1999 in Canada

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Last updated December 20, 2023

Events from the year 1999 in Canada.

Incumbents

Crown

Monarch – Elizabeth II ^[1]

Federal government

Governor General – Roméo LeBlanc (until October 7) then Adrienne Clarkson
Prime Minister – Jean Chrétien
Chief Justice of Canada – Antonio Lamer (Quebec)
Parliament – 36th

Provincial governments

Premiers

Premier of Alberta – Ralph Klein
Premier of British Columbia – Glen Clark (until August 25) then Dan Miller
Premier of Manitoba – Gary Filmon (until October 5) then Gary Doer
Premier of New Brunswick – Camille Thériault (until June 21) then Bernard Lord
Premier of Newfoundland – Brian Tobin
Premier of Nova Scotia – Russell MacLellan (until August 16) then John Hamm
Premier of Ontario – Mike Harris
Premier of Prince Edward Island – Pat Binns
Premier of Quebec – Lucien Bouchard
Premier of Saskatchewan – Roy Romanow

Territorial governments

Commissioners

Commissioner of Yukon – Judy Gingell
Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Helen Maksagak (until March 26) then Daniel Joseph Marion
Commissioner of Nunavut – Helen Maksagak (from April 1)

Premiers

Premier of the Northwest Territories – Jim Antoine
Premier of Nunavut – Paul Okalik (from April 1)
Premier of Yukon – Piers McDonald

Events

January to June

January 1 – An avalanche destroys a school gymnasium during New Year's celebrations in Kangguspoo in far northern Quebec, killing 9.
February 9 – Brian Tobin's Liberals are re-elected in Newfoundland.
April 1 – Nunavut becomes the newest territory. Paul Okalik becomes the first premier.
April 6 – A disgruntled employee kills four people, then killed himself in OC Transpo of Ottawa.
April 28 – W. R. Myers High School shooting: in Taber, Alberta, a 15-year-old boy, who had recently been withdrawn from public school to escape bullying, walks into W.R. Myers High School and shoots two students with a .22 rifle, killing one (Jason Lang) and injuring the other.
May 1 – Sponsorship scandal: The federal government issues a $615,000 contract for a report from Groupaction into its own activities.
May 11 – Chevron announces a major natural gas find in the Northwest Territories.
May 17 – The Saskatchewan government awards^{[ clarification needed ]} David Milgaard after he was jailed for 23 years for a murder he did not commit.
May 20 – The Supreme Court expands gay spousal rights.
May 27 – Julie Payette becomes the first Canadian to board the International Space Station .
May 29 – 20-year-old Ojibwe woman Tammy Lamondin-Gagnon disappears from a public park in Newmarket, Ontario, initiating a still-unsolved missing persons case.
June 3 – Ontario election: Mike Harris's PCs win a second consecutive majority.
June 3 – Canada and the United States sign a treaty to divide the Pacific salmon fishery.
June 4 – An agreement on split-run magazines prevents looming trade war with the United States.
June 7 – Bernard Lord's Conservatives win a surprise election victory in New Brunswick.
June 10 – The Reform Party of Canada votes to become the Canadian Alliance.
June 17 – Canadian citizen Stanley Faulder is executed in Texas, despite diplomatic complaints by the Canadian government.
June 21 – Bernard Lord becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Camille Thériault.
June 30 – A British Columbia court strikes down Canada's child pornography laws.

July to December

July 27 – Nova Scotia election: The Conservatives win a majority government in Nova Scotia.
August 16 – John Hamm becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing Russell MacLellan.
August 20 – The Supreme Court rules that Quebec cannot secede unilaterally, but that Canada is obliged to recognize a clear "yes" vote.
August 20 – Eaton's files for bankruptcy.
August 24 – Onex announces a plan to buy and merge Air Canada and Canadian Airlines.
August 25 – Dan Miller, as interim leader of the NDP, becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing Glen Clark who resigned on the 21st.
September 15 – Louise Arbour appointed to the Supreme Court replacing Antonio Lamer.
September 19 – Saskatchewan election: Roy Romanow's NDP wins only a minority but forms a coalition with the Liberals to maintain control of the Legislative Assembly.
September 25 – The federal government refuses requests for aid by the six remaining Canadian NHL franchises.
October 5 – Gary Doer of the NDP becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing Gary Filmon of the Conservatives.
October 7 – Adrienne Clarkson becomes Governor General.
October 8 – Bill Clinton dedicates the new Embassy of the United States in Ottawa.
October 15 – Robert Mundell wins the Nobel Prize for economics.
October 19 – Air Canada, backed by other airlines, announces a takeover bid for Canadian Airlines.
November 3 – Beverley McLachlin becomes the first female chief justice of the Supreme Court.
November 5 – A Quebec court decides that Onex's bid for Air Canada is illegal.
November 5 – Quebec sign law is overturned.
November 21 – Nimiq 1 Canada's first direct broadcast digital TV satellite launched by a Proton-K Blok DM-3 rocket from the Tyuratam launch centre in Kazakhstan.
December 8 – Air Canada takes over Canadian Airlines.
December 11 – The verdict in the Just Desserts shooting case is handed down. Two of the accused are found guilty, the third is acquitted.
December 14 – Montreal resident Ahmed Ressam is arrested in Seattle and found with large quantities of explosives.

Arts and literature

Television

September 13 – The first episode of the children's series Mona the Vampire is broadcast on YTV

Sport

February 13 – The last hockey game is played at Maple Leaf Gardens as the team moves to the new Air Canada Centre.
April 16 – Wayne Gretzky retires from ice hockey.
May 23 – Ottawa 67's win their second (and latest as of 2023^[update]) Memorial Cup by defeating the Calgary Hitmen. The tournament was played at Ottawa Civic Centre in Ottawa.
June 19 – Oshawa, Ontario's Joe Nieuwendyk of the Dallas Stars is awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy.
July 23 – August 8 – The Pan American games are held in Winnipeg.
November 13 – Lennox Lewis defeats Evander Holyfield to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
November 28 – Hamilton Tiger-Cats win their eighth (and latest as of 2023^[update]) Grey Cup by defeating the Calgary Stampeders 32 to 21 in the 87th Grey Cup played at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver. Hamilton, Ontario's Mike Morreale was awarded the game's Most Valuable Canadian.

Births

Claire Corlett Clairecorletteverfreenw2012.jpg — Claire Corlett

January 4 – Gage Munroe, actor^[2]
February 4 – Olivia Lunny, singer
February 12 – Maggie Coles-Lyster, cyclist^[3]
February 14 – Maya Burhanpurkar, scientist
February 19 – Quinn Lord, actor
April 8 – Jacob Guay, singer
April 27 – Brooklynn Proulx, actress
May 5 – Jonny Gray, actor
July 9 – Claire Corlett, actress
July 14 – Dawson Dunbar, actor
August 2 – Mark Lee, rapper and member of South Korean boy group NCT
August 17 – Akintoye, rapper
August 22 – Dakota Goyo, actor
September 7
- Michelle Creber, actress
- Laurie Jussaume, cyclist^[4]
September 22 – Erin Pitt, actress
November 8 – Katherine Uchida, rhythmic gymnast^[5]
November 30 – Gage Munroe, actor

Full date unknown

Natasha Calis, actress
Veronica Penny

Deaths

January to March

January 8 – James William Baskin, politician and businessman (born 1920)
January 10 – Walter Harris, politician and lawyer (born 1904)
February 8 – Denise Leblanc-Bantey, politician (born 1949)
February 18 – Neil Gaudry, politician (born 1937)
February 22 – Isidore Goresky, farm labourer, teacher and provincial politician (born 1902)
March 3 – Gerhard Herzberg, physicist and physical chemist (born 1904)
March 9 – Harry Somers, composer (born 1925)
March 15 – Guy D'Artois, army officer (born 1917)
March 23 – Osmond Borradaile, cameraman, cinematographer and veteran of First and Second World War (born 1898)
March 24 – Edmund Tobin Asselin, politician (born 1920)

April to June

April 4 – Greg McConnell, indie rock musician (born 1964)
April 5 – Paul David, cardiologist and founder of the Montreal Heart Institute (born 1919)
May 2 – Douglas Harkness, politician, teacher, farmer and former Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Canadian Artillery. (born 1903)
May 23 – Owen Hart, wrestler (born 1965)
June 8 – Gordon Towers, politician and Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta (born 1919)
June 17 – Stanley Faulder, murderer and first Canadian citizen to be executed in the United States since 1952 (born 1937)

July to December

July 1 – Edward Dmytryk, Canadian-born American film director (born 1908)
July 16 – Alan Macnaughton, politician (born 1903)
August 12 – Jean Drapeau, lawyer, politician and Mayor of Montreal (born 1916)
September 24 – Robert Bend, politician (born 1914)
October 14 – Ian Wahn, politician and lawyer (born 1916)
October 31 – Greg Moore, racecar driver (born 1975)
December 2 – Matt Cohen, writer (born 1942)
December 4 – Bert Hoffmeister, army officer (born 1907)
December 10 – Rick Danko, musician and singer (born 1943)
December 20 – Hank Snow, country music artist (born 1914)
December 23 – Wallace Diestelmeyer, figure skater (born 1926)

References

↑ "Queen Elizabeth II | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
↑ "Gage Munroe on BoyActors.org.uk". boyactors.org.uk. January 26, 2011. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
↑ "Maggie Coles-lyster". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
↑ "Laurie Jussaume". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
↑ "Katherine Uchida". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.

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[1] "Queen Elizabeth II | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 4 December 2022.

[2] "Gage Munroe on BoyActors.org.uk". boyactors.org.uk. January 26, 2011. Retrieved August 16, 2013.

[3] "Maggie Coles-lyster". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 30 May 2020.

[4] "Laurie Jussaume". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2020.

[5] "Katherine Uchida". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.

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1999 in Canada

Contents

Incumbents

Crown

Federal government

Provincial governments

Lieutenant governors

Premiers

Territorial governments

Commissioners

Premiers

Events

January to June

July to December

Arts and literature

New works

Awards

Music

Television

Sport

Births

Full date unknown

Deaths

January to March

April to June

July to December

See also

Related Research Articles

References