January 23 – As a result of the Somalia Affair and the hazing video, it is announced that the Airborne Regiment will disband.
January 23 – Guy Paul Morin's conviction for murder that had seen him jailed for 11 years is overturned.
February 21 – The inquiry into the April 1994 uprising in the Kingston Prison For Women rules that authorities used excessive force in putting it down.
February 23 – American President Bill Clinton addresses Parliament.
August 1 – Ottawa sportscaster Brian Smith is shot in the parking lot of CJOH by escaped mental patient Jeffrey Arenburg; Smith dies in hospital the following day.
November 11 – Journalist Judy Steed, in a conference speech, attacks the chair of Ryerson University's journalism program for employing Gerald Hannon as a part-time instructor; the controversy spans the next three weeks.
November 23 – Jean Chrétien unveils a law that would give each of Canada's four regions a constitutional veto. The West complains that it deserves more than one.