January 31 – Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announces plans to require parental consent for students under 15 years old seeking to change their gender pronouns and prohibit hormonal treatment, puberty blockers and gender affirming surgery for children under 15 years old.[13][14][15]
March 6 – Six people are killed, including four children, and another person is injured during a mass murder at a home in Ottawa. A man is arrested.[23]
April 8 – Parts of Southern Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador experience a total solar eclipse.[35]
April 9 – Quebec Premier François Legault says Quebec might hold a referendum on immigration powers if Prime Minister Justin Trudeau does not give the province more immigration powers.[36][37][38]
April 12 – Canada pledges $132.2 million to Sudan to help people affected by the country's ongoing humanitarian crisis.[39]
July 11 – Serial killer Jeremy Skibicki is convicted for the murders of four indigenous women in Manitoba in 2022.[64]
July 13 – An evacuation order is issued for 9,000 residents of Labrador City and Wabush, Newfoundland and Labrador, due to wildfires.[65]
July 16 – Parts of Southern Ontario experience rainstorms over multiple days, causing Union Station and parts of the Don Valley Parkway to shut down due to flooding. Hydro One claims that 123,000 customers lose electricity due to the flooding.[66]
July 21
It is confirmed that the bodies of Briton Sarah Packwood and her Canadian husband Brett Clibbery, who disappeared on June 18 while sailing their eco-friendly yacht across the Atlantic Ocean, were found on Sable Island near Nova Scotia on July 12.[67]
Two wildfires burning in Jasper National Park reach the Jasper townsite in Alberta, causing several structure fires, with over 25,000 residents evacuating their homes since 22 July.[70] By 25 July, between 30 and 50 percent of the town is estimated to have been destroyed.[71] Air quality in Calgary and the surrounding areas are raised to "high risk" as winds blow smoke into the region.[72]
August 9 – The remnants of Hurricane Debby strike eastern Canada, causing the rainiest single day in the history of Montreal[76] and becoming the costliest climate event in Quebec history, exceeding the 1998 ice storm, with over $2.5 billion in insured damage.[77]
Pakistani resident Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, also known as Shazeb Jadoon, is arrested in Ormstown, Quebec on suspicion of plotting attacks against Jewish people in the United States on the anniversary of the 7 October attacks on behalf of the Islamic State.[83][84]
The Toronto International Film Festival says screenings of Russians at War, a controversial documentary depicting Russian soldiers in Ukraine, will go ahead as planned, despite Ontario's public broadcaster, TVO, pulling its support amid outcry from Ukrainian Canadians.[87] However, the festival organizers cancel all screenings on 12 September, citing "significant threats" to public safety.[88]
October 1 – Trudeau's Liberal government survives another no-confidence vote in Parliament filed by the Conservative Party.[97]
October 2
Nikolaj Sorensen is suspended from figure skating for six years by Skate Canada following an investigation by the Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner into sexual maltreatment dating back to 2012.[98]
The first case of domestically-acquired rabies in Ontario since 1967 is recorded in a child who died after coming into contact with a bat at their residence north of Greater Sudbury.[99]
October 4 – Two people are killed and three others are injured, including one critically, in a building fire suspected to be caused by arson at a three-storey building in the Old Montreal neighbourhood of Montreal.[100]
October 14 – India recalls its high commissioner to Canada, Sanjay Kumar Verma, in retaliation to Ottawa placing him and other Indian diplomats under investigation over the murder of Canadian national and Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in 2023.[101] It also orders the expulsion of Canada's acting high commissioner Stewart Ross Wheeler and five other diplomats.[102]
November 14–December 8 – Taylor Swift embarks on her nine stops in Toronto and Vancouver for the highly anticipated Eras Tour. The shows in Canada mark the end of the Eras Tour overall.
November 15 – Workers at Canada Post go on strike after failing to reach an agreement over wages and workplace safety with the firm's management.[111] The strike ends on December 17.[112]
November 25 – President-elect Donald Trump promises to impose a 25% tariff on all Canadian goods. In response, Ontario premier Doug Ford calls for a meeting of all premiers and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.[116]
The Alberta legislature passes three anti transgender bills. One banning doctors from treating those under 16 with puberty blockers or hormone therapy, One banning transgender athletes from competing in female sports, and another one requiring children under 16 to have parental consent if they want to change their names or pronouns at school.[118][119][120]
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