2019 in Canada

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Events from the year 2019 in Canada.

Incumbents

The Crown

• Monarch – Elizabeth II ^[1]

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. ^[2]
• 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. ^[3]

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. ^[4]
• March 20 – The Crucifix that has hung in the Montreal council chamber since 1937 is taken down. ^{[5] [6]}
• 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. ^[7]
• 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. ^[8] The Liberal Party retains power but with a minority government which was Newfoundland and Labrador's first minority government since 1971. ^[9]
• 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. ^[10]
• July 9 –
  • The Crucifix in the National Assembly of Quebec that Quebec Premier Maurice Duplessis hung there in 1936 (83 years), is removed. ^[11]
  • 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. ^[12]

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. ^[13]
• 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. ^[14] 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. ^[15]

October–November

• October 1 – Northwest Territories general election was held. ^[16]
• October 21 – The 2019 Canadian federal election was held, with the Liberal Party forming a minority government. ^[17]
• 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 ^[18]
• 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). ^[19]
  • 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

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) ^[20]
• 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 ^[21]
• April 7 – Wilbert Keon, physician and senator (born 1935)
• April 19 – William Krehm, author, journalist, political activist and real estate developer (born 1913) ^[22]
• 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) ^[23]

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) ^[24]
• July 8 – Greg Johnson, ice hockey player (b. 1971) ^[25]

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

• Canada portal
• Ontario portal
• North America portal

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

References

1. "Queen Elizabeth II | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
2. canadienne, La Presse (January 12, 2019). "Trois morts dans un accident d'autobus à Ottawa". Le Devoir. Archived from the original on January 13, 2019.
3. "Tracks cleared, investigation underway, after train derailment near Saskatoon". Archived from the original on 2019-01-24. Retrieved 2019-01-23.
4. "Ready for their closeup: Senate begins broadcasting proceedings for first time today" Archived 2022-11-14 at the Wayback Machine . CBC News, March 18, 2019.
5. https://globalnews.ca/news/5077018/montreal-crucifix-in-museum/
6. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/crucifix-montreal-city-hall-1.5063897
7. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-city-sherbrooke-won-t-remove-crucifixes-from-city-hall-chambers-1.5081279
8. "Office of the Chief Electoral Office – Official Results of the 2019 Provincial General Election". Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. 19 May 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
9. "Liberals to form minority government, CBC projects". CBC News. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
10. "Quebec passes bill banning public servants from wearing religious symbols".
11. "Crucifix removed from National Assembly's Blue Room". CBC News. July 9, 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
12. Berthiaume, Lee (March 29, 2019). "Canada won't extend peacekeeping mission in Mali, Freeland says". Global News. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
13. "Bodies found in northern Manitoba believed to be 2 B.C. fugitives | CBC News".
14. Chidley-Hill, John (August 11, 2019). "Bianca Andreescu wins Rogers Cup after tennis icon Serena Williams retires from final". CBC News.
15. Austen, Ian; Bilefsky, Dan (18 September 2019). "Justin Trudeau Says He is 'Deeply Sorry' After Brownface Photo Surfaces". The New York Times.
16. "Elections NWT hopes to boost young adult turnout in 2019 election". CBC. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
17. Brean, Joseph (22 October 2019). "All-time low share of popular vote is enough for Liberals to win power". The National Post. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
18. 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.
19. "Frank Mugglestone" . Retrieved 4 January 2019.
20. "Hall of Famer and Howe linemate Lindsay dies". 4 March 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
21. "Mary Borgstrom". Archived from the original on 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2019-04-25.
22. "KREHM, Bill Krehm - Canadian Obituaries".
23. "New Waterford man lived life to the fullest". Archived from the original on 2019-05-26. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
24. "Former MP Edna Anderson, who had 'an iron will,' dies at 96". 15 July 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-07-15. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
25. "Greg Johnson, who played for Nashville Predators and three other NHL teams, dies at 48". Archived from the original on 2020-01-26. Retrieved 2019-07-15.

External links

• Media related to 2019 in Canada at Wikimedia Commons