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Events from the year1995 in Canada.

• Monarch –Elizabeth II^[1]

• Governor General –Ray Hnatyshyn (until February 8) thenRoméo LeBlanc
• Prime Minister –Jean Chrétien
• Chief Justice –Antonio Lamer (Quebec)
• Parliament –35th

• Lieutenant Governor of Alberta –Gordon Towers
• Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia –David Lam (until April 21) thenGarde Gardom
• Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba –Yvon Dumont
• Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick –Margaret McCain
• Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland –Frederick Russell
• Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia –James Kinley
• Lieutenant Governor of Ontario –Hal Jackman
• Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island –Marion Reid (until August 30) thenGilbert Clements
• Lieutenant Governor of Quebec –Martial Asselin
• Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan –Jack Wiebe

• Premier of Alberta –Ralph Klein
• Premier of British Columbia –Mike Harcourt
• Premier of Manitoba –Gary Filmon
• Premier of New Brunswick –Frank McKenna
• Premier of Newfoundland –Clyde Wells
• Premier of Nova Scotia –John Savage
• Premier of Ontario –Bob Rae (until June 26) thenMike Harris
• Premier of Prince Edward Island –Catherine Callbeck
• Premier of Quebec –Jacques Parizeau
• Premier of Saskatchewan –Roy Romanow

• Commissioner of Yukon –John Kenneth McKinnon (until June 23) thenJudy Gingell
• Commissioner of Northwest Territories –Daniel L. Norris (until January 16) thenHelen Maksagak

• Premier of the Northwest Territories –Nellie Cournoyea (until November 22) thenDon Morin
• Premier of Yukon –John Ostashek

• January 5 –Rogers Communications withdraws the unpopularnegative option billing system after wide-scale consumer protest.
• January 7 – The opening ofParliament is televised for the first time.
• January 18 – A video of theCanadian Airborne Regiment's brutal hazing rituals is made public.
• January 23 – As a result of theSomalia Affair and the hazing video, it is announced that the Airborne Regiment will disband.
• January 23 –Guy Paul Morin's conviction for murder that had seen him jailed for 11 years is overturned.
• February 21 – The inquiry into the April 1994 uprising in the KingstonPrison For Women rules that authorities used excessive force in putting it down.
• February 23 – American PresidentBill Clinton addresses Parliament.
• March 9 – As part ofBrian Tobin'sTurbot War Canadian officials seize theSpanish trawler theEstai.
• March 15 – FormerNova Scotia PremierGerald Regan is charged with child abuse.
• March 18 – March 27 – A major railstrike occurs; the workers are eventually legislated back to work.
• March 20 –Erichs Tobias is accused ofwar crimes.
• March 27 –Bell Canada announces major job cuts.
• March 31 –Perrin Beatty appointed head of theCanadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).

• April –Chapters is officially incorporated.
• April 9 –Steve Stavro buysMaple Leaf Gardens fromHarold Ballard's estate.
• April 16 – The Turbot War ends as Canada and theEuropean Union reach an agreement.
• April 20 – Apipe bomb explodes outsideProvince House in Prince Edward Island.^[2]
• May 18 – The trial ofPaul Bernardo begins.
• May 31 – TheRoyal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) announce a $1 million reward inAir India flight 182 case and restarts its investigation.
• June 6 –Labatt is sold to aBelgian company.
• June 8 – Ontario election:Mike Harris's PCs win a majority, defeatingBob Rae's NDP.
• June 9 –Floods inMedicine Hat, Alberta force the evacuation of over 5000 people.
• June 13 – A strict newgun control law is passed banning most handguns and forcing all rifles to be registered.
• June 15 – June 17 – TheG7 meet inHalifax, Nova Scotia.
• June 21 –Saskatchewan election:Roy Romanow's NDP win a second consecutive majority.
• June 28 –Mike Harris becomes premier ofOntario, replacingBob Rae.

• July 17 –Christine E. Silverberg becomes Canada's first female police chief when she is promoted to that position inCalgary.
• July 20 – InHill v. Church of Scientology of Toronto the Supreme Court upholds Canada's largest everlibel award.
• July 27 –Thomson Corp. agrees to sell 27 Canadian newspapers toHollinger Inc.
• August 1 –Ottawa sportscasterBrian Smith is shot in the parking lot ofCJOH by escaped mental patientJeffrey Arenburg; Smith dies in hospital the following day.
• August 11 – TheRussell Hill subway accident, the first fatal accident aboard aToronto Transit Commission subway, kills three.
• August 18–September 17:Gustafsen Lake standoff
• September 1
  • Paul Bernardo is found guilty of the kidnapping, aggravated sexual assault, and murder ofLeslie Mahaffy andKristen French.
  • TheCanadian Airborne Regiment disbands.
• September 6 – The government announces plans to sell off most of its remaining holdings inPetro-Canada.

• October 14 –Alexa McDonough is elected head of theNew Democratic Party, replacingAudrey McLaughlin.
• October 24 – TheJames BayCree[1] vote 96.3% in favour of their territory remaining part of Canada in the event ofQuebec sovereignty.
• October 27 – A massive rally is held inMontreal by the No side in the referendum.
• October 30 – The1995 Quebec referendum is held on sovereignty. The No side narrowly wins.
• October 31 – Newfoundland passes a constitutional amendment to overhaul its school system.
• November 4 –Radarsat, Canada's first observation satellite is launched.
• November 5 –André Dallaire breaks into24 Sussex Drive and the Prime Minister fends him off with anInuit sculpture.
• November 5 –Paul Bernardo is declared adangerous offender, meaning he will be ineligible for parole.
• November 11 – JournalistJudy Steed, in a conference speech, attacks the chair ofRyerson University's journalism program for employingGerald Hannon as a part-time instructor; the controversy spans the next three weeks.
• November 15 –British Columbia premier announces his resignation because of thebingogate scandal.
• November 20 – Former PMBrian Mulroney sues the government over theAirbus Affair.
• November 22 –Don Morin becomes premier of the Northwest Territories, replacingNellie Cournoyea.
• November 23 –Jean Chrétien unveils a law that would give each of Canada's four regions a constitutional veto. The West complains that it deserves more than one.
• November 28 –Canadian National Railway, the nation's largestCrown corporation and one of the largest state-run enterprises in the industrialized world is privatized.
• December – Representatives of aboriginal peoples gather and issue theSacred Assembly Proclamation; from this was developed theReconciliation Proclamation and theStatement of Principles and Priorities.
• December 6 – Canada agrees to send 1000peacekeepers toBosnia.
• December 11 – Voters in what will becomeNunavutselect Iqaluit as the capital of the new territory.
• December 20 – Lieutenant-GeneralJean Boyle becomesChief of the Defence Staff.
• December 21 – TheKrever Commission holds its final hearings.
• December 28 – Premier of NewfoundlandClyde Wells announces his retirement.

• Java Moose coffee shops based inSaint John, New Brunswick is established.^[3]

• bill bissett –Th influenza uv logik
• Ann-Marie MacDonald –The Arab's Mouth
• Douglas Coupland –Microserfs
• Stevie Cameron –On the Take
• Dave Duncan –The Hunters' Haunt
• Antonine Maillet –La Fontaine ou la Comédie des animaux
• Farley Mowat –Aftermath: Travels in a Post-War World
• Timothy Findley –The Piano Man's Daughter

• Carol Shields wins thePulitzer Prize for Fiction forThe Stone Diaries
• Robert J. Sawyer wins theNebula Award for his workTheTerminal Experiment
• Giller Prize:Rohinton Mistry –A Fine Balance
• See1995 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
• Books in Canada First Novel Award:Shyam Selvadurai,Funny Boy
• Geoffrey Bilson Award:Joan Clark,The Dream Carvers
• Gerald Lampert Award:Keith Maillard,Dementia Americana
• Marian Engel Award:Bonnie Burnard
• Pat Lowther Award:Beth Goobie,Scars of Light
• Stephen Leacock Award:Josh Freed,Fear of Frying and Other Fax of Life
• Trillium Book Award English: –Margaret Atwood,Morning in the Burned House andWayson Choy,The Jade Peony
• Trillium Book Award French: –Maurice Henrie,Le Balcon dans le ciel
• Vicky Metcalf Award:Sarah Ellis

• Alanis Morissette'sJagged Little Pill released
• Shania Twain'sThe Woman in Me released
• Ashley MacIsaac,Hi™ How Are You Today?
• Susan Aglukark,This Child
• Art Bergmann,What Fresh Hell is This?

• April 26 – Direct-to-homesatellite television is made legal in Canada.
• Long running quiz showFront Page Challenge is cancelled by theCBC

• Michael Moore'sCanadian Bacon is released.

• May 21 –Kamloops Blazers win their third (second consecutive)Memorial Cup by defeatingDetroit Jr. Red Wings 8 to 2 . The entire tournament was played at the Blazers' ownRiverside Coliseum inKamloops, British Columbia
• May 28 –Jacques Villeneuve becomes first Canadian to win theIndianapolis 500; CanadianScott Goodyear is third.
• June 24 –Buckingham, Quebec'sClaude Lemieux of theNew Jersey Devils is awarded theConn Smythe Trophy
• June 28 – Two more American teams (Birmingham Barracudas and theMemphis Mad Dogs) are established in theCanadian Football League
• July 1 –Quebec Nordiques relocate fromQuebec City toDenver, Colorado, to become theColorado Avalanche
• September 21 –General Motors Place opens inVancouver
• November 3 –Vancouver Grizzlies win their first game by defeating thePortland Trail Blazers 92 to 80. The game was played at theRose Garden Arena inPortland, Oregon
• November 3 –Toronto Raptors win their first game by defeating theNew Jersey Nets 94 to 79. The game was played atSkydome inToronto
• November 19 –Baltimore Stallions become the first (and only) American team to win aGrey Cup by defeating theCalgary Stampeders 37 to 20 in the83rd Grey Cup played atTaylor Field inRegina. Toronto'sDave Sapunjis was awarded the game's and his thirdMost Valuable Canadian
• November 25 –Calgary Dinos win their fourthVanier Cup by defeating theWestern Ontario Mustangs 54 to 24 in the31st Grey Cup played at Skydome in Toronto
• December 7 – TheMontreal Canadiens tradePatrick Roy to the Colorado Avalanche.

• January 3 –Victoria Duffield, singer, actress and dancer
• January 12 –Sarah Mehain, Paralympic swimmer^[4]
• January 14 –Eleanor Harvey, fencer^[5]
• January 18 –Margaret Purdy, pair skater
• January 24 –Dylan Everett, actor
• January 27 –Madeline Gardiner, artistic gymnast
• February 2
  • Fraser Aird, footballer
  • Curtis Lazar, ice hockey player
  • Darnell Nurse, ice hockey defenceman
• February 8 –Jordan Todosey, actress
• February 23 –Andrew Wiggins, high school basketball player
• March 2
  • Max Domi, ice hockey player
  • Matthew Di Leo, racing driver
  • Morgan Klimchuk, ice hockey player
• March 5 –Zhao Kai Pang, ice dancer
• March 22 –Nicolas Petan, ice hockey player
• March 23 –Jan Lisiecki, pianist
• March 27 –Laurent Dauphin, ice hockey player
• March 28
  • Jonathan Drouin, ice hockey forward
  • Josh Morrissey, ice hockey defenceman

• April 5 –Bo Horvat, ice hockey player
• April 11 –Erin Routliffe, New Zealand-born tennis player
• April 13 –Shavon John-Brown, footballer
• April 16 –Remi Elie, ice hockey player
• April 22 –Madison Bowey, ice hockey defenceman
• April 26
  • Frédérik Gauthier, ice hockey player
  • Andréanne Poulin, ice dancer
• April 29 –Tristan Jarry, ice hockey goaltender
• May 9 –Dillon Heatherington, ice hockey defenceman
• May 12 –Talia Chiarelli, artistic gymnast
• May 28 –Zachary Fucale, ice hockey goalie
• May 29 –Jordan Ju, figure skater
• June 6 –Sadi Jalali, Indian-born soccer player
• June 5 –Natasha Purich, figure skater
• June 13 –Mikaela Gerber, artistic gymnast
• June 20 –Carol Zhao, Chinese-born tennis player
• June 29 –Nicholas Latifi, racing driver

• July 4 –Jason Dickinson, ice hockey player
• July 6 –Eric Comrie, ice hockey goaltender
• July 11 –Tyler Medeiros, dancer, singer and songwriter
• July 12 –Samuel Morin, ice hockey defenceman
• July 17 –Austin MacDonald, actor
• August 5 –Shea Theodore, ice hockey defenceman
• August 6 –Amy Forsyth, actress
• August 26 –Anthony Duclair, ice hockey player
• August 27 –Cainan Wiebe, actor
• September 1 –Nathan MacKinnon, ice hockey forward
• September 11 –Francesco Yates, musician
• September 6 –Ty Wood, actor
• September 8 –Ellie Black, artistic gymnast^[6]
• September 24 –Alexandra Botez, chess player

• October 25 –Conchita Campbell, actress
• November 6 –Sam Reinhart, ice hockey centre
• November 12 –Félix Lengyel, Twitch streamer
• November 27 –Ricardo Hoyos, actor
• December 5 –Kaetlyn Osmond, figure skater

• Gabriel Maillé, actor
• Sammy Yatim, murder victim (d.2013)

• January 19 –Gene MacLellan, Canadian singer-songwriter (born1938)
• January 28 –George Woodcock, poet, essayist, critic, biographer and historian (born1912)
• February 23 –Murray Cotterill, trade union activist
• March 14 –John Peters Humphrey, legal scholar, jurist and human rights advocate (born1905)
• April 23 –Douglas Lloyd Campbell, politician and 13thPremier of Manitoba (born1895)
• April 25 –Stuart Trueman, journalist and writer
• May 6 –John Black Aird, lawyer, politician and 23rdLieutenant Governor of Ontario (born1923)

• July 8 –George Johnson, politician and Lieutenant-Governor ofManitoba (born1920)
• August 2 –Brian Smith, ice hockey player and sportscaster (born1940)
• August 25 –Francis Lawrence Jobin, politician and Lieutenant Governor ofManitoba (born1914)
• September 3 –Earle Birney, poet (born1904)
• September 23 –Philip Gaglardi, politician (born1913)
• September 30 –Jean-Luc Pépin, academic, politician and Minister (born1924)

• November 3 –Gordon S. Fahrni, medical doctor (born1887)
• November 11 –Emmett Matthew Hall, jurist, civil libertarian and Supreme Court justice (born1898)
• November 21 –Bruno Gerussi, actor and television presenter (born1928)
• November 30 –Philip Givens, politician, judge and Mayor ofToronto (born1922)
• December 2 –Robertson Davies, novelist, playwright, critic, journalist and professor (born1913)
• December 3 –Elsie Knott, first female band chief
• December 4 –Lionel Giroux, midget wrestler (born1935)
• December 16 -Charles Sauriol, naturalist and author (born1904)

• Paul Collins, long-distance runner (born1926)

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