2023 in Canada
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Incumbents
The Crown
Federal government
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 – 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 – Russell Mirasty
Premiers
- Premier of Alberta – Danielle Smith
- Premier of British Columbia – David Eby
- Premier of Manitoba – Heather Stefanson
- 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
Premiers
- Premier of Northwest Territories – Caroline Cochrane
- Premier of Nunavut – P. J. Akeeagok
- Premier of Yukon – Sandy Silver (until January 14); then Ranj Pillai
Events
January
- January 1 – Canada enacts a law prohibiting foreigners, except for immigrants and permanent residents, from acquiring residential areas in the country for two years in response to a real-estate bubble.[1]
- January 18 – Defence Minister Anita Anand announces that the country is donating 200 Senator APCs to Ukraine to aid them during the war.[2]
- January 21 – The government agreed to pay C$2.8 billion to settle a class-action lawsuit regarding compensation for the effects of residential schools to First Nations.[3]
- January 26:
- Anand announces that Canada is sending four Leopard 2A4 tanks to Ukraine, the first Canadian tanks sent to the country. This move comes a day after Germany and the United States reversed their initial hesitations and announced a shipment of tanks to Ukraine as well.[4]
- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appointed Amira Elghawaby as Canada's first special representative on combatting Islamophobia for a four-year term. Her appointment was not only criticized by the Quebec government and the Parti Québécois, but they also called for her to resign due to remarks she said about Quebecers in 2019.[5][6][7][8]
February
- February 2 – In response to a detected Chinese balloon flying over Canadian and American airspace, Cong Peiwu, the Chinese ambassador to Canada, was summoned by officials, while the Canadian Armed Forces said in a statement that the incident posed no danger to Canadians.[9][10] The balloon was shot down two days later off the coast of the U.S. state of South Carolina by a missile.
- February 8 – A man crashed a bus into a daycare in Laval, Quebec, killing two children and injuring six others. The man, identified to be 51-year-old Pierre Ny St-Amand, was arrested.[11]
- February 11 – 2023 Yukon high-altitude object: Justin Trudeau orders the takedown of an unidentified object over Yukon, which is later shot down by a United States Air Force F-22 Raptor using a AIM-9X Sidewinder. The Canadian Armed Forces is deployed to collect and analyze the object.[12]
- February 13 – At least twelve people are injured in an explosion at a construction site in Ottawa.[13]
- February 18–March 5 – The 2023 Canada Winter Games are held in Prince Edward Island.
- February 27–March 5 – The 2023 World Junior Figure Skating Championships are held in Calgary, Alberta.
- February 28 – Canada bans social media platform TikTok from all government-issued devices, citing "an unacceptable level of risk to privacy and security" from the Chinese-owned app.[14]
March
- March 13:
- The Juno Awards of 2023 are held in Edmonton, Alberta.[15]
- Guillaume Cliche-Rivard from Québec solidaire is elected in the 2023 Saint-Henri—Sainte-Anne provincial by-election.[16]
- A pickup truck hit eleven pedestrians in Amqui, Quebec, killing three and injuring eight. The driver was arrested after attempting to flee the scene.[17]
- March 16 – A fire kills seven people in Old Montreal. The fire prompts a crackdown on illegal short-term housing rentals in Quebec.
- March 26 – Janine Gibson wins the 2023 Green Party of Manitoba leadership election.[18]
April
- April 3 – The 2023 Prince Edward Island general election is held. The Progressive Conservative Party under Dennis King won a majority government.
- April 5–16 – The 2023 IIHF Women's World Championship is held in Brampton, Ontario.
- April 5 – 2023 Canada ice storm: Two people are killed and over a million people are without power after an ice storm strikes Ontario and Quebec.[19]
- April 9 – The 2023 Canadian Ringette Championships are held in Regina, Saskatchewan. National champions are decided in U16, U19, and National Ringette League divisions.
- April 17 – Over $20 million worth of gold and other high-value items are stolen at the Toronto Pearson International Airport.
- April 19–May 3 – 2023 Canadian federal worker strike.
- April 29 – The Toronto Maple Leafs win a playoff series for the first time since 2004.
May
- May 8 – Canada expelled Zhao Wei, a Chinese diplomat based in Toronto, from Canada, after Wei was accused of intimidating a Canadian opposition legislator critical of Beijing. The legislator Wei was accused of intimidating was reported to be Conservative MP Michael Chong.[20][21] In response to Canada's expulsion of Wei, China listed Jennifer Lynn Lalonde, Canadian Consul in Shanghai, as persona non grata, where she would be expelled by May 13.[22][23]
- May 9 – Quebec's premier Francois Legault comes out opposed to a plan by Century Initiative lobby group which wants to increase immigration in Canada, saying that "it constitutes a threat to Quebec".[24][25][26]
Scheduled and unscheduled events
May
- May 29 – 2023 Alberta general election[27]
June
- June 26 – 2023 Toronto mayoral by-election
October
- October 3 – 2023 Manitoba general election
November
- November 19 – The 110th Grey Cup will be held in Hamilton, Ontario.
Deaths
January
- January 1 – Bobby Rivard, ice hockey player (b. 1939)
- January 5
- Martin Fabi, Hungarian-born football player (b. 1942)
- Michael Snow, filmmaker and artist (b. 1928)
- January 8 – Harold Martens, rancher, farmer, and politician (b. 1941)
- January 9 – George S. Zimbel, American-Canadian documentary photographer (b. 1929)
- January 12
- Robbie Bachman, drummer (b. 1953)
- Mike Cardinal, member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (b. 1941)
- January 13 – Peter W. Hutchins, lawyer (b. 1945)
- January 14 – David Onley, broadcaster, author, and the 28th lieutenant governor of Ontario (b. 1950)
- January 15 – Gino Odjick, ice hockey player (b. 1970)
- January 16
- Ann Thomas Callahan, nurse (b. 1935)
- Alan Glass, multidisciplinary artist and teacher (b. 1932)
- January 17
- Leon Dubinsky, actor, theatre director, and composer (b. 1950)
- Robert Simmonds, police officer and commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (b. 1926)
- January 18 – William Frank, politician (b. 1923)
- January 19 – Illya Woloshyn, actor (b. 1979)
- January 20 – Marvin Nash, Olympic sprinter (b. 1953)
- January 21
- David Howard, Olympic sailor (b. 1918)
- René Laurin, politician (b. 1940)
- January 25
- Noah Cowan, executive director of SFFILM and artistic director of TIFF Bell Lightbox (b. 1967)
- Pamela Anne Gordon, model (b. 1943)
- January 27
- Bob Chrystal, ice hockey player (b. 1930)
- David Rimmer, filmmaker (b. 1942)
- Floyd Sneed, drummer (b. 1942)
- January 28
- Eva Kushner, Czechoslovakian-born academic (b. 1929)
- Viola Léger, American-born actress and politician (b. 1930)
- Landon Pearson, politician and children's rights advocate (b. 1930)
- January 29
- Hazel McCallion, businesswoman, politician, and Mayor of Mississauga (b. 1921)
- George R. Robertson, actor (b. 1933)
- January 30 – Bobby Hull, ice hockey player (b. 1939)
February
- February 1 – Terence Dickinson, astrophotographer and amateur astronomer (b. 1943)
- February 2
- Fred, groundhog whose behaviour was used to predict weather on Groundhog Day[lower-alpha 1]
- Trevor Boys, race car driver (b. 1957)
- Lanny Poffo, American-Canadian professional wrestler, motivational speaker, poet, and actor (b. 1954)
- February 5
- Roslyn Swartzman, printmaker, painter, and sculptor (b. 1931)
- Kaye Vaughan, American-born football player (b. 1931)
- February 7 – Mendelson Joe, singer-songwriter, guitarist, painter, and political activist (b. 1944)
- February 10 – Ben Steinberg, composer, conductor, and music educator (b. 1930)
- February 12 – Billy Two Rivers, professional wrestler, actor, and chief of the Mohawks of Kahnawà:ke (b. 1935)
- February 13
- Guido Basso, jazz musician (b. 1937)
- Nadine Girault, politician (b. 1959)
- February 15 – Paul Jerrard, ice hockey player and coach (b. 1965)
- February 16 – Helen Fogwill Porter, writer, educator, and activist (b. 1930)
- February 17 – Don Blackburn, ice hockey player (b. 1938)
- February 18 – Peter Herrndorf, Dutch-born lawyer and media businessman (b. 1940)
- February 23 – Andrée Desautels, musician, musicologist, and music educator (b. 1923)
- February 25 – Gordon Pinsent, actor (b. 1930)
March
- March 1 – Wally Fawkes, British-Canadian jazz clarinettist and satirical cartoonist (b. 1924)
- March 6 – Ken Money, astronaut, scientist, and Olympic high jumper (b. 1935)
- March 7 – J. A. W. Gunn, political philosopher (b. 1937)
- March 8 – Richard A. N. Bonnycastle, businessman (b. 1934)
- March 10 – William R. C. Blundell, businessman (b. 1927)
- March 13
- Terry Grier, politician, lecturer, and university administrator (b. 1936)
- Glen Weir, football player (b. 1951)
- March 14 – Louisette Dussault, actress and writer (b. 1940)
- March 16
- Sharon Acker, actress and model (b. 1935)
- Claude Fournier, filmmaker (b. 1931)
- Helen Vari, Czechoslovakian-born philanthropist (b. 1931)
- March 17 – Pierre Michaud, lawyer and judge (b. 1936)
- March 20
- Dave Gardner, ice hockey player (b. 1952)
- Al Horning, politician (b. 1939)
- March 21 – Charles E. Bastien, animation director (b. 1962)
- March 24
- Bruce Sinclair, politician and Mayor of Etobicoke (b. 1928)
- Mel Semenko, football player (b. 1937)
- William D. Coleman, political scientist (b. 1950)
- March 26 – Paul Schmidt, homicide victim (b. 1986 or 1985)
- March 27 – Jocelyn Morlock, composer and music educator (b. 1969)
April
- April 1
- Ken Girard, ice hockey player (b. 1936)
- Red Robinson, disc jockey (b. 1937)
- April 2 – Greg Francis, Olympic basketball player and coach (b. 1974)
- April 8 – Matt Baldwin, curler (b. 1926)
- April 10 – Raymond Sawada, ice hockey player (b. 1985)
- April 11 – Alan Herbert, politician and activist (b. 1944)
- April 14 – Marilyn Ruth Take, figure skater (b. 1928)
- April 19 – Luc Portelance, police officer and civil servant (b. 1960)
- April 22 – Ron Cahute, musician (b. 1955)
- April 24 – Tarek Fatah, Pakistani-Canadian journalist and author (b. 1949)
- April 26 – Michel Biron, politician (b. 1934)
- April 28 – Tim Bachman, musician (b. 1951)
May
- May 1 – Gordon Lightfoot, musician (b. 1938)
- May 5
- Bruce McCall, author and illustrator (b. 1935)
- Brian McKenna, documentary film director (b. 1945)
- May 6 – Marc Lalonde, politician (b. 1929)
- May 7
- Byrna Barclay, writer and editor (b. 1940)
- Vic Stasiuk, ice hockey player and coach (b. 1929)
- May 10 – Ian Hacking, philosopher (b. 1936)
- May 12 – Gerry Hart, ice hockey player (b. 1948)
- May 15
- Deborra Hope, journalist, anchor, and producer for CHAN-DT (b. 1955)
- Ron Northcott, curler (b. 1935)
- May 16 – Frédéric Bastien, author, historian, and journalist (b. 1969 or 1970)
See also
Notes
- Found dead on this date.
References
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- Zimonjic, Peter (January 18, 2023). "Canada announces it will donate 200 armoured vehicles to Ukraine". CBC. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
- "Canada settles residential schools lawsuit for $2.8bn". BBC News. 2023-01-21. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
- Roblin, Sebastien. "Canada Donates Leopard 2A4 Tank Platoon To Ukraine". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
- "CAQ government wants federal anti-Islamophobia adviser removed over Bill 21 comments".
- "Quebec MNAs call for dismissal of anti-Islamophobia advisor". 31 January 2023.
- "Quebec minister calls on new anti-Islamophobia representative to step down over Bill 21 comments". 30 January 2023.
- "Trudeau endorses contempt for Quebec by supporting Elghawaby, Legault charges".
- "Ottawa tight-lipped on details as Canada, U.S. call out China over balloon". CTVNews. 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
- Defence, National (2023-02-03). "Statement on High Altitude Surveillance Balloon". www.canada.ca. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
- "Driver charged with first-degree murder in 'nightmare' bus attack on Quebec daycare". National Post. February 8, 2023. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
- Britzky, Paula Newton,Haley (2023-02-11). "US jet shoots down 'unidentified object' over northern Canada". CNN. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
- Woods, Michael (2023-02-14) [Originally published 2023-02-13]. "Ottawa neighbourhood devastated by massive explosion". CJOH-DT. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
- "Canada bans TikTok on government devices". BBC News. 2023-02-27. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
- "Actor Simu Liu to host 2023 Juno Awards in Edmonton - Edmonton | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2023-01-16.
- "Québec solidaire victorious in byelection, capturing Montreal Liberal stronghold | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
- "Suspect in Amqui, Que. pedestrian deaths charged; police identify victims". CTV News. March 14, 2023. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
- Kives, Bartley (March 26, 2022). "Steinbach-area ag consultant becomes new leader of Manitoba Green Party". CBC. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
- Shakil, Ismail (2023-04-07). "Two dead, over a million without power after ice storm hits Canada". Reuters. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
- "Canada expelling Chinese diplomat over alleged legislator threats". Al Jazeera. 8 May 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- "Canada expels Chinese diplomat who allegedly targeted Conservative MP". Global News. 8 May 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- "China Says To Expel Canada's Top Diplomat In Shanghai". APF. 9 May 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
- Kim, Chloe; Ng, Kelly (2023-05-09). "China expels Canadian diplomat in tit-for-tat move". BBC News. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- Bergeron, Patrice (9 May 2023). "100 millions d'habitants en 2100: L'Initiative du siècle est une menace pour le Québec, dit Legault". La Presse (in Canadian French). Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- "Quebec alone will determine its immigration levels, Premier Legault says".
- "Plan to boost Canada's population through immigration threatens Quebec, premier says". 9 May 2023.
- Thomson, Graham (December 10, 2021). "Albertans should be taking notice of Bill 81. Here's why". CBC News. Archived from the original on December 10, 2021. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
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