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Events from the year
1994 in Canada
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Incumbents
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]
Main article:
1994 Canadian incumbents
Crown
[
edit
]
Monarch
–
Elizabeth II
[
1
]
Federal government
[
edit
]
Governor General
–
Ray Hnatyshyn
Prime Minister
–
Jean Chrétien
Chief Justice
–
Antonio Lamer
(
Quebec
)
Parliament
–
35th
(from January 14)
Provincial governments
[
edit
]
Lieutenant governors
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edit
]
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
–
Gordon Towers
Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia
–
David Lam
Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba
–
Yvon Dumont
Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
–
Gilbert Finn
(until June 21) then
Margaret McCain
Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland
–
Frederick Russell
Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
–
Lloyd Crouse
(until June 23) then
James Kinley
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
–
Hal Jackman
Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island
–
Marion Reid
Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
–
Martial Asselin
Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan
–
Sylvia Fedoruk
(until May 31) then
Jack Wiebe
Premiers
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Premier of Alberta
–
Ralph Klein
Premier of British Columbia
–
Mike Harcourt
Premier of Manitoba
–
Gary Filmon
Premier of New Brunswick
–
Frank McKenna
Premier of Newfoundland
–
Clyde Wells
Premier of Nova Scotia
–
John Savage
Premier of Ontario
–
Bob Rae
Premier of Prince Edward Island
–
Catherine Callbeck
Premier of Quebec
–
Robert Bourassa
(until January 11) then
Daniel Johnson, Jr.
(January 11 to September 26) then
Jacques Parizeau
Premier of Saskatchewan
–
Roy Romanow
Territorial governments
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Commissioners
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]
Commissioner of Yukon
–
John Kenneth McKinnon
Commissioner of Northwest Territories
–
Daniel L. Norris
Premiers
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]
Premier of the Northwest Territories
–
Nellie Cournoyea
Premier of Yukon
–
John Ostashek
Events
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]
January to June
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]
Winter
– One of the coldest winters on record affects much of Canada.
January 1 –
North American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA) goes into effect.
January 11 –
Daniel Johnson, Jr.
, becomes premier of
Quebec
, replacing
Robert Bourassa
.
February – The first Liberal budget slashes spending in an effort to cut the deficit.
Unemployment Insurance
and provincial transfer payments are especially hard hit.
March 21 – A civilian inquiry in the behaviour of the
Canadian Airborne in Somalia
is launched.
April 1 – The community of Arctic Red River, Northwest Territories, is renamed to
Tsiigehtchic
.
April 5 – The
Just Desserts shooting
occurs in
Toronto
,
May 10 – Annular solar eclipse happened in Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes.
June – An
Ontario
farmer is allowed to grow 10 acres (40,000 m
2
) of
marijuana
for research purposes.
June 9 – Ontario's
Equality Rights Statute Amendment Act
(Bill 167), a bill proposed by the government of
Bob Rae
to extend
civil union
rights to same-sex couples, is defeated on a vote of 68–59 in the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
.
July to December
[
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]
September 12 –
Quebec election
, the
Parti Québécois
defeats the
Parti libéral du Québec
, which had been in power for nine years.
September 26 –
Jacques Parizeau
(
Parti Québécois
) is sworn in as premier of
Quebec
, replacing
Daniel Johnson, Jr
.
October 5 and October 6 – Members of the
Solar Temple
cult commit mass suicide.
December –
Lucien Bouchard
is infected with
necrotizing fasciitis
and loses a leg.
Full date unknown
[
edit
]
Conrad Black
's company buys the
Chicago Sun-Times
.
Bertram Brockhouse
shares the
Nobel Prize in Physics
.
Cigarette
taxes are slashed to battle smuggling and black market organizations.
Canadian troops leave
CFB Lahr
, ending the Canadian armed forces presence in Europe.
The
Alberta Court of Appeal
strikes down a lower court ruling that
homosexual
persons are to be covered under the province's human rights legislation. The case, originally brought by
Delwin Vriend
, was subsequently appealed to the
Supreme Court of Canada
.
American hardware retail chain,
Home Depot
buys the
Aikenhead's Hardware
chain.
Arts and literature
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New works
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]
Margaret Atwood
:
Good Bones and Simple Murders
Robert J. Sawyer
:
Foreigner
William Bell
:
Five Days of the Ghost
Michael Ignatieff
:
Blood and Belonging: Journeys into the New Nationalism
Réjean Ducharme
:
Va savoir
Mordecai Richler
:
This Year in Jerusalem
Dave Duncan
:
The Living God
Hank Snow
:
Just a Hank Snow Story
Alice Munro
:
Open Secrets
Douglas Coupland
:
Life After God
Farley Mowat
:
Born Naked
Awards
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]
Further information:
1994 Governor General's Awards
Giller Prize
:
M.G. Vassanji
:
The Book of Secrets
Books in Canada First Novel Award
:
Deborah Joy Corey
,
Losing Eddie: A Novel
Geoffrey Bilson Award
:
Kit Pearson
,
The Lights Go On Again
Gerald Lampert Award
:
Barbara Klar
,
The Night You Called Me a Shadow
and
Illya Tourtidis
,
Mad Magellan's Tale
Marian Engel Award
:
Jane Urquhart
Pat Lowther Award
:
Diana Brebner
,
The Golden Lotus
Stephen Leacock Award
:
Bill Richardson
,
Bachelor Brother's Bed and Breakfast
Trillium Book Award
English:
Donald Haram Akenson
,
Conor: A Biography of Conor Cruise O'Brien; Volume 1 Narrative
,
Trillium Book Award
French:
Andrée Lacelle
,
Tant de vie s'égare
Vicky Metcalf Award
:
Welwyn Wilton Katz
Television
[
edit
]
The Kids in the Hall
ends
Films
[
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]
Main article:
List of Canadian films of 1994
Atom Egoyan
's
Exotica
is released
Sport
[
edit
]
February 14 – The
Vancouver Grizzlies
are established as the
NBA
's second Canadian team. They started play in 1995
February 27 – The
1994 Winter Olympics
end in
Lillehammer
,
Norway
.
May 14 – The
Kamloops Blazers
win their second
Memorial Cup
by defeating the
Laval Titan
5 to 3. The entire tournament took place at
Colisée de Laval
in
Laval, Quebec
June 14 –
New York Rangers
win their fourth (and first since 1940)
Stanley Cup
by defeating the
Vancouver Canucks
4 games to 2.
July 6 – 3 more American teams (
Las Vegas Posse
, the
Shreveport Pirates
and the
Baltimore Stallions
) are established in the
Canadian Football League
August 18–28 –
1994 Commonwealth Games
in
Victoria, British Columbia
October – A
lockout
closes the
National Hockey League
for the entire first half of the season.
November 19 – The
Western Ontario Mustangs
win their sixth
Vanier Cup
by defeating the
Saskatchewan Huskies
50–40 in the
30th Vanier Cup
played at
Skydome
in
Toronto
November 27 – The
BC Lions
win their third
Grey Cup
by defeating the Baltimore Stallions 26 to 23 in the
82nd Grey Cup
played at
BC Place Stadium
in
Vancouver
. Vancouver's own
Lui Passaglia
is awarded the game's
Most Valuable Canadian
Ice hockey
is made Canada's official winter sport.
Lacrosse
is named official summer sport.
Births
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]
February 8 –
Nikki Yanofsky
born in Hampstead, Quebec
February 16 –
Matthew Knight
, actor
February 19 –
Jean-Carl Boucher
born in Regina, Saskatchewan
February 25 –
Eugenie Bouchard
born in Westmount, Quebec
March 1 –
Justin Bieber
born in London, Ontario
March 5 –
Aislinn Paul
, actress
March 13 –
Andrea Macasaet
born in Winnipeg, Manitoba
March 25
Keffals
, transgender activist
Keven Aleman
, Costa Rican-born soccer player
April 17 –
Alanna Goldie
, fencer
April 19 –
Maddison Bird
born in Scarborough, Ontario
May 1 –
Antoine Bibeau
, ice hockey player
May 4 –
Kurtis Conner
, comedian and podcaster
June 2 –
Shroud
, Canadian streamer
July 17 –
Jessica Amlee
, actress
July 27 –
Winnie Harlow
, fashion model
August 25 –
Paul-André Brasseur
, actor
September 8 –
Élie Dupuis
, actor
October 2 –
Brendan Meyer
, actor
October 9 –
Jodelle Ferland
born in Nanaimo, British Columbia
November 11 –
Connor Price
born in Toronto, Ontario
December 23 –
Tianda Flegel
Full date unknown
[
edit
]
Sean Collins
, son of politician
Chris Collins
(died
2007
)
Deaths
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]
February 12 –
Sue Rodriguez
, advocate for assisted suicide (born
1950
)
March 4 –
John Candy
, comedian and actor (born
1950
)
April 17 –
Robert Legget
, civil engineer, historian and non-fiction writer (born
1904
)
June 17 –
Helen Battle
, first Canadian woman PhD in marine biology (born
1903
)
July 1 –
Michael Cook
, playwright (born
1933
)
August –
Wally Downer
, politician (born
1904
)
October 12 –
Gérald Godin
, poet and politician (born
1938
)
December 10 –
Alex Wilson
, track and field athlete and Olympic silver medalist (born
1905
)
December 20 –
John Wintermeyer
, politician (born
1916
)
Full date unknown
[
edit
]
Arthur Julian Andrew
, diplomat and author (born
1915
)
Felix Partz
, artist and co-founder of the artistic collective
General Idea
(born
1945
)
Jorge Zontal
, artist and co-founder of the artistic collective
General Idea
(born
1944
)
Gordon Sparling
, filmmaker (born
1900
)
See also
[
edit
]
English
Wikisource
has original text related to this article:
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List of Canadian films of 1994
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