1994 in Canada explained
Events from the year 1994 in Canada.
Incumbents
See main article: 1994 Canadian incumbents.
Crown
Federal government
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
Premiers
Territorial governments
Commissioners
Premiers
Events
January to June
July to December
Full date unknown
Arts and literature
New works
Good Bones and Simple Murders
Foreigner
Five Days of the Ghost
Blood and Belonging: Journeys into the New Nationalism
Va savoir
This Year in Jerusalem
The Living God
Just a Hank Snow Story
Open Secrets
Life After God
Born Naked
Awards
M.G. Vassanji: The Book of Secrets
Deborah Joy Corey, Losing Eddie: A Novel
Kit Pearson, The Lights Go On Again
Barbara Klar, The Night You Called Me a Shadow and Illya Tourtidis, Mad Magellan's Tale
Jane Urquhart
Diana Brebner, The Golden Lotus
Bill Richardson, Bachelor Brother's Bed and Breakfast
Welwyn Wilton Katz
Television
Films
See main article: List of Canadian films of 1994.
Sport
Births
- 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
- 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
Deaths
- 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
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Queen Elizabeth II The Canadian Encyclopedia . www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca . 4 December 2022.