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Events from the year1985 in Canada.

• Monarch –Elizabeth II^[1]

• Governor General –Jeanne Sauvé^[2]
• Prime Minister –Brian Mulroney
• Chief Justice –Brian Dickson (Manitoba)
• Parliament –33rd

• Lieutenant Governor of Alberta –Francis Charles Lynch-Staunton (until January 22) thenHelen Hunley
• Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia –Robert Gordon Rogers
• Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba –Pearl McGonigal
• Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick –George Stanley
• Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland –William Anthony Paddon
• Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia –Alan Abraham
• Lieutenant Governor of Ontario –John Black Aird (until September 20) thenLincoln Alexander
• Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island –Joseph Aubin Doiron (until August 1) thenLloyd MacPhail
• Lieutenant Governor of Quebec –Gilles Lamontagne
• Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan –Frederick Johnson

• Premier of Alberta –Peter Lougheed (until November 1) thenDon Getty
• Premier of British Columbia –Bill Bennett
• Premier of Manitoba –Howard Pawley
• Premier of New Brunswick –Richard Hatfield
• Premier of Newfoundland –Brian Peckford
• Premier of Nova Scotia –John Buchanan
• Premier of Ontario –Bill Davis (until February 8) thenFrank Miller (February 8 to June 26) thenDavid Peterson
• Premier of Prince Edward Island –James Lee
• Premier of Quebec –René Lévesque (until October 3) thenPierre-Marc Johnson (October 3 to December 12) thenRobert Bourassa
• Premier of Saskatchewan –Grant Devine

• Commissioner of Yukon –Douglas Bell
• Commissioner of Northwest Territories –John Havelock Parker

• Premier of the Northwest Territories –Richard Nerysoo (until November 5) thenNick Sibbeston
• Premier of Yukon –Chris Pearson (until March 23) thenWillard Phelps (March 23 to May 29) thenTony Penikett

• January 26 –Frank Miller elected leader of theOntario Progressive Conservative Party replacingBill Davis.^[3]
• January 30 – The federal government relaxes laws requiring businesses to use themetric system.
• February 8 –Frank Miller becomespremier of Ontario, replacingBill Davis after theOntario Progressive Conservative leadership election.
• February 11 – The federal and Newfoundland governments sign theAtlantic Accord paving the way for joint development of Newfoundland's offshore oil and gas reserves.
• February 12 –Minister of National DefenceRobert Coates resigns after it is revealed that he visited astrip-club while on government business in Germany.
• February 13 –Denis Lortie is found guilty of murder for his attack at theQuebec Parliament Building that killed three.
• February 28 –Holocaust denierErnst Zündel is found guilty of publishing false news and fomenting racial intolerance.
• March –Willard Phelps becomespremier of Yukon, replacingChris Pearson.
• March – At the so-calledShamrock Summit between Prime Minister Mulroney and US PresidentRonald Reagan the two agree on cooperation onmissile defence andfree trade.
• March 12 – Heavily armedArmenian militants storm theTurkish embassy inOttawa. They kill a security guard and hold a dozen people hostage for four hours.
• March 21 –Rick Hansen launches his Man in Motion world tour to raise money forspinal cord research.
• March 29 – 10 are killed after two military planes collide nearCFB Edmonton.

• April 24 - TheSupreme Court of Canada rules theLord's Day Act violates Canadians' freedom of religion.
• May -Tony Penikett becomes government leader of Yukon, replacing Willard Phelps.
• May 2 - Ontario election:Frank Miller's PCs win a minority, butDavid Peterson's Liberals will form a coalition with the NDP, forcing Miller to resign.
• May 9 - The Supreme Court rules thatorders in council are subject to theCanadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
• May 31 - Atornado inBarrie, Ontario, kills twelve as part of the1985 United States–Canada tornado outbreak.
• June 20 –René Lévesque announces his intention to resign as premier of Quebec.
• June 23 -Air India Flight 182 explodesen route fromMontreal to London;Sikh terrorists are blamed.
• June 26 -David Peterson becomes premier of Ontario, replacing Frank Miller.

• July 1 - The first cell phone call is made in Canada, between Toronto mayorArt Eggleton and Montreal mayorJean Drapeau.^[4]
• September 1 - The wreck of theRMSTitanic is found off the coast ofNewfoundland.
• September 6 - TheCanadian Encyclopedia is launched.
• September 17 - TheTunagate scandal erupts.
• September 20 -Lincoln Alexander becomes theLieutenant-Governor of Ontario, the first Black person to hold a vice-regal position in Canada.
• September 25 - TheRoyal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology opens inDrumheller, Alberta.
• October 3 -Pierre-Marc Johnson becomes premier of Quebec, replacingRené Lévesque.
• November 1 -Don Getty becomespremier of Alberta, replacingPeter Lougheed.
• November 5 -Nick Sibbeston becomes government leader of the Northwest Territories, replacingRichard Nerysoo.
• December 2 - In theQuebec election,Robert Bourassa's Liberals gain a majority, defeating theParti Québécois.
• December 12 -Robert Bourassa becomes premier of Quebec for the second time, replacingPierre-Marc Johnson.
• December 12 - The worst airplane accident in Canadian history occurs whenArrow Air Flight 1285 crashes on take-off fromGander International Airport; 256 people are killed.
• December 23 -Nahanni earthquake, largest of a number earthquakes occurs inNahanni region of NWT.
• Corel is founded inOttawa.

• TheMulroney government establishes theCourt Challenges Program.

• Margaret Atwood:The Handmaid's Tale
• Colin Thatcher:Backrooms: A Story of Politics
• Brian Moore:Black Robe
• Erín Moure:Domestic Fuel
• Farley Mowat:My Discovery of America

• See1985 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
• Books in Canada First Novel Award:G. Ursell,Perdue, or How the West Was Lost
• Gerald Lampert Award:Paulette Jiles,Celestial Navigation
• Pat Lowther Award:Paulette Jiles,Celestial Navigation
• Stephen Leacock Award:Ted Allan,Love Is a Long Shot
• Vicky Metcalf Award:Edith Fowke

• The last episode ofThe Friendly Giant onCBC Television
• The first episode of the children's seriesThe Raccoons onCBC Television

• February 10 - Asupergroup of Canadian musicians,Northern Lights, gathers to record the charity singleTears Are Not Enough for famine relief inEthiopia.

• May 18 –Prince Albert Raiders win their onlyMemorial Cup by defeating theShawinigan Cataractes 6 to 2. The final game was played at the Cataractes'Shawinigan Municipal Auditorium inShawinigan, Quebec.
• May 30 –Edmonton Oilers win their second (consecutive)Stanley Cup by defeating thePhiladelphia Flyers 4 games to 1. The deciding Game 5 was played atNorthlands Coliseum inEdmonton.Brantford, Ontario'sWayne Gretzky is awarded theConn Smythe Trophy
• November 24 –BC Lions win their second (and first since 1964)Grey Cup by defeating theHamilton Tiger-Cats 37 to 24 in the73rd Grey Cup played atOlympic Stadium inMontreal
• November 30 –Calgary Dinos win their second (consecutive)Vanier Cup by defeating theWestern Ontario Mustangs 25 to 6 in the21st Vanier Cup played atVarsity Stadium inToronto

• January 1 –Jeff Carter, ice hockey player
• January 3 –Leah Gibson, film actress^[5]
• January 4
  • Danielle Campo, swimmer
  • Robbie Dixon, skier
• January 6 –Nathan McIver, ice hockey player
• January 14 –Katie Thorlakson, soccer player
• January 27 –Eric Radford, pair skater
• January 30 –Torrey Mitchell, ice hockey player
• February 7 –Tegan Moss, actress
• February 11 –Mike Richards, ice hockey player
• February 18 –Chelsea Hobbs, actress and singer
• February 19 –Raymond Sawada, ice hockey player (d.2023)
• February 27 –Braydon Coburn, ice hockey player
• February 28 –Fefe Dobson, singer and songwriter
• March 9 –Brent Burns, ice hockey player
• March 11 –Paul Bissonnette, ice hockey player
• March 25 –Carmen Rasmusen, singer
• April 6
  • Clarke MacArthur, ice hockey player
  • Al Mukadam, actor, director, and producer
• April 9 –Brian Elliott, ice hockey goaltender
• April 10
  • Christie Laing, actress
  • Dion Phaneuf, NHL hockey player
• April 14 –Grant Clitsome, ice hockey player
• April 19 –Sabrina Jalees, comedian, dancer, actress, presenter, and writer
• April 22 –Kristin Fairlie, actress
• April 23 –Rachel Skarsten, actress
• May 6 –Lewis Hilsenteger, YouTuber
• May 15 –Tyrone Savage, actor
• May 22 –Marc-Antoine Pouliot, ice hockey player
• May 27 –Andrew Francis, voice actor and actor
• June 10 –Kreesha Turner, singer-songwriter and dancer
• June 13 –Danny Syvret, ice hockey player
• June 22 –Douglas Smith, actor
• June 23 –Holly Lincoln, football (soccer) player
• June 24 –Isabelle Rampling, synchronized swimmer
• July 1 –Nineteen85, hip-hop producer
• July 5 –Michael Cuccione, child actor and activist (d.2001)
• July 6 –Diamond Rings, singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• July 12
  • Adam Gregory, singer
  • Theo Tams, singer-songwriter, pianist & keyboardist
• July 16
  • Matthew Santoro, YouTuber
  • Vanessa Meloche, artistic gymnast
• July 20 –Harley Morenstein, actor and internet personality
• July 21 –Vanessa Lengies, actress, dancer, and singer
• July 23 –Tessa Bonhomme, hockey player
• August 7 –Rick Genest, artist, actor, and fashion model (d.2018)^[6]
• July 28 –Dustin Milligan, actor
• August 26 –Sean Denison, basketball player
• September 2 –Yani Gellman, Canadian/Australian film and television actor
• September 8 –Justin Bradley, actor
• September 10 –Elyse Levesque, actress
• September 19 –Renee Young, journalist
• September 22 –Tatiana Maslany, actress
• September 24 –Jessica Lucas, actress and singer
• September 27 –Massimo Bertocchi, decathlete
• October 1 –Leah Renee Cudmore, actress and singer
• October 8 –Magda Apanowicz, actress
• October 22 –Mitch MacDonald, singer & guitarist
• November 11 –Kalan Porter, singer-songwriter
• November 21 –Carly Rae Jepsen, singer and songwriter
• December 8 –Meagan Duhamel, pair skater

• January 30 –F. R. Scott, poet, intellectual and constitutional expert (b.1899)
• February 2 –Micheline Coulombe Saint-Marcoux, musician and composer (b.1938)
• February 5 –Georges-Émile Lapalme, politician (b.1907)
• February 16 –Marian Engel, novelist (b.1933)
• March 17 –Athole Shearer, actress (b.1900)
• April 17 –Walter Weir, politician and 15thPremier of Manitoba (b.1929)
• April 21 –Foster Hewitt, radio pioneer (b.1902)
• April 22 –Jacques Ferron, physician and author, founder of theParti Rhinocéros (b.1921)
• May 4 –Clarence Wiseman, Salvation Army general (b.1907)
• May 7 –Donald Smith, politician (b.1905)

• July 3 –Frank J. Selke, ice hockey manager (b.1893)
• August 20 –Donald O. Hebb, psychologist (b.1904)
• September 6 –Isabel Meighen, wife ofArthur Meighen, 9thPrime Minister of Canada (b.1883)
• October 28 –Eric Coy, discus thrower and shot putter (b.1914)

• June –Kenneth Zeller, teacher and librarian (b. 1945)

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