2024 in Canada

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Events from the year 2024 in Canada.

Incumbents

The Crown

• Monarch – Charles III ^[1]

Federal government

• Governor General – Mary Simon ^[2]
• Prime Minister – Justin Trudeau ^[3]
• Parliament – 44th

Provincial governments

Lieutenant Governors

• Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Salma Lakhani
• Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Janet Austin
• Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Anita Neville
• Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Brenda Murphy
• Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador – Joan Marie Aylward
• Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Arthur LeBlanc
• Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Edith Dumont
• Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Antoinette Perry
• Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – J. Michel Doyon (until 25 January); then Manon Jeannotte
• Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Russell Mirasty

Premiers

• Premier of Alberta – Danielle Smith
• Premier of British Columbia – David Eby
• Premier of Manitoba – Wab Kinew
• Premier of New Brunswick – Blaine Higgs
• Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador – Andrew Furey
• Premier of Nova Scotia – Tim Houston
• Premier of Ontario – Doug Ford
• Premier of Prince Edward Island – Dennis King
• Premier of Quebec – François Legault
• Premier of Saskatchewan – Scott Moe

Territorial governments

Commissioners

• Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Margaret Thom
• Commissioner of Nunavut – Eva Aariak
• Commissioner of Yukon – Adeline Webber

Premiers

• Premier of Northwest Territories – R.J. Simpson
• Premier of Nunavut – P.J. Akeeagok
• Premier of Yukon – Ranj Pillai

Events

January

• January 1 – The inaugural game of the Professional Women's Hockey League is held at the Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto. New York played against Toronto and won 4–0. Ella Shelton of New York scored the first goal in the league's history. ^[4]
• January 2 – A Mississauga Transit bus collides with another vehicle and ends up in a ditch, injuring 12. ^{[5] [6]}
• January 23
  • A British Aerospace Jetstream crashes shortly after taking off from a runway near Fort Smith Airport in the Northwest Territories. Six of the seven passengers and crew are killed. ^[7]
  • A firebombs and shooting attack occurs at Edmonton City Hall and causes an estimated $100,000 of property damages without causing casualties. ^{[8] [9]}
• January 29 – 2024 Conception Bay East–Bell Island provincial by-election in Newfoundland and Labrador is held. The seat is by the Liberal candidate Fred Hutton.
• January 30 – Hockey Canada sexual assault scandal: Four current National Hockey League players who took part in the 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships are charged with sexual assault in London, Ontario in connection with the 2018 investigation. ^[10]
• 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. ^{[11] [12] [13]}

February

• February 7 – 2024 Borden-Kinkora provincial by-election in Prince Edward Island is held. The seat is won by the Green candidate Matt MacFarlane. ^{[14] [15]}
• February 29 – The Quebec Court of Appeal rules in favor of Quebec's Bill 21. ^{[16] [17]}

March

• March 1 – A fire destroys the Covered Bridge Potato Chips factory near Hartland, New Brunswick. ^[18]
• March 4 – 2024 Durham federal by-election is held. The seat is won by Conservative candidate Jamil Jivani.
• 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. ^[19]
• March 15 – Quebec Premier François Legault meets with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to ask him to give Quebec total control over immigration powers, which Trudeau rejects. ^{[20] [21] [22]} In response, Parti Québécois Paul St-Pierre Plamondon repeats his calls for a referendum on the issue similar to its calls a few weeks before. ^{[23] [24]}
• March 18–24 – 2024 World Figure Skating Championships in Montreal. ^[25]
• March 31 – Haitian crisis: Canada deploys 70 members of its armed forces to Jamaica to train peacekeepers for a future intervention in Haiti. ^[26]

April

• April 1 – Jacob Flickinger, a dual American-Canadian World Central Kitchen aid worker is killed by an Israeli drone strike alongside six other volunteers while delivering aid to the Gaza Strip amid its humanitarian crisis. ^[27] Foreign minister Mélanie Joly calls for a full investigation into the attack. ^[28]
• April 2–22
  • The Candidates Tournament 2024 is held in Toronto. ^[29]
  • The Women's Candidates Tournament 2024 is also held in Toronto. ^[29]
• April 8 – Parts of Southern Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador experience a total solar eclipse. ^[30]
• April 9 – Quebec Premier François Legault says Quebec might hold a Referendum on immigration powers if Prime Minister Justin Trudeau doesn't give Quebec more immigration powers. ^{[31] [32] [33]}
• April 12 – Canada pledges $132.2 million dollars to Sudan to help people affected by the country's ongoing humanitarian crisis. ^[34]
• April 15 – The 2024 Fogo Island-Cape Freels provincial by-election is held.

Scheduled events

May

• May 2 – 2024 Lambton—Kent—Middlesex provincial by-election and 2024 Milton provincial by-election. ^[35]

June

• June 22 – 2024 Alberta New Democratic Party leadership election.

November

• November 17 – 111th Grey Cup in Vancouver.

Unknown

• 2024 World Rowing Championships
• 2024 British Columbia general election
• 2024 New Brunswick general election
• 2024 Saskatchewan general election

Art and entertainment

• List of Canadian films of 2024
• 2024 in Canadian soccer
• 2024 in Canadian music
• 2024 in Canadian television
• List of Canadian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in Canada

Source: ^{[36] [37]}

• January 1 – New Year's Day
• February 19 – Family Day
• March 29 – Good Friday
• May 20 – Victoria Day
• July 1 – Canada Day
• September 2 – Labour Day
• September 30 – National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
• October 14 – Thanksgiving Day
• November 11 – Remembrance Day
• December 25 – Christmas Day

Deaths

Main article: Deaths in 2024

Further information: Category:2024 deaths

January

• January 1 – René Verzier, cinematographer (b. 1934)
• January 2 – Connie Madigan, ice hockey player (b. 1934)
• January 3 – Paul Theriault, ice hockey coach (b. 1950)
• January 4 – Alan Redway, lawyer and politician (b. 1935)
• January 5 – Jack Masters, politician and Mayor of Thunder Bay (b. 1931)
• January 6
  • Burke Dales, football player (b. 1977)
  • Erwin Schild, German-born rabbi and author (b. 1920)
• January 7 – Martha Black, art historian (b. 1945)
• January 8 – Normand de Bellefeuille, poet, writer, literary critic, and essayist (b. 1949)
• January 10
  • Jean Forest, politician (b. 1926)
  • Peter H. Russell, political scientist (b. 1932)
• January 11
  • Ed Broadbent, politician (b. 1936)
  • Robin Brownlee, ice hockey journalist and radio host (b. 1958)
  • John Short, sports journalist and broadcaster (b. 1937)
• January 12
  • Bill Gairdner, track and field athlete (b. 1940)
  • Pierre Mailloux, psychiatrist and radio show host (b. 1949)
• January 13
  • Glen Cochrane, ice hockey player (b. 1958)
  • Bernard Descôteaux, journalist (b. 1947)
• January 15 – Nerene Virgin, journalist, actress, educator, author, and television host (b. 1946)
• January 17
  • Shawnacy Barber, American-born track and field athlete (b. 1994)
  • Brian Brett, poet, journalist, editor, and novelist (b. 1950)
  • Al Kolyn, politician (b. 1932)
  • Serge Laprade, singer and radio broadcaster (b. 1941)
• January 19 – Yves St-Denis, politician (b. 1963)
• January 20 – Norman Jewison, film and television director and producer (b. 1926)
• January 22
  • Derrick Bragg, politician (b. 1964)
  • Gary V. Nelson, urban missiologist (b. 1953)
• January 23
  • Bruce Covernton, football player (b. 1966)
  • Jack Riddell, politician (b. 1931)
• January 26 – Becky Barrett, American-born politician (b. 1942)
• January 29 – Blaine Lacher, ice hockey player (b. 1970)

February

• February 3 – Victor M. Power, politician and Mayor of Timmins, Ontario (b. 1934)
• February 8
  • Toddy Kehoe, politician, philanthropist, and disabilities activist (b. 1918)
  • Twomad, YouTube personality (b. 2000)
  • Daryl Kramp, politician (b. 1947)
• February 10
  • Henry Blackaby, evangelical pastor (b. 1935)
  • Jodi White, philanthropist and political operative (b. 1946)
• February 12
  • Patty Sahota, politician (b. 1969)
  • Len Stirling, politician (b. 1937)
• February 13 – Gerry James, football and ice hockey player (b. 1934)
• February 22 – Jean-Guy Talbot, ice hockey player and coach (b. 1932)
• February 23
  • Chris Gauthier, English-born actor (b. 1976)
  • Don Poile, ice hockey player (b. 1932)
• February 24 – Kenneth Mitchell, actor (b. 1974)
• February 28 – Werner Nold, film editor (b. 1933)
• February 29
  • Brian Mulroney, lawyer, businessman, politician, and 18th prime minister of Canada (b. 1939)
  • Paul Vachon, professional wrestler (b. 1937)

March

• March 2
  • Tim Ecclestone, ice hockey player (b. 1947)
  • Wally Firth, politician (b. 1935)
  • Paul Houde, actor and radio-television presenter (b. 1954)
• March 3 – Eleanor Collins, jazz singer, television host, and civic leader (b. 1919)
• March 4 – Paryse Martin, American-born artist (b. 1959)
• March 7 – Connie Eaves, biologist (b. 1944)
• March 8
  • Guy Boutilier, politician (b. 1959)
  • Ron Busniuk, ice hockey player (b. 1948)
• March 9 – A. K. Dewdney, mathematician, computer scientist, author, filmmaker, and conspiracy theorist (b. 1941)
• March 12
  • Kim Rudd, politician and businesswoman (b. 1957)
  • Sean Tallaire, ice hockey player (b. 1973)
• March 13 – Julius Kohanyi, film director, television producer, and writer (b. 1932)
• March 18
  • George Garrett, broadcast journalist (b. 1934)
  • Jennifer Leak, Welsh-born actress (b. 1947)
  • Roy McMurtry, lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1932)
  • Chris Simon, ice hockey player (b. 1972)
• March 19
  • Raymond Boulanger, bush pilot and drug trafficker (b. 1948)
  • Léonard Forest, filmmaker, poet, and essayist (b. 1928)
  • Yves Michaud, politician (b. 1930)
• March 23 – Paul Masnick, ice hockey player (b. 1931)
• March 24 – Gordon Singleton, track cyclist (b. 1956)
• March 30
  • Ardeth G. Kapp, cleric and writer (b. 1931)
  • Benoît Pelletier, lawyer, academic, and politician (b. 1960)
• March 31 – Michael McMartin, Canadian-Australian music manager and businessman (b. 1945)

April

• April 1 – Anne Innis Dagg, zoologist, feminist, and author (b. 1933)
• April 2
  • Thérèse Gouin Décarie, developmental psychologist and educator (b. 1923)
  • Jim Hopson, football player and executive (b. 1951)
• April 4 – Iona Campagnolo, politician and lieutenant governor of British Columbia (b. 1932)
• April 5 – Phil Nimmons, jazz clarinetist, composer, bandleader, and educator (b. 1923)
• April 8
  • Jon Card, German-born drummer (b. 1960)
  • Sue Stultz, politician (b. 1952 or 1953)
• April 10 – Gordon Balser, educator and politician (b. 1954)
• April 12 – Robert MacNeil, Canadian-American journalist and writer (b. 1931)
• April 17 – Harry Schachter, Austrian-born biochemist and glycobiologist (b. 1933)
• April 18 – Wally Harris, NHL referee (b. 1935)
• April 22 – Al Shaver, sportscaster (b. 1927)
• April 23 – Ed Chadwick, ice hockey player (b. 1933)
• April 24 – Bob Cole, sportscaster (b. 1933)

See also

• 2024 Canadian electoral calendar

References

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29. AnthonyLevin (March 28, 2023). "FIDE Candidates, Women's Candidates 2024 To Be Held In Toronto". Chess.com . Retrieved November 8, 2023.
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External links

• Online calendar