2019 in Canada

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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 December 5)

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[]

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.[1]
  • 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.[2]

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.[3]
  • March 30 to April 7 – 2019 World Men's Curling Championship in Lethbridge

April–May[]

  • 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.
  • 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.[4]
  • July 9 – 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.[5]

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.[6]
  • 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.[7] 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.[8]

October–November[]

  • October 1 – Northwest Territories general election was held[9]
  • 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.

December[]

  • December 9 – Bianca Andreescu awarded the 2019 Lou Marsh Trophy[10]
  • December 12 – Andrew Scheer announces pending resignation as leader of the Conservative Party.

Deaths[]

Main article: Deaths in 2019

January[]

Paul Koslo
Ron Joyce
  • 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).[11]
    • 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
  • 11 January
    • Mark Elliot, radio host (born 1953)
    • Marge Callaghan, baseball player (born 1921)
  • 12 January
  • 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[]

Paul Dewar
  • 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[]

Ted Lindsay
  • 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)[12]
  • 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[13]
  • April 7 – Wilbert Keon, physician and senator (born 1935)
  • April 19 – William Krehm, author, journalist, political activist and real estate developer (born 1913)[14]
  • 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)[15]

June[]

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

July[]

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[]

  1. ^ Trois morts dans un accident d’autobus à Ottawa (in French)
  2. ^ Tracks cleared, investigation underway, after train derailment near Saskatoon
  3. ^ "Ready for their closeup: Senate begins broadcasting proceedings for first time today". CBC News, March 18, 2019.
  4. ^ "Quebec passes bill banning public servants from wearing religious symbols".
  5. ^ Berthiaume, Lee (March 29, 2019). "Canada won't extend peacekeeping mission in Mali, Freeland says". Global News. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  6. ^ "Bodies found in northern Manitoba believed to be 2 B.C. fugitives | CBC News".
  7. ^ Chidley-Hill, John (August 11, 2019). "Bianca Andreescu wins Rogers Cup after tennis icon Serena Williams retires from final". CBC News.
  8. ^ Austen, Ian; Bilefsky, Dan (18 September 2019). "Justin Trudeau Says He is 'Deeply Sorry' After Brownface Photo Surfaces". The New York Times.
  9. ^ "Elections NWT hopes to boost young adult turnout in 2019 election". CBC. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  10. ^ Armstrong, Laura (2019-12-09). "Bianca Andreescu named unanimous winner of Lou Marsh Award as Canada's athlete of the year". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
  11. ^ "Frank Mugglestone". Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  12. ^ Hall of Famer and Howe linemate Lindsay dies
  13. ^ "Mary Borgstrom". Archived from the original on 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2019-04-25.
  14. ^ "KREHM, Bill Krehm - Canadian Obituaries".
  15. ^ New Waterford man lived life to the fullest
  16. ^ Former MP Edna Anderson, who had 'an iron will,' dies at 96
  17. ^ Greg Johnson, who played for Nashville Predators and three other NHL teams, dies at 48

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