2009 in Canada explained
Events from the year 2009 in Canada.
Incumbents
See main article: 2009 Canadian incumbents.
Crown
Federal government
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
Premiers
Territorial governments
Commissioners
Premiers
Events
January to March
April to September
- April 2 – Stephen Harper attends the 2009 G-20 London summit.
- April 6 – Tamil protesters gather at Parliament Hill, Ottawa for a non-stop, continuous protest requesting Harper to call for a ceasefire to the Sri Lankan Civil War. Six people begin their own hunger strikes.
- April 8 – Victoria "Tori" Stafford is abducted from Oliver Stephens Public School in Woodstock, Ontario.
- April 26 – First cases of the 2009 H1N1 outbreak are confirmed in Canada.
- April 30 – Liberal Party of Canada leadership convention is held in Vancouver, British Columbia.
- May 6 – Canada begins negotiations with the European Union on the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement.
- May 20 – Two people, Michael Thomas Rafferty, and Terri-Lyne McClintic are charged with the abduction and murder of Victoria "Tori" Stafford.
- June 17 – School stabbings happen at St. Joseph Secondary School in Mississauga.
- June 22 – Start of the 2009 City of Toronto inside and outside workers strike.
- June 24 to July 3 – Death and state funeral of Roméo LeBlanc, former Governor General
- July 4 – Natural gas line was bombed for the sixth time near Dawson Creek.
- July 8 – Stephen Harper attends the 35th G8 summit.
- July 9 – A small plane crashed on final approach to Vancouver International Airport, killing all two people on board. No one on the ground was injured, while an IKEA in the parking lot suffered some damage.
- July 17 – R. v. Grant is ruled on at the Supreme Court of Canada.
- July 23 – Shawn Atleo is chosen as the organization's new national chief at the Assembly of First Nations leadership convention.
- August 1 – One person was killed and seventy-five others were injured, when the stage collapsed at the Big Valley Jamboree due to a severe thunderstorm and high winds.
- August 6 – The 67th World Science Fiction Convention is held in Montreal, Quebec at the Palais des congrès de Montréal.
- August 19 – CrossIron Mills opens near the Calgary area.
- August 20 – 18 tornadoes rated up to F2 struck Southwestern Ontario, Central Ontario and the Greater Toronto Area.
October to December
Unknown date
- The government cryptologic agency, Tutte Institute for Mathematics and Computing, is founded.
Arts and literature
Art
- March 6 – Art and Social Responsibility The Interdependence of the Arts and Civil Society conference is held in Toronto, Ontario.
Film
See main article: List of Canadian films of 2009.
Music
See main article: 2009 in Canadian music.
Television
See main article: 2009 in Canadian television.
Literature
Sport
Deaths
January
February
March
- March 1 – Alf Pike, ice hockey player and coach (born 1917)
- March 2 – Michael Baker, politician (born 1957)
- March 3
- March 4 – Yvon Cormier, wrestler (born 1938)
- March 9 – Larry Regan, ice hockey player, coach and manager (born 1930)
- March 10 – Tom Hanson, photojournalist (born 1967)
- March 11 – Harvey Lowe, broadcaster and yo-yo world champion (born 1918)
- March 13 – Andrew Martin, wrestler (born 1975)
- March 15 – Edmund Hockridge, singer and actor (born 1919)
- March 17 – Gaston Labrèche, Chief Justice of Quebec Superior Court
- March 18 – Donald Tolmie, politician (born 1923)
- March 21
- March 22 – Archie Green, folklorist and musicologist (born 1917)
- March 26 – Shane McConkey, extreme skier and base jumper (born 1969)
- March 29 – Ivor Dent, politician and mayor of Edmonton (born 1924)
April
May
June
- June 3
- June 8 – Sheila Finestone, politician and Senator (born 1927)
- June 8 – Nathan Marsters, ice hockey player (born 1980)
- June 14
- June 15 – Allan King, film director (born 1930)
- June 17
- June 19 – Alex Nicholson, professional ice hockey goaltender (born 1923)[14]
- June 20 – Roseanne Allen, Olympic cross-country skier (born 1954)
- June 21 – Lorena Gale, playwright (born 1958)
- June 22 – Billy Red Lyons, professional wrestler (born 1932)
- June 23 – Raymond Berthiaume, jazz musician, singer and record producer (born 1931)
- June 24 – Roméo LeBlanc, Governor General & politician (born 1927)
- June 27 – Jackie Washington, blues musician (born 1919)
- June 28 – Terry Black, singer (born 1949)
- June 29
July
- July 4 – Leo Mol, sculptor (born 1915)
- July 5 – Waldo Von Erich, professional wrestler (born 1933)
- July 6 – Martin Streek, disc jockey (born 1964)
- July 9 – Ron Kennedy, ice hockey player and trainer (born 1953)
- July 11
- July 13 – Neil Munro, director, actor and playwright (born 1947)
- July 14 – Phyllis Gotlieb, science fiction author (born 1926)
- July 15 – Brian Goodwin, mathematician (born 1931)
- July 16
- July 18 – Robert Uffen, research geophysicist, professor, and university administrator (born 1923)
- July 21 – Les Lye, actor and broadcaster (born 1924)
- July 22 – Mark Leduc, Olympic boxer (born 1964)
- July 26 – Jerry Yanover, Liberal Party strategist (born 1947)
- July 27 – Lee Orr, Olympic athlete (born 1917)
- July 30 – Joy Langan, Member of Parliament for Mission—Coquitlam (1988–1993) (born 1943)
August
September
- September 1 – Alexis Tioseco, Filipino-born Canadian film critic (born 1981)
- September 7 – Fred Mills, musician (Canadian Brass) (born 1935)
- September 9
- September 10
- September 11 – Pierre Cossette, television producer (born 1923)
- September 13 – Philip Aziz, artist (born 1923)
- September 18 – Doug Fisher, journalist and politician, MP for Port Arthur (1957–1965) (born 1919)
- September 19 – Gabriel Beaudry, Olympic rower (born 1927)
- September 23 – Stuart Robertson, journalist and gardener (born 1944)
- September 24 – Nelly Arcan, novelist (born 1973)
- September 25 – Pierre Falardeau, movie director (born 1946)
- September 27 – Alan Dick, principal of Canadian International School of Hong Kong (born 1954)
- September 29 – Ray Nettles, Canadian football player (BC Lions) (born 1949)
October
- October 1 – Luigi Moro, footballer and football coach (born 1918)
- October 2 – Harvey Veniot, MLA for Pictou West (1956–1974), Speaker of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly (1961–1968) (born 1915)
- October 6 – Douglas Campbell, actor (born 1922)
- October 8 – Gerald Ferguson, artist (born 1937)
- October 10 – Joan Orenstein, actress (born 1923)
- October 11 – Herb Leblanc, musician (born 1928)
- October 19 – Joseph Wiseman, actor (born 1918)
- October 20 – Margaret Fitzgerald, supercentenarian (born 1896)
- October 22 – Howard Darwin, sports promoter, founder of the Ottawa 67's (born 1931)
- October 23
- October 28 – Ted Nebbeling, former British Columbia MLA (born 1943)
- October 28 – Taylor Mitchell, singer-songwriter (born 1990)
- October 29 – Gino Fracas, football player (born 1930)
- October 31 – Harry Gauss, soccer coach (born 1952)
November
December
See also
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Queen Elizabeth II The Canadian Encyclopedia . www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca . 4 December 2022.
- News: 4th pipeline bombing in northeastern B.C.. 2009-01-05. CBC. 2009-09-12.
- Web site: Toronto Blackout . Theglobeandmail.com . 2011-11-30.
- Web site: Canadian Tamil protests . Thestar.com . 2009-01-28 . 2011-11-30.
- Web site: kate hammer . Obama in Canada . Theglobeandmail.com . 2011-11-30.
- Web site: Bush in Calgary . https://web.archive.org/web/20090216145835/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090212/Bush_Calgary_090212/20090212?hub=Canada . live . February 16, 2009 . Ctv.ca . 2011-11-30.
- Web site: George Bush to speak in Edmonton.. 2009-09-08. Canwest Media Service. 2009-09-12.
- News: Quebec, N.B. strike $4.8B deal for NB Power. CBC News . . 2009-10-29 . October 29, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20091031195424/http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2009/10/29/nb-power-sale.html. 31 October 2009 . live.
- News: Grainger . Lia . There's no easel way out in art battle . . Free Daily News Group Inc. . March 26, 2012 . 2012-12-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120622195443/http://metronews.ca/voices/urban-compass-toronto/10981/theres-no-easel-way-out-in-art-battle/ . June 22, 2012 .
- https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/beleaguered-adq-chief-wants-out/article1358090/ "Beleaguered ADQ chief wants out"
- Web site: Visit of Haitian Prime Minister . https://archive.today/20120909031800/http://www.international.gc.ca/ministers-ministres/cannon_bellerive.aspx?lang=eng . dead . September 9, 2012 . International.gc.ca . 2009-12-23 . 2011-11-30 .
- Web site: The 2009 Allan Cup . 2009-02-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090116212857/http://allancup2009.ca/ . 2009-01-16 . dead .
- Web site: CBC article "Canadian Historian J. M.S. Careless dies" . Cbc.ca . 2009-04-06 . 2011-11-30.
- Web site: Alexander 'Bun' Nicholson Obituary . Winnipeg Free Press . June 26, 2009.