2019 in Canada

Events from the year 2019 in Canada.

Incumbents

The Crown

• Monarch – Elizabeth II

Federal government

• Governor General – Julie Payette
• Prime Minister – Justin Trudeau
• Parliament – 42nd (until 11 September), then 43rd (from 5 December)

Provincial governments

Lieutenant Governors

• Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Lois Mitchell
• Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Janet Austin
• Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Janice Filmon
• Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick –

*Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau (until August 2)

*vacant (August 2 to September 8)

*Brenda Murphy (since September 8)

• Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador – Judy Foote
• Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Arthur LeBlanc
• Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Elizabeth Dowdeswell
• Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Antoinette Perry
• Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – J. Michel Doyon
• Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan –

*W. Thomas Molloy (until July 2)

*vacant (July 2 to 18)

*Russell Mirasty (since July 18)

Premiers

• Premier of Alberta – Rachel Notley (until April 30), then Jason Kenney
• Premier of British Columbia – John Horgan
• Premier of Manitoba – Brian Pallister
• Premier of New Brunswick – Blaine Higgs
• Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador – Dwight Ball
• Premier of Nova Scotia – Stephen McNeil
• Premier of Ontario – Doug Ford
• Premier of Prince Edward Island – Wade MacLauchlan (until May 9), then Dennis King
• Premier of Quebec – François Legault
• Premier of Saskatchewan – Scott Moe

Territorial governments

Commissioners

• Commissioner of Nunavut – Nellie Kusugak
• Commissioner of the Northwest Territories – Margaret Thom
• Commissioner of Yukon – Angélique Bernard

Premiers

• Premier of Nunavut – Joe Savikataaq
• Premier of the Northwest Territories – Bob McLeod (until October 24), then Caroline Cochrane
• Premier of Yukon – Sandy Silver

Events

January

• January 5 – Finland won the gold medal match of the 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (which began 26 December 2018).
• January 11 – A double-decker bus accident OC Transpo struck a bus shelter killing three people and injuring 23 others in Ottawa.
• January 13 to 30 – The 2019 Canadian Figure Skating Championships were held.
• January 22 – A CN Rail train derailed at a level crossing on Saskatchewan Highway 11 north of Saskatoon. Nobody was hurt. There was significant damage to the train and crossing.

February–March

• February 15 to March 3 – 2019 Canada Winter Games in Red Deer.
• March 10 – Daylight saving time starts
• March 16 to 17 – Juno Awards of 2019 in London
• March 18 – Proceedings of the Senate of Canada were televised for the first time in the chamber's history.
• March 20 – The Crucifix that has hung in the Montreal council chamber since 1937 is taken down.
• March 30 to April 7 – 2019 World Men's Curling Championship in Lethbridge

April–May

• April 3 – Quebec City announces that it has no plans to remove the Crucifix inside their city council chamber.
• April 16 – Alberta general election held. United Conservatives win a majority government, defeating New Democrats.
• April 23 – Prince Edward Island general election held. The Progressive Conservative Party wins a minority government, the Green Party will form the official opposition.
• May 15 – The 2019 Canadian Championship began. They are to be held till September 25, 2019.
• May 16 – Newfoundland and Labrador general election held. The Liberal Party retains power but with a minority government which was Newfoundland and Labrador's first minority government since 1971.
• May 17 to 26 – 2019 Memorial Cup held in Halifax

June–July

• June 13 – The Toronto Raptors win their first NBA championship in the 2019 NBA Finals, the first time a Canadian team had won the NBA championship.
• June 17 – Quebec passed Bill 21, a law which bars public servants from wearing religious symbols while on duty.
• June 27 – Costco Canada opens the Biggest store in Canada in the Galway area of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador that is 17,000 sm
• July 9 –
• The Crucifix in the National Assembly of Quebec that Quebec Premier Maurice Duplessis hung there in 1936 (83 years), is removed.
• 46 people were sent to the hospital after a serious carbon monoxide leak at a Super 8 motel in Winnipeg. There were no fatalities.
• July 14 to July 19 – 2019 Northern British Columbia murders
• July 31 – Canada withdrew its peacekeeping forces from Mali.

August–September

• August 7 – Bodies believed to be the suspects of the Northern British Columbia murders are found in dense brush near the Nelson River.
• August 11 – Bianca Andreescu wins the 2019 Rogers Cup in the women's singles event after Serena Williams retires the match due to an upper back injury. This is the first time a Canadian has won the event since 1969.
• August 31 – Contracts for Ontario teachers and education workers expires.
• September 10 – Manitoba general election held. The Progressive Conservative Party wins a second majority government.
• September 19 – Photos and a video of blackface from 2001 of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are released. Trudeau later apologizes for the photos and the video.

October–November

• October 1 – Northwest Territories general election was held.
• October 21 – The 2019 Canadian federal election was held, with the Liberal Party forming a minority government.
• November 3 – Daylight saving time ends.
• November 11 – Longtime hockey analyst Don Cherry is fired from Hockey Night in Canada, by Sportsnet.
• November 23 – Calgary Dinos win the Vanier Cup, in Quebec City.
• November 24 – Winnipeg Blue Bombers win the Grey Cup, in Calgary.
• November 25 – 2019 World Ringette Championships in Burnaby, British Columbia.

December

• December 9 – Bianca Andreescu awarded the 2019 Lou Marsh Trophy
• December 12 – Andrew Scheer announces pending resignation as leader of the Conservative Party.

Deaths

January

• 3 January
• William Miller, football player (born 1957)
• Marcelle Corneille administrator and educator (born 1923)
• 4 January
• Peter Doucette, politician (born 1954)
• Frank Mugglestone, 94, English rugby league footballer (Bradford Northern, Castleford).
• Norman Snider, screenwriter (born 1945)
• 5 January
• Jean-Eudes Dubé, politician (born 1926)
• Gerry Plamondon, ice hockey player (born 1924)
• Alexis Smirnoff, wrestler (born 1947)
• Myron Thompson, politician (born 1936)
• 6 January
• George Crowe, ice hockey coach (born 1936)
• Gene Zwozdesky, politician (born 1948)
• 9 January
• Pierre de Bané, senator (born 1938)
• Paul Koslo, actor (born 1944)
• 11 January
• Mark Elliot, radio host (born 1953)
• Marge Callaghan, baseball player (born 1921)
• 12 January
• George Ball, entomologist (born 1926)
• Dennis Marvin Ham, politician (born 1941)
• 13 January – Bo Westlake, rower (born 1927)
• 14 January – Gavin Smith poker player(born 1968)
• 16 January
• Jean Chatillon, composer (born 1937)
• Alfred Kunz, composer (born 1929)
• 18 January
• Walter Craig, mathematician (born 1953)
• Gilles Paquet, economist (born 1936)
• François Protat, cinematographer
• 19 January – Red Sullivan, ice hockey player (born 1929)
• 22 January – A. Brian Deer, librarian (born 1945)
• 23 January – Jim McKean, Major League Baseball umpire (born 1945)
• 25 January – Jacques Berthelet, Roman Catholic bishop (born 1934)
• 29 January – Andy Hebenton, ice hockey player (born 1929)
• 31 January
• Ron Joyce, businessman, co-founder of Tim Hortons (born 1930)
• William Winegard, politician (born 1924)

February

• 1 February – Raymond Ratzlaff, politician (born 1931)
• 2 February
• Michael Ferguson, Auditor General of Canada (born 1958)
• William Slater, swimmer (born 1940)
• 4 February – Phil Western, musician (born 1971)
• 6 February – Paul Dewar, educator and politician from Ottawa (born 1963)
• 10 February – Michael Wilson, politician (born 1937)
• 11 February
• James Burns, businessman
• Joe Schlesinger, television journalist, and author (born 1928)
• 15 February – Erminie Cohen, senator (born 1926)
• 16 February – Albert Ludwig, politician and author (born 1919)
• 18 February – Charles Deblois, politician (born 1939)
• 23 February – Bob Adams, decathlete (born 1924)
• 24 February – Trevor Eyton, senator and businessman (born 1934)
• 25 February – Chantal duPont, multidisciplinary artist (born 1942)
• 27 February – Sandra Faire, television producer and philanthropist
• 28 February – Ed Bickert, jazz guitarist (born 1932)

March

• March 1 – Elly Mayday, model and women's health advocate (born 1988)
• March 4
• Robert Wagner Dowling, politician (born 1924)
• Art Hughes, Canadian soccer player (born 1930)
• Ted Lindsay, professional ice hockey player (born 1925)
• March 5
• Richard Allen, politician (born 1929)
• Stephen Irwin, architect (born 1939)
• March 6
• Gordon Osbaldeston, civil servant (born 1930)
• Charlie Panigoniak, Inuktitut singer and guitarist (born 1946)
• March 7 – Patrick Lane, poet (born 1939)
• March 9 – Harry Howell, ice hockey player (born 1932)
• March 11 – Joe Rosenblatt, poet (born 1933)
• March 16 – Joe Fafard, sculptor (born 1942)

April

• April 3 – Mary Borgstrom, potter and ceramist (born 1916
• April 7 – Wilbert Keon, physician and senator (born 1935)
• April 19 – William Krehm, author, journalist, political activist and real estate developer (born 1913)
• April 28 – Wayson Choy, writer (born 1939)

May

• May 2
• Red Kelly, ice hockey player and politician (born 1927)
• Murray Thomson, activist (born 1922)
• May 23 – Mike Laffin, politician and dentist (born 1918)

June

• June 20 – Mark Warawa, politician (born 1950)
• June 30 – John Rafferty, politician (born 1953)

July

• July 2 – W. Thomas Molloy, 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan
• July 7 – Edna Anderson, politician. (born 1922)
• July 8 – Greg Johnson, ice hockey player (b. 1971)

August

• August 2
• Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau, 31st Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick (b. 1955/1956)
• Deepak Obhrai, Canadian Member of Parliament for Calgary Forest Lawn (b. 1950)
• August 19 – Bette Stephenson, physician and politician (born 1924)

September

• September 17 – Harvey Wylie, gridiron football player (born 1933)
• September 18 – Graeme Gibson, writer (born 1934)
• September 20 – Rick Bognar, wrestler (born 1970)

October

• October 7 – Devan Bracci-Selvey, school student and murder victim (born 2005)
• October 9 – Anne Hart, writer (born 1935)
• October 30 – Bernard Slade, playwright (born 1930)

December

• December 11 – Fernande Saint-Martin, art critic, museologist, semiologist, visual arts theorist and writer (born 1927)
• December 24 – Kelly Fraser, Inuk pop singer and songwriter (born 1993)

See also

• 2019 Canadian federal election
• 2019 in Canadian television
• List of Canadian films of 2019

References

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