b.1963
    1963 in Canada
    -Incumbents:*Monarch: Elizabeth II*Governor General: Georges Vanier*Prime Minister: John Diefenbaker then Lester B. Pearson*Premier of Alberta: Ernest Manning*Premier of British Columbia: W.A.C...

    )
  • June 25 - Bill Robinson
    Bill Robinson (ice hockey)
    Bill Robinson was a Canadian ice hockey centreman who played for the 1941 Memorial Cup champion Winnipeg Rangers. He was born in Cartwright, Manitoba.-Awards and achievements:*Turnbull Cup MJHL Championship...

    , ice hockey
    Ice hockey
    Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

     player (b.1921
    1921 in Canada
    -Events:*March 26 - The Bluenose is launched*June 9 - Saskatchewan general election, 1921: William M. Martin's Liberals win a fifth consecutive majority*June 15 - Prohibition comes to an end in British Columbia...

    )
  • June 30 - Arthur Ryan Smith
    Arthur Ryan Smith
    Captain Arthur "Art" Ryan Smith Jr., OC, AOE, DFC was an oilfield worker, fighter pilot, executive business man, magazine editor, he also worked in public relations as an advertising executive and was a Canadian politician on the municipal, provincial and federal levels of government.-Early...

    , serviceman
    Soldier
    A soldier is a member of the land component of national armed forces; whereas a soldier hired for service in a foreign army would be termed a mercenary...

    , politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

     and Order of Canada
    Order of Canada
    The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is, within the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, the second highest honour for merit...

     recipient (b.1919
    1919 in Canada
    -January to June:*January 19 - Canadian troops take part in the Battle of Shenkursk, part of the Russian Civil War.*February 17 - Wilfrid Laurier, Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, dies in office.*April 17 - New Brunswick women are permitted to vote....

    )

July

  • July 3 - Oliver Schroer
    Oliver Schroer
    Oliver Schroer was a Canadian fiddler, composer, and music producer.-Early life:Oliver Schroer grew up in Vandeleur, Ontario, a small crossroads near Markdale in rural Grey County. He attended Grey Highlands Secondary School in Flesherton, where he played French horn in the school band. He also...

    , fiddler, composer and music producer (b.1956
    1956 in Canada
    -Incumbents:*Monarch – Elizabeth II*Governor General – Vincent Massey*Prime Minister – Louis Saint Laurent*Premier of Alberta – Ernest Manning*Premier of British Columbia – W.A.C...

    )
  • July 6 - Bob Ackles
    Bob Ackles
    Robin Ackles was a Canadian Football League executive for the BC Lions. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2002....

    , executive for the CFL
    Canadian Football League
    The Canadian Football League or CFL is a professional sports league located in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football, a form of gridiron football closely related to American football....

    's BC Lions
    BC Lions
    The BC Lions are a professional Canadian football team competing in the West Division of Canadian Football League . Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, the Lions play their home games at BC Place Stadium in Downtown Vancouver, having previously played at Empire Stadium in East Vancouver from 1954...

     (b.1938
    1938 in Canada
    -Incumbents:*Monarch - George VI*Governor General - John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir*Prime Minister - William Lyon Mackenzie King-Events:*June 8 - Saskatchewan general election: William John Patterson's Liberals win a second consecutive majority...

    )
  • July 14 - Lawrence Ytzhak Braithwaite
    Lawrence Ytzhak Braithwaite
    Lawrence Christopher Patrick Braithwaite was a novelist, spoken word artist, dub poet, essayist, digital drummer and short fiction writer....

    , novelist, spoken word artist, dub poet, essayist and musician (b.1963
    1963 in Canada
    -Incumbents:*Monarch: Elizabeth II*Governor General: Georges Vanier*Prime Minister: John Diefenbaker then Lester B. Pearson*Premier of Alberta: Ernest Manning*Premier of British Columbia: W.A.C...

    )
  • July 16 - Peanuts O'Flaherty
    Peanuts O'Flaherty
    John Benedict "Peanuts" O'Flaherty was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 21 games in the National Hockey League with the New York Americans. He was born in Toronto, Ontario.-Playing career:...

    , ice hockey
    Ice hockey
    Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

     player (b.1918
    1918 in Canada
    -Events:*March 1 - Harlan Brewster, premier of British Columbia, dies in office*March 6 - John Oliver becomes premier of British Columbia*March 30 - C Squadron of Lord Strathcona's Horse conducts a cavalry charge against the Germans at Moreuil Wood...

    )
  • July 21 - Sidney Craig
    Sidney Craig
    Sidney Harvey Craig was the business partner and husband of Jenny Craig, the fitness expert. Together, they founded the weight management company Jenny Craig, Inc. and expanded the company throughout the United States, Australia, and Canada.-Early life:Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, he was...

    , entrepreneur
    Entrepreneur
    An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...

     and thoroughbred horse owner, co-founder of Jenny Craig, Inc. (b.1932
    1932 in Canada
    -Events:* February 17 - The "Mad Trapper" is killed by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in the Yukon* June 1 - Leonard Tilley becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Charles Richards...

    )
  • July 22 - Helen Gardiner
    Helen Gardiner
    Helen E. Gardiner, , née McMinn was a Canadian philanthropist.-Biography:She was born in 1938 in Kirkland Lake, Ontario to a working family. She later moved to Toronto with her family and attended York University and Christie's Fine Arts School in London. She later married businessman George R...

    , philanthropist and co-founder of the Gardiner Museum
    Gardiner Museum
    The Gardiner Museum is the only museum in Canada devoted exclusively to ceramic art. It is located on Queen’s Park just south of Bloor Street in Toronto, opposite the Royal Ontario Museum. The nearest subway station is Museum.-History:...

     (b.1938
    1938 in Canada
    -Incumbents:*Monarch - George VI*Governor General - John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir*Prime Minister - William Lyon Mackenzie King-Events:*June 8 - Saskatchewan general election: William John Patterson's Liberals win a second consecutive majority...

    )
  • July 23 - N. Robin Crossby
    N. Robin Crossby
    N. Robin Crossby was the creator of the Hârn fantasy setting and the HârnMaster role-playing game system, as well as dozens of other related works describing the world of Hârn.-Early life:...

    , game designer, creator of Hârn
    Hârn
    Hârn is a world published by and designed for use in fantasy role-playing games . It was designed by N. Robin Crossby, and it was published by Columbia Games in 1983. In 2003, Crossby claimed that the contract between him and CGI had ended...

     role-playing system (b.1954
    1954 in Canada
    -Incumbents:*Monarch – Elizabeth II*Governor General – Vincent Massey*Prime Minister – Louis Saint Laurent*Premier of Alberta – Ernest Manning*Premier of British Columbia – W.A.C...

    )
  • July 25 - Joseph Gérard Lauri P. Landry
    Joseph Gérard Lauri P. Landry
    Joseph Gérard Lauri P. Landry was a Liberal Canadian senator.He established Cape Bald Packers, a lobster processing plant in Cap-Pelé, New Brunswick, in 1948...

    , businessman, senator (1996–1997) (b.1922
    1922 in Canada
    -Incumbents:*Sovereign: King George V*Prime Minister: William Lyon Mackenzie King*Governor General: Viscount Byng*Premier of Alberta: Herbert Greenfield*Premier of British Columbia: John Oliver*Premier of Manitoba: Tobias Norris then John Bracken...

    )
  • July 27 - Fenwick Lansdowne
    Fenwick Lansdowne
    James Fenwick Lansdowne, OC, OBC was a self-taught Canadian wildlife artist. Lansdowne was born in Hong Kong and grew up in Victoria, British Columbia...

    , wildlife
    Wildlife
    Wildlife includes all non-domesticated plants, animals and other organisms. Domesticating wild plant and animal species for human benefit has occurred many times all over the planet, and has a major impact on the environment, both positive and negative....

     artist
    Artist
    An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...

     (b.1937
    1937 in Canada
    -Events:*April 10 - Trans-Canada Airlines, the predecessor of Air Canada, was created as a subsidiary of Canadian National Railway*July 5 - Midale, Saskatchewan and Yellow Grass record the highest temperature ever in Canada, with a record high of 45 °C ....

    )
  • July 30
    • Leif Pettersen
      Leif Pettersen
      Leif Pettersen was a former receiver who played eight seasons in the Canadian Football League for the Saskatchewan Roughriders and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats...

      , footballer
      Canadian football
      Canadian football is a form of gridiron football played exclusively in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed prolate spheroid ball into the opposing team's scoring area...

       and sportscaster
      Sportscaster
      In sports broadcasting, a commentator gives a running commentary of a game or event in real time, usually during a live broadcast. The comments are normally a voiceover, with the sounds of the action and spectators also heard in the background. In the case of television commentary, the commentator...

       (b.1950
      1950 in Canada
      -Incumbents:*Monarch: King George VI*Governor General: Earl Alexander of Tunis*Prime Minister: Louis Saint Laurent*Premier of Alberta: Ernest Manning*Premier of British Columbia: Byron Johnson*Premier of Manitoba: Douglas Campbell...

      )
    • Tim McLean
      Murder of Tim McLean
      The murder of Tim McLean occurred on the evening of July 30, 2008. McLean, a 22-year-old Canadian man, was stabbed, beheaded and cannibalized while riding a Greyhound Canada bus about west of Portage La Prairie, Manitoba traveling the Trans Canada Highway...

      , homicide
      Homicide
      Homicide refers to the act of a human killing another human. Murder, for example, is a type of homicide. It can also describe a person who has committed such an act, though this use is rare in modern English...

       victim (b.1985
      1985 in Canada
      -Incumbents:* Monarch: Elizabeth II* Governor General: Jeanne Sauvé* Prime Minister: Brian Mulroney* Premier of Alberta: Peter Lougheed then Don Getty* Premier of British Columbia: Bill Bennett* Premier of Manitoba: Howard Pawley...

      )
    • Vittorio Fiorucci
      Vittorio Fiorucci
      Vittorio Fiorucci was an Italian Canadian poster artist from Montreal, Canada.Fiorucci was born on 2 November 1932 in Zara . During World War Two when Zara was about to be captured by Yugoslavia, Fiorucci and his family fled to Venice, Italy, where he subsequently spent most of his childhood...

      , graphic artist (b.1932
      1932 in Canada
      -Events:* February 17 - The "Mad Trapper" is killed by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in the Yukon* June 1 - Leonard Tilley becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Charles Richards...

      )

August

  • August 2 - Geoffrey Ballard
    Geoffrey Ballard (businessman)
    Geoffrey Ballard, CM, OBC was a Canadian geophysicist and businessman. A long time advocate of replacing the internal combustion engine, in 1979 Ballard founded what would become Ballard Power Systems to develop commercial applications of the proton exchange membrane fuel cell...

    , businessman and fuel cell
    Fuel cell
    A fuel cell is a device that converts the chemical energy from a fuel into electricity through a chemical reaction with oxygen or another oxidizing agent. Hydrogen is the most common fuel, but hydrocarbons such as natural gas and alcohols like methanol are sometimes used...

     scientist
    Scientist
    A scientist in a broad sense is one engaging in a systematic activity to acquire knowledge. In a more restricted sense, a scientist is an individual who uses the scientific method. The person may be an expert in one or more areas of science. This article focuses on the more restricted use of the word...

    , founder of Ballard Power Systems
    Ballard Power Systems
    Ballard Power Systems , located in Burnaby, British Columbia -- a suburb of Vancouver -- is a company that designs, develops, and manufactures zero emission proton-exchange-membrane fuel cells. This company has made a bus that uses only hydrogen fuel cells. These fuel cells combine hydrogen and...

     (b.1932
    1932 in Canada
    -Events:* February 17 - The "Mad Trapper" is killed by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in the Yukon* June 1 - Leonard Tilley becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Charles Richards...

    )
  • August 5 - Daniel L. Norris
    Daniel L. Norris
    Daniel L. Norris was Commissioner of the Northwest Territories from October 2, 1989 until September 30, 1994. Norris was born in 1935 near Inuvik and was raised in Aklavik. Norris died on August 5, 2008 from heart failure, a complication of his long-time struggle with diabetes.- Biography :Daniel...

    , commissioner of the Northwest Territories
    Commissioners of Northwest Territories
    The Commissioner of the Northwest Territories is the Canadian federal government’s representative in Northwest Territories and the territory's Chief Executive Officer...

     (1989–1994) (b.1935
    1935 in Canada
    -January to June:*January 2 - Prime Minister R. B. Bennett outlines his programme*March 11 - Bank of Canada established*March 11 - The Bank of Canada issued a $500 banknote with Sir John A...

    )
  • August 6 - Reg Whitehouse
    Reg Whitehouse
    Reg Whitehouse is a former Canadian Football League offensive lineman and placekicker who played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders from 1952 through 1966. He was part of the Grey Cup championship-winning Saskatchewan Roughriders in 1966. In 1992, he was inducted into the team's Plaza of...

    , football
    Canadian football
    Canadian football is a form of gridiron football played exclusively in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed prolate spheroid ball into the opposing team's scoring area...

     player (Saskatchewan Roughriders
    Saskatchewan Roughriders
    The Saskatchewan Roughriders are a Canadian Football League team based in Regina, Saskatchewan. They were founded in 1910. They play their home games at 2940 10th Avenue in Regina, which has been the team's home base for its entire history, even prior to the construction of Mosaic Stadium at Taylor...

    ) (b.1933
    1933 in Canada
    -Events:* April 7 - Raymond Paley becomes the first known skiing fatality in the Canadian Rockies on Fossil Mountain.* August 16 - A race riot occurs at Christie Pits in Toronto.* November 11 - The magnitude 7.3 Baffin Bay earthquake occurs at Baffin Bay, Nunavut....

    )
  • August 10 - Lee Clark, politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

    , MP
    Canadian House of Commons
    The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...

     for Brandon—Souris
    Brandon—Souris
    Brandon—Souris is a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1953.-Demographics:-Geography:The district is in the southwestern corner of the Province of Manitoba...

     (1983–1993) (b.1936
    1936 in Canada
    -Incumbents:*Monarch: George V, then Edward VIII, then George VI*Governor General: John Baron Tweedsmuir*Prime Minister: Mackenzie King*Secretary of State for External Affairs: Mackenzie King*Minister of National Defence: Ian Mackenzie...

    )
  • August 12 - Gilles Bilodeau
    Gilles Bilodeau
    Gilles Bilodeau was a professional ice hockey player who played 9 games in the National Hockey League and 143 games in the World Hockey Association...

    , National Hockey League
    National Hockey League
    The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...

     and World Hockey Association
    World Hockey Association
    The World Hockey Association was a professional ice hockey league that operated in North America from 1972 to 1979. It was the first major competition for the National Hockey League since the collapse of the Western Hockey League in 1926...

     player (b.1955
    1955 in Canada
    -Incumbents:*Monarch: Elizabeth II*Governor General: Vincent Massey*Prime Minister: Louis Saint Laurent*Premier of Alberta: Ernest Manning*Premier of British Columbia: W.A.C...

    )
  • August 28 - Michel Vastel
    Michel Vastel
    Michel Vastel was a Québécois journalist and columnist for Le Journal de Montréal and other medias. He was born in Saint-Pierre-de-Cormeilles, Eure, France and immigrated to Canada in 1970....

    , journalist
    Journalist
    A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...

     and columnist
    Columnist
    A columnist is a journalist who writes for publication in a series, creating an article that usually offers commentary and opinions. Columns appear in newspapers, magazines and other publications, including blogs....

     (b.1940
    1940 in Canada
    -January to June:*March 13 - David Boon becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Allison Dysart*March 21 - Alberta election: William Aberhart's Social Credit Party wins a second consecutive majority...

    )
  • August 30
    • Eldon Rathburn
      Eldon Rathburn
      Eldon Davis Rathburn was a composer from the community of Queenstown, in Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada....

      , composer
      Composer
      A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

       (b.1916
      1916 in Canada
      -January to June:*January 28 - Women are given the right to vote in Manitoba, after protests by people such as Nellie McClung*February 3 - The Centre Block of the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa burns down*February 10 - An anti-German riot hits Calgary...

      )
    • Killer Kowalski
      Killer Kowalski
      Władek "Killer" Kowalski was a Canadian professional wrestler. Kowalski wrestled for numerous promotions during his career, including the NWA and WWF, and was a known heel wrestler...

      , professional wrestler
      Professional wrestling
      Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...

       (b.1926
      1926 in Canada
      - Events :*February 24 – Robert Randolph Bruce becomes British Columbia's 13th Lieutenant Governor*February 26 – James Garfield Gardiner becomes premier of Saskatchewan, replacing Charles Dunning...

      )

September

  • September 1 - Thomas J. Bata
    Thomas J. Bata
    Tomáš Jan Baťa, , also known as Tomas Bata Jr. and Tomáš Baťa ml. and "Shoemaker to the World", ran the Bata Shoe Company from the 1940s until the '80s. His last name pronounce baht-ya....

    , businessman
    Businessperson
    A businessperson is someone involved in a particular undertaking of activities for the purpose of generating revenue from a combination of human, financial, or physical capital. An entrepreneur is an example of a business person...

     (b.1914
    1914 in Canada
    -January to June:* March 19 - The Royal Ontario Museum opens* April 11 - Canadian Margaret C. MacDonald is appointed Matron-in-Chief of the Canadian Nursing service band and becomes the first woman in the British Empire to reach the rank of major....

    )
  • September 4
    • Jerome Weber
      Jerome Weber
      Jerome Weber OSB was a Canadian abbot of the Roman Catholic Church.Weber was born in Muenster, Saskatchewan, Canada in 1915 and ordained a priest on June 8, 1941 from the Roman Catholic religious order Order of Saint Benedict. He was appointed abbot of St. Peter-Muenster April 6, 1960 and...

      , abbot
      Abbot
      The word abbot, meaning father, is a title given to the head of a monastery in various traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not actually the head of a monastery...

       of St. Peter-Muenster of Saskatchewan
      Saskatchewan
      Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

       (b.1915
      1915 in Canada
      -Events:*January 4 - WWI: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry becomes the first Canadian troops sent to the front lines*January 15 - The Canadian Northern Railway line to Vancouver, British Columbia, is completed...

      )
    • Erik Nielsen
      Erik Nielsen
      Erik Hersholt Nielsen, PC, DFC, QC was a Canadian politician, and longtime Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for Yukon....

      , deputy prime minister
      Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
      The Deputy Prime Minister of Canada is an honorary position in the cabinet, conferred at the discretion of the prime minister. There is currently, , no deputy prime minister....

       (1984–1986), brother of Leslie Nielsen
      Leslie Nielsen
      Leslie William Nielsen, OC was a Canadian and naturalized American actor and comedian. Nielsen appeared in more than one hundred films and 1,500 television programs over the span of his career, portraying more than 220 characters...

       (b.1924
      1924 in Canada
      -Events:*January 3 - First session of the British Columbia Older Boys' Parliament held in Victoria, British Columbia.*January 10 - Narcisse Pérodeau becomes Quebec's 14th Lieutenant Governor....

      )
    • Erik Nielsen
      Erik Nielsen
      Erik Hersholt Nielsen, PC, DFC, QC was a Canadian politician, and longtime Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for Yukon....

      , politician (b.1924
      1924 in Canada
      -Events:*January 3 - First session of the British Columbia Older Boys' Parliament held in Victoria, British Columbia.*January 10 - Narcisse Pérodeau becomes Quebec's 14th Lieutenant Governor....

      )
  • September 6 - Allan Lawrence, politician and Minister (b.1925
    1925 in Canada
    -Events:*February 5 - Post Office workers are brought under civil service regulations.*February 24 - The Lake of the Woods Treaty works out joint Canadian-American control of the Lake of the Woods.*April 13 - Women win the right to vote in Newfoundland...

    )
  • September 7 - Larry Shaben
    Larry Shaben
    Lawrence "Larry" Ralph Shaben was a Canadian politician of Lebanese descent and the first Muslim Cabinet Minister in Canada. He was also one of the first Muslims to be elected to higher office in North America. He held a seat in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1975 to 1989 sitting with...

    , politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

    , member of Legislative Assembly of Alberta
    Legislative Assembly of Alberta
    The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is one of two components of the Legislature of Alberta, the other being the Queen, represented by the Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta. The Alberta legislature meets in the Alberta Legislature Building in the provincial capital, Edmonton...

     (1975–1989) (b.1935
    1935 in Canada
    -January to June:*January 2 - Prime Minister R. B. Bennett outlines his programme*March 11 - Bank of Canada established*March 11 - The Bank of Canada issued a $500 banknote with Sir John A...

    )
  • September 9 - Richard Monette
    Richard Monette
    Richard Jean Monette OC, DHum, LLD was a Canadian actor and director, best-known for his 14-season tenure as artistic director of the Stratford Festival of Canada from 1994 to 2007.-Early life:...

    , actor
    Actor
    An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

     and director
    Artistic director
    An artistic director is the executive of an arts organization, particularly in a theatre company, that handles the organization's artistic direction. He or she is generally a producer and director, but not in the sense of a mogul, since the organization is generally a non-profit organization...

     (b.1944
    1944 in Canada
    -Events:*March 20 - Henry Duncan Graham Crerar becomes chief of the Canadian Army*June 6 - World War II: The 3rd Canadian Infantry Division lands at Juno Beach, part of the Invasion of Normandy...

    )
  • September 10 - Gérald Beaudoin
    Gérald Beaudoin
    Gérald A. Beaudoin, OC, OQ, MSRC was a Canadian lawyer and Senator.Born in Montreal, Quebec, he received a B.A., an LL.L and an M.A. from the Université de Montréal. He was called to the Quebec Bar in 1954....

    , lawyer
    Lawyer
    A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...

     and senator (1988–2004) (b.1929
    1929 in Canada
    -Events:*January 10 - Lomer Gouin becomes Quebec's 15th Lieutenant Governor, serving until his death on March 28, 1929.*March 22 - The Canadian schooner and rum-runner I'm Alone was sunk by the US Coast Guard....

    )
  • September 11 - Bennett Campbell
    Bennett Campbell
    William Bennett Campbell, PC was a politician and the 24th Premier of Prince Edward Island, Canada....

    , (1988–2004) (b.1943
    1943 in Canada
    -Events:*January 8 - Stuart Garson becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing John Bracken, who had governed for 21 years*May 11 - J. Walter Jones becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Thane Campbell...

    )
  • September 13 - James W. Snow
    James W. Snow
    James Wilfred Snow was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1967 to 1985, and was a cabinet minister in the governments of William Davis and Frank Miller. Snow was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.He was born in Esquesing Township,...

    , politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

    , member of Legislative Assembly of Ontario
    Legislative Assembly of Ontario
    The Legislative Assembly of Ontario , is the legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario, and is the second largest provincial legislature of Canada...

     (1967–1985) (b.1929
    1929 in Canada
    -Events:*January 10 - Lomer Gouin becomes Quebec's 15th Lieutenant Governor, serving until his death on March 28, 1929.*March 22 - The Canadian schooner and rum-runner I'm Alone was sunk by the US Coast Guard....

    )
  • September 15 - Marion Dewar
    Marion Dewar
    Marion Dewar, CM was a prominent member of the New Democratic Party , mayor of Ottawa from 1978 to 1985 and a member of the Parliament of Canada from 1986 to 1988.-Early life:...

    , politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

    , mayor of Ottawa (1978–1985) (b.1928
    1928 in Canada
    -Events:*April 2 - Camillien Houde elected mayor of Montreal*April 24 - The Supreme Court of Canada rules that women are not persons who can hold office according to the British North America Act—reversed a year later by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in Britain*May 7 - The St. Roch is...

    )
  • September 18 - Peter Kastner
    Peter Kastner
    Peter Kastner was a Canadian-born actor who achieved prominence as a disaffected youth in movies of the 1960s....

    , actor
    Actor
    An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

     (b.1943
    1943 in Canada
    -Events:*January 8 - Stuart Garson becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing John Bracken, who had governed for 21 years*May 11 - J. Walter Jones becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Thane Campbell...

    )
  • September 23 - Brock McElheran
    Brock McElheran
    Brock McElheran was a conductor and professor at the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam and a published author. He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba....

    , conductor and composer
    Composer
    A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

     (b.1918
    1918 in Canada
    -Events:*March 1 - Harlan Brewster, premier of British Columbia, dies in office*March 6 - John Oliver becomes premier of British Columbia*March 30 - C Squadron of Lord Strathcona's Horse conducts a cavalry charge against the Germans at Moreuil Wood...

    )
  • September 25 - Ralph Sazio
    Ralph Sazio
    Ralph Joseph Sazio is a former football player, assistant coach, head coach general manager and team president for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He also served as president of the Toronto Argonauts...

    , football
    Canadian Football League
    The Canadian Football League or CFL is a professional sports league located in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football, a form of gridiron football closely related to American football....

     coach
    Coach (sport)
    In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.-Staff:...

     (Hamilton Tiger-Cats
    Hamilton Tiger-Cats
    The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a Canadian Football League team based in Hamilton, Ontario, founded in 1950 with the merger of the Hamilton Tigers and the Hamilton Wildcats. The Tiger-Cats play their home games at Ivor Wynne Stadium...

    ) (b.1922
    1922 in Canada
    -Incumbents:*Sovereign: King George V*Prime Minister: William Lyon Mackenzie King*Governor General: Viscount Byng*Premier of Alberta: Herbert Greenfield*Premier of British Columbia: John Oliver*Premier of Manitoba: Tobias Norris then John Bracken...

    )

October

  • October 4 - Saul Laskin
    Saul Laskin
    Saul Laskin was a Canadian politician. He was the first mayor of the City of Thunder Bay, Ontario.Born in Fort William, Ontario, he was the younger brother of jurist Bora Laskin. He was educated in Fort William and Toronto, and served overseas in World War II...

    , politician and 1st Mayor of Thunder Bay
    Thunder Bay
    -In Canada:Thunder Bay is the name of three places in the province of Ontario, Canada along Lake Superior:*Thunder Bay District, Ontario, a district in Northwestern Ontario*Thunder Bay, a city in Thunder Bay District*Thunder Bay, Unorganized, Ontario...

     (b.1918
    1918 in Canada
    -Events:*March 1 - Harlan Brewster, premier of British Columbia, dies in office*March 6 - John Oliver becomes premier of British Columbia*March 30 - C Squadron of Lord Strathcona's Horse conducts a cavalry charge against the Germans at Moreuil Wood...

    )
  • October 9 - Milan Kymlicka
    Milan Kymlicka
    Milan Kymlicka was a Canadian arranger, composer and conductor of Czechoslovakian birth. He became a naturalized Canadian citizen in 1974. He was best known for his composition of film and television scores, including those for the animated television series Rupert and Babar...

    , arranger, composer and conductor (b.1936
    1936 in Canada
    -Incumbents:*Monarch: George V, then Edward VIII, then George VI*Governor General: John Baron Tweedsmuir*Prime Minister: Mackenzie King*Secretary of State for External Affairs: Mackenzie King*Minister of National Defence: Ian Mackenzie...

    )
  • October 11 - Nelson Symonds
    Nelson Symonds
    Nelson Symonds was a jazz guitarist from Hammonds Plains, Nova Scotia.-Biography:After pursuing the banjo at a young age, Symonds switched to the guitar...

    , jazz guitar
    Jazz guitar
    The term jazz guitar may refer to either a type of guitar or to the variety of guitar playing styles used in the various genres which are commonly termed "jazz"...

    ist (b.1933
    1933 in Canada
    -Events:* April 7 - Raymond Paley becomes the first known skiing fatality in the Canadian Rockies on Fossil Mountain.* August 16 - A race riot occurs at Christie Pits in Toronto.* November 11 - The magnitude 7.3 Baffin Bay earthquake occurs at Baffin Bay, Nunavut....

    )
  • October 12 - Leo Major
    Leo Major
    Corporal Léo Major was a Montrealer soldier in the Régiment de la Chaudière in World War II. He was one of only three Canadian soldiers in the British Commonwealth to be awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal, the only Canadian to have been awarded the honour twice , and the only Allied soldier...

    , soldier (b.1921
    1921 in Canada
    -Events:*March 26 - The Bluenose is launched*June 9 - Saskatchewan general election, 1921: William M. Martin's Liberals win a fifth consecutive majority*June 15 - Prohibition comes to an end in British Columbia...

    )
  • October 17 - Ben Weider
    Ben Weider
    Benjamin "Ben" Weider, was the co-founder of the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness along with brother Joe Weider...

    , bodybuilding
    Bodybuilding
    Bodybuilding is a form of body modification involving intensive muscle hypertrophy. An individual who engages in this activity is referred to as a bodybuilder. In competitive and professional bodybuilding, bodybuilders display their physiques to a panel of judges, who assign points based on their...

     promoter
    Promoter (entertainment)
    An entertainment promoter i.e. music, wrestling, boxing etc is a person or company in the business of marketing and promoting live events such as concerts/gigs, boxing matches, sports entertainment , festivals, raves, and nightclubs.- Business model :Promoters are typically hired as independent...

     and Napoleon
    Napoleon I of France
    Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader during the latter stages of the French Revolution.As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815...

     scholar (b.1923
    1923 in Canada
    -Incumbents:*Prime Minister: William Lyon Mackenzie King*Governor General: Viscount Byng*Premier of Alberta: Herbert Greenfield*Premier of British Columbia: John Oliver*Premier of Manitoba: John Bracken*Premier of New Brunswick: Walter Foster then Peter Veniot...

    )
  • October 18 - Charley Fox
    Charley Fox
    Charles William Fox, DFCand Bar, CD was a Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Air Force in World War II...

    , pilot
    Aviator
    An aviator is a person who flies an aircraft. The first recorded use of the term was in 1887, as a variation of 'aviation', from the Latin avis , coined in 1863 by G. de la Landelle in Aviation Ou Navigation Aérienne...

     credited with strafing
    Strafing
    Strafing is the practice of attacking ground targets from low-flying aircraft using aircraft-mounted automatic weapons. This means, that although ground attack using automatic weapons fire is very often accompanied with bombing or rocket fire, the term "strafing" does not specifically include the...

     Erwin Rommel
    Erwin Rommel
    Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel , popularly known as the Desert Fox , was a German Field Marshal of World War II. He won the respect of both his own troops and the enemies he fought....

    's car (b.1920
    1920 in Canada
    -Events:*January 10 - Canada is a founding member of the League of Nations*February 1 - The Royal Northwest Mounted Police renamed the Royal Canadian Mounted Police*February 14 - Université de Montréal founded...

    )
  • October 27
    • Louis Secco
      Louis Secco
      Louis John Secco is a Canadian ice hockey player. He won a gold medal at the 1952 Winter Olympics.-External links:**...

      , Olympic
      Olympic Games
      The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...

       gold medal-winning (1952
      1952 Winter Olympics
      The 1952 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games, took place in Oslo, Norway, from 14 to 25 February 1952. Discussions about Oslo hosting the Winter Olympic Games began as early as 1935; the city wanted to host the 1948 Games, but World War II made that impossible...

      ) ice hockey
      Ice hockey
      Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

       player (b.1927
      1927 in Canada
      -Events:*January 9 - 76 are killed when a fire breaks out at the Laurier Palace Theatre in Montreal*March 1 - The location of the boundary between Labrador and Quebec is settled by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, accepting the Dominion of Newfoundland's claim rather than Canada's.*May...

      )
    • Charles Dubin
      Charles Dubin
      Charles Leonard Dubin, OC, O.Ont, QC was a Canadian lawyer and former Chief Justice of Ontario. He is best known for leading the Dubin Inquiry into the use of steroids by athletes.-Early life:...

      , lawyer and former Chief Justice of Ontario
      Ontario
      Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

       (b.1921
      1921 in Canada
      -Events:*March 26 - The Bluenose is launched*June 9 - Saskatchewan general election, 1921: William M. Martin's Liberals win a fifth consecutive majority*June 15 - Prohibition comes to an end in British Columbia...

      )

November

  • November 1 - Oscar Lathlin
    Oscar Lathlin
    Oscar Lathlin was a politician in Manitoba, Canada, and was a cabinet minister in the New Democratic Party government of Gary Doer.-Life and career:...

    , politician (b.1947
    1947 in Canada
    -Events:*January 1 - Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 comes into effect*January 27 - The cabinet order deporting Japanese-Canadians to Japan is repealed after widespread protests*February 13 - Oil is discovered near Leduc, Alberta...

    )
  • November 2 - Jim Koleff
    Jim Koleff
    Jim Koleff was a Canadian hockey player and coach who spent three decades playing hockey and coaching and managing hockey teams in Europe....

    , hockey
    Hockey
    Hockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:...

     player and coach (b.1953
    1953 in Canada
    -Incumbents:*Monarch – Elizabeth II*Governor General – Vincent Massey*Prime Minister – Louis Saint Laurent*Premier of Alberta – Ernest Manning*Premier of British Columbia – W.A.C...

    )
  • November 5 - Norm Marshall
    Norm Marshall
    Norm Marshall was a Canadian radio and television broadcaster. He and Larry O'Brien were commentators for the first telecast of a Grey Cup football game 29 November 1952 on CBLT Toronto. CBC paid both Marshall and O'Brien CAD$250 for this inaugural broadcast.-Biography:Marshall's radio...

    , broadcaster
    Broadcasting
    Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and video content to a dispersed audience via any audio visual medium. Receiving parties may include the general public or a relatively large subset of thereof...

     (b.1918
    1918 in Canada
    -Events:*March 1 - Harlan Brewster, premier of British Columbia, dies in office*March 6 - John Oliver becomes premier of British Columbia*March 30 - C Squadron of Lord Strathcona's Horse conducts a cavalry charge against the Germans at Moreuil Wood...

    )
  • November 12 - George Morrison, ice hockey
    Ice hockey
    Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

     player (b.1948
    1948 in Canada
    -Events:*June 7 - Ontario election: George Drew's PCs win a second consecutive majority*June 24 - Saskatchewan election: Tommy Douglas's Co-operative Commonwealth Federation wins a second consecutive majority...

    )
  • November 17
    • Pete Newell
      Pete Newell
      Peter Francis Newell was an American college men's basketball coach and basketball instructional coach. He coached for 15 years at the University of San Francisco, Michigan State University and the University of California, Berkeley, compiling an overall record of 234 wins and 123 losses...

      , basketball
      Basketball
      Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

       coach (b.1915
      1915 in Canada
      -Events:*January 4 - WWI: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry becomes the first Canadian troops sent to the front lines*January 15 - The Canadian Northern Railway line to Vancouver, British Columbia, is completed...

      )
    • Debby
      Debby (polar bear)
      Debby was the world's oldest polar bear. She lived in the Assiniboine Park Zoo in Winnipeg. In August 2008, the Guinness Book of World Records certified her as not only the oldest polar bear, but one of the three oldest individuals ever recorded of all bear species.Debby was born in the Soviet...

       oldest living polar bear
      Polar Bear
      The polar bear is a bear native largely within the Arctic Circle encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding land masses. It is the world's largest land carnivore and also the largest bear, together with the omnivorous Kodiak Bear, which is approximately the same size...

      , third-oldest known bear
      Bear
      Bears are mammals of the family Ursidae. Bears are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans, with the pinnipeds being their closest living relatives. Although there are only eight living species of bear, they are widespread, appearing in a wide variety of habitats throughout the Northern...

       (b.1966
      1966 in Canada
      -Incumbents:*Monarch: Elizabeth II*Governor General: Georges Vanier*Prime Minister: Lester B. Pearson*Premier of Alberta: Ernest Manning*Premier of British Columbia: W.A.C...

      )
  • November 24
    • Ray Perrault
      Ray Perrault
      Raymond Joseph Perrault, PC was a Canadian politician. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia and of the Canadian Senate....

      , politician (b.1926
      1926 in Canada
      - Events :*February 24 – Robert Randolph Bruce becomes British Columbia's 13th Lieutenant Governor*February 26 – James Garfield Gardiner becomes premier of Saskatchewan, replacing Charles Dunning...

      )
    • Kenny MacLean
      Kenny MacLean
      Kenneth Irving MacLean was a Scottish-Canadian musician, best known as a former member of the multi-platinum selling band Platinum Blonde....

      , bassist
      Bass guitar
      The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

       (Platinum Blonde
      Platinum Blonde (band)
      Platinum Blonde is a Canadian New Wave group in the mid 1980s-early 1990s. The band originally consisted of Mark Holmes from Scarborough on vocals and bass, Sergio Galli on guitar and Chris Steffler on drums. Scottish musician Kenny MacLean later joined the group as the bassist. The name of the...

      ) (b.1956
      1956 in Canada
      -Incumbents:*Monarch – Elizabeth II*Governor General – Vincent Massey*Prime Minister – Louis Saint Laurent*Premier of Alberta – Ernest Manning*Premier of British Columbia – W.A.C...

      )
    • Bep Guidolin
      Bep Guidolin
      Armand "Bep" Guidolin was a Canadian National Hockey League player. He was born in Thorold, Ontario. He and Eleanor, his wife of 62 years, had four children....

      , ice hockey
      Ice hockey
      Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

       player and coach (b.1925
      1925 in Canada
      -Events:*February 5 - Post Office workers are brought under civil service regulations.*February 24 - The Lake of the Woods Treaty works out joint Canadian-American control of the Lake of the Woods.*April 13 - Women win the right to vote in Newfoundland...

      )
  • November 24 - Tom Burgess
    Tom Burgess (baseball)
    Thomas Roland Burgess was a Canadian baseball player, coach and manager. An outfielder and first baseman, Burgess had two trials in Major League Baseball — a 17-game stint with the St. Louis Cardinals and a full season with the Los Angeles Angels...

    , baseball
    Baseball
    Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

     player and coach (b.1927
    1927 in Canada
    -Events:*January 9 - 76 are killed when a fire breaks out at the Laurier Palace Theatre in Montreal*March 1 - The location of the boundary between Labrador and Quebec is settled by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, accepting the Dominion of Newfoundland's claim rather than Canada's.*May...

    )
  • November 27 - William Landymore
    William Landymore
    Rear-Admiral William Moss Landymore, OBE, CD was a Canadian naval officer.-Career:Landymore commenced studies at the Royal Military College of Canada as cadet # 2399 in 1934...

    , naval officer (b.1916
    1916 in Canada
    -January to June:*January 28 - Women are given the right to vote in Manitoba, after protests by people such as Nellie McClung*February 3 - The Centre Block of the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa burns down*February 10 - An anti-German riot hits Calgary...

    )
  • November 30 - Pit Martin
    Pit Martin
    Hubert Jacques "Pit" Martin was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who served as captain for the Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League from 1975 to 1977...

    , ice hockey
    Ice hockey
    Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

     player (b.1943
    1943 in Canada
    -Events:*January 8 - Stuart Garson becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing John Bracken, who had governed for 21 years*May 11 - J. Walter Jones becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Thane Campbell...

    )

December

  • December 1 - Betty Goodwin
    Betty Goodwin
    Betty Roodish Goodwin, OC was a Canadian printmaker, sculptor, painter, and installation artist.- Early life :...

    , artist
    Artist
    An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...

     (b.1923
    1923 in Canada
    -Incumbents:*Prime Minister: William Lyon Mackenzie King*Governor General: Viscount Byng*Premier of Alberta: Herbert Greenfield*Premier of British Columbia: John Oliver*Premier of Manitoba: John Bracken*Premier of New Brunswick: Walter Foster then Peter Veniot...

    )
  • December 2 - Edward Samuel Rogers
    Edward Samuel Rogers
    Edward Samuel "Ted" Rogers, Jr., OC was the President and CEO of Rogers Communications Inc., and the fifth richest person in Canada in terms of net worth. His father Edward S. Rogers, Sr...

    , businessman, CEO of Rogers Communications
    Rogers Communications
    Rogers Communications Inc. is one of Canada's largest communications companies, particularly in the field of wireless communications, cable television, home phone and internet with additional telecommunications and mass media assets...

     and owner of the Toronto Blue Jays
    Toronto Blue Jays
    The Toronto Blue Jays are a professional baseball team located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Blue Jays are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball 's American League ....

     (b.1933
    1933 in Canada
    -Events:* April 7 - Raymond Paley becomes the first known skiing fatality in the Canadian Rockies on Fossil Mountain.* August 16 - A race riot occurs at Christie Pits in Toronto.* November 11 - The magnitude 7.3 Baffin Bay earthquake occurs at Baffin Bay, Nunavut....

    )
  • December 9 - Brenda Leipsic
    Brenda Leipsic
    Brenda Leipsic was a city councillor and deputy mayor in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.-Background:Born in Winnipeg in 1942, daughter of Olga and William Dennis, she grew up in the city’s North End. Her junior and high school days were spent at St. Mary’s Academy and she graduated from the University...

    , politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

     (b.1942
    1942 in Canada
    -Events:* January 10 - Elizabeth Monk and Suzanne Pilon become the first female lawyers in Quebec* February 26 - Japanese Canadians are interned and moved further inland.* April 27 - A national plebiscite is held on the issue of conscription...

    )
  • December 14 - Hank Goldup
    Hank Goldup
    Henry George "Hank" Goldup was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 202 games in the National Hockey League with the Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Rangers. He won the Stanley Cup in 1942 with the Toronto Maple Leafs...

    , ice hockey
    Ice hockey
    Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

     player (b.1918
    1918 in Canada
    -Events:*March 1 - Harlan Brewster, premier of British Columbia, dies in office*March 6 - John Oliver becomes premier of British Columbia*March 30 - C Squadron of Lord Strathcona's Horse conducts a cavalry charge against the Germans at Moreuil Wood...

    )
  • December 15 - Mike Blum
    Mike Blum
    Mike Blum was a Canadian football player in the Canadian Football League. He played five seasons for the Toronto Argonauts between 1968 and 1974, and in 1972 earned a Grey Cup ring with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.He died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Toronto on December 15, 2008-External links:* ...

    , football
    Canadian Football League
    The Canadian Football League or CFL is a professional sports league located in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football, a form of gridiron football closely related to American football....

     player (Toronto Argonauts
    Toronto Argonauts
    The Toronto Argonauts are a professional Canadian football team competing in the East Division of the Canadian Football League. The Toronto, Ontario based team was founded in 1873 and is one of the oldest existing professional sports teams in North America, after the Chicago Cubs and the Atlanta...

    , Hamilton Tiger-Cats
    Hamilton Tiger-Cats
    The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a Canadian Football League team based in Hamilton, Ontario, founded in 1950 with the merger of the Hamilton Tigers and the Hamilton Wildcats. The Tiger-Cats play their home games at Ivor Wynne Stadium...

    ) (b.1943
    1943 in Canada
    -Events:*January 8 - Stuart Garson becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing John Bracken, who had governed for 21 years*May 11 - J. Walter Jones becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Thane Campbell...

    )
  • December 16 - Joe Krol
    Joe Krol
    Joe "King" Krol was a Canadian football quarterback, running back, defensive back, and placekicker/punter from 1942 to 1953 and 1955...

    , football player
    Canadian Football League
    The Canadian Football League or CFL is a professional sports league located in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football, a form of gridiron football closely related to American football....

     (Toronto Argonauts
    Toronto Argonauts
    The Toronto Argonauts are a professional Canadian football team competing in the East Division of the Canadian Football League. The Toronto, Ontario based team was founded in 1873 and is one of the oldest existing professional sports teams in North America, after the Chicago Cubs and the Atlanta...

    ) (b.1919
    1919 in Canada
    -January to June:*January 19 - Canadian troops take part in the Battle of Shenkursk, part of the Russian Civil War.*February 17 - Wilfrid Laurier, Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, dies in office.*April 17 - New Brunswick women are permitted to vote....

    )
  • December 21 - James Fulton, politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

    , Member of Parliament for Skeena
    Skeena (electoral district)
    Skeena was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 2004.-Geography:This was a rural, mostly wilderness, riding in northwestern B.C...

     (1979–1993) (b.1950
    1950 in Canada
    -Incumbents:*Monarch: King George VI*Governor General: Earl Alexander of Tunis*Prime Minister: Louis Saint Laurent*Premier of Alberta: Ernest Manning*Premier of British Columbia: Byron Johnson*Premier of Manitoba: Douglas Campbell...

    )
  • December 24 - Gordon Fairweather
    Gordon Fairweather
    Robert Gordon Lee Fairweather, OC, ONB, QC was a lawyer and Canadian politician.Fairweather was born in Rothesay, New Brunswick, the son of J.H.A.L. Fairweather and Agnes C. McKeen. Fairweather was educated at Rothesay Collegiate...

    , politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

    , Member of Parliament for Royal
    Fundy Royal
    Fundy Royal is a federal electoral district in southern New Brunswick, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968...

    , New Brunswick
    New Brunswick
    New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...

     (1962–1977) (b.1923
    1923 in Canada
    -Incumbents:*Prime Minister: William Lyon Mackenzie King*Governor General: Viscount Byng*Premier of Alberta: Herbert Greenfield*Premier of British Columbia: John Oliver*Premier of Manitoba: John Bracken*Premier of New Brunswick: Walter Foster then Peter Veniot...

    )
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