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Events from the year 2019 in Canada.

## Incumbents

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### The Crown

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* Monarch – Elizabeth II[1]

### Federal government

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* Governor General – Julie Payette
* Prime Minister – Justin Trudeau
* Parliament – 42nd (until 11 September), then 43rd (from 5 December)

### Provincial governments

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#### Lieutenant Governors

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* 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

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* 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

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#### Commissioners

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* Commissioner of Nunavut – Nellie Kusugak
* Commissioner of the Northwest Territories – Margaret Thom
* Commissioner of Yukon – Angélique Bernard

#### Premiers

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* Premier of Nunavut – Joe Savikataaq
* Premier of the Northwest Territories – Bob McLeod (until October 24), then Caroline Cochrane
* Premier of Yukon – Sandy Silver

## Events

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### January

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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Main article: Deaths in 2019

### January

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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

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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

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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

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* 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

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* 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

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* June 20 – Mark Warawa, politician (born 1950)
* June 30 – John Rafferty, politician (born 1953)

### July

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* 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

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* 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

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* September 17 – Harvey Wylie, gridiron football player (born 1933)
* September 18 – Graeme Gibson, writer (born 1934)
* September 20 – Rick Bognar, wrestler (born 1970)

### October

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* 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

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* 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

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* Canada portal
* Ontario portal
* North America portal

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

## References

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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.

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