The following events occurred in Canada in the year 1990.
Incumbents
and (senate 130)
Crown
Federal government
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
Premiers
Territorial governments
Commissioners
Premiers
Events
January to June
- January 15 â Massive cuts to Via Rail come into effect leading to the rerouting of The Canadian and many intercity trains.
- January 24 â The Tories introduce legislation that would create the Goods and Services Tax (GST), a national sales tax.
- January 24 â Jean Charest resigns from cabinet after he was found to have spoken with a judge.
- January 29 â Ramon John Hnatyshyn replaces Jeanne Sauvé as governor general.
- January 29 â A controversial resolution is passed by the city council of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, declaring the city "English-only".
- February: The federal government announces that it will privatize Petro-Canada; the legislation to do so is introduced in October..
- February 12 â A massive tire fire begins near Hagersville, Ontario. It takes 17 days to put out.
- February 12 â 1990 Chambly by-election.
- March 9 â Newfoundland Premier Clyde Wells confirms he will rescind Newfoundland's approval of the Meech Lake Accord.
- March 15 â The federal government decides that Sikhs may wear turbans while serving as Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers following the Baltej Singh Dhillon case.
- March 22 â Canadian arms designer Gerald Bull is assassinated in Brussels.
- April 1 â The World Wrestling Federation holds WrestleMania VI from SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario, drawing a crowd of 67,678.
- May 12 â The Bloc Québécois Party is formed as several MPs led by Lucien Bouchard quit the Tories and Liberals.
- May 24 â The Edmonton Oilers win the 1990 Stanley Cup Finals.
- May 29 â Mikhail Gorbachev, President of the Soviet Union, arrives in Ottawa for a 29-hour visit.
- June 6 â Stanley Charles Waters is the first elected senator.
- June 12 â Elijah Harper prevents Manitoba from accepting the Meech Lake Accord.
- June 17âÂÂ30 â Nelson Mandela tours North America, visiting three Canadian and eight U.S. cities.
- June 23 â Meech Lake Accord officially dead.
- June 23 â Jean Chrétien elected leader of the Liberal Party of Canada at a leadership convention held in Calgary.
July to December
Arts and literature
New works
Awards
Music
Sport
Date unknown
Births
- January 18
- Brett Lawrie, Canadian baseball player
- Alex Pietrangelo, Canadian ice hockey player
- January 24 â Mitchell Islam, ice dancer
- January 29 â Danielle Parsons, curler
- January 30 â Joe Colborne, ice hockey player
- February 14 â Brett Dier, actor
- February 16 â The Weeknd, singer-songwriter
- February 23
- Kevin Connauton, ice hockey defenceman
- Marco Scandella, ice hockey defenceman
- March 2 â Michael Hutchinson, ice hockey player
- April 26 â Riley Voelkel, actress
- May 13 â Jane Creba, murder victim (d. 2005)
- June 3 â Jason Akeson, ice hockey player
- June 4 â Jess Moskaluke, singer
- June 5 â Junior Hoilett, footballer
- June 7 â Michael Stone, ice hockey player
- July 15 â Alexander Calvert, actor
- August 7 â Jake Allen, hockey goaltender
- August 15 â Chris Gudzowsky, Canadian born bobsledder
- September 7 â Megan McNeil, singer (d. 2011)
- September 28 â Kirsten Prout, actress
- October 23 â Dalmar Abuzeid, actor
- November 9 â Chris Di Staulo, filmmaker (d. 2025)
- November 19 â Laura Walker, curler
- December 10 â Reda Agourram, soccer player
- December 11 â Michael Pillarella, actor, writer, film producer and spoken word artist
- December 27 â Milos Raonic, tennis player
- December 31 â Patrick Chan, figure skater
Deaths
January to June
July to September
October to December
See also
References