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Events from the year1969 in Canada.

• Monarch –Elizabeth II^[1]

• Governor General –Roland Michener^[2]
• Prime Minister –Pierre Trudeau
• Chief Justice –John Robert Cartwright (Ontario)
• Parliament –28th

• Lieutenant Governor of Alberta –Grant MacEwan
• Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia –John Robert Nicholson
• Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba –Richard Spink Bowles
• Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick –Wallace Samuel Bird
• Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland –Fabian O'Dea (until April 2) thenEwart John Arlington Harnum
• Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia –Victor de Bedia Oland
• Lieutenant Governor of Ontario –William Ross Macdonald
• Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island –Willibald Joseph MacDonald (until October 6) thenJohn George MacKay
• Lieutenant Governor of Quebec –Hugues Lapointe
• Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan –Robert Hanbidge

• Premier of Alberta –Harry Strom
• Premier of British Columbia –W.A.C. Bennett
• Premier of Manitoba –Walter Weir (until July 15) thenEdward Schreyer
• Premier of New Brunswick –Louis Robichaud
• Premier of Newfoundland –Joey Smallwood
• Premier of Nova Scotia –G.I. Smith
• Premier of Ontario –John Robarts
• Premier of Prince Edward Island –Alexander B. Campbell
• Premier of Quebec –Jean-Jacques Bertrand
• Premier of Saskatchewan –Ross Thatcher

• Commissioner of Yukon –James Smith
• Commissioner of Northwest Territories –Stuart Milton Hodgson

• January 29 – February 11 – TheSir George Williams Computer Riot occurs as students occupy the computer centre ofSir George Williams University to protest alleged racism on campus
• February 13 –FLQ terrorists bomb theMontreal Stock Exchange
• February 19 – An 18-month-long strike by Quebec teachers comes to an end
• March 7 –Pierre-Paul Geoffroy pleads guilty to charges connected to 31FLQ bombings
• April 18 – New Brunswick adopts anOfficial Languages Act mandating that government services be available in both English and French
• May 2 –Telesat Canada is formed
• May 4 – In a repeat of the previous season's hockey finals, theMontreal Canadiens defeat theSt. Louis Blues four games to none to win theStanley Cup.
• June 2 – TheNational Arts Centre inOttawa opens
• June 27 – Parliament decriminalizes consensual homosexual sex, with some exceptions
• July 7 – TheOfficial Languages Act makesFrench andEnglish equal throughout the Canadian government
• July 15 –Edward Schreyer becomes premier ofManitoba, replacingWalter Weir
• August 24 – Theoil tankerManhattan becomes the first such ship to travel through theNorthwest Passage
• September 27- TheOntario Science Centre inToronto opens
• October 23 – at 8:21 amHMCS Kootenay (DDE 258) suffers the worst peacetime accident in the history of thenavy during routine full-power trials when her starboard gearbox reaches an estimated temperature of 650 degrees Celsius and explodes. The explosion and the ensuing fire killed 9 crew members and injured at least 53 others.

• Margaret Atwood -The Edible Woman
• Timothy Findley -The Butterfly Plague
• Robert Kroetsch -The Studhorse Man
• Mordecai Richler -The Street
• Milton Acorn -I've Tasted My Blood
• Farley Mowat -The Boat Who Wouldn't Float
• Gilles Archambault -Le tendre matin
• Marshall McLuhan -Counterblast

• See1969 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
• Stephen Leacock Award:Stuart Trueman,You're Only as Old as You Act
• Vicky Metcalf Award: Audrey McKim

• Karel Ančerl replacesSeiji Ozawa as music director of theToronto Symphony Orchestra

• March 9 – TheToronto Varsity Blues win their thirdUniversity Cup by defeating theSir George Williams Georgians 4 to 2. The final game was played atEdmonton Gardens.
• April 8 – TheMontreal Expos win their first game by defeating theNew York Mets 11–10 atShea Stadium inQueens.
• April 14 – The Montreal Expos win their first home game by defeating theSt.Louis Cardinals 8 to 7 atJarry Park Stadium inMontreal.
• May 4 – TheMontreal Canadiens win their 16thStanley Cup by defeating theSt. Louis Blues 4 games to 0.Landrienne, Quebec's Serge Savard is awarded theConn Smythe Trophy.
• May 5 – TheOntario Hockey Association'sMontreal Jr. Canadiens win their thirdMemorial Cup by defeating theSaskatchewan Junior Hockey League'sRegina Pats 4 games to 0. The deciding game 4 was played atRegina Exhibition Stadium.
• November 21 – TheManitoba Bisons win their firstVanier Cup by defeating theMcGill Redmen by a score of 24–15 in the5th Vanier Cup played atVarsity Stadium inToronto.
• November 30 – TheOttawa Rough Riders won their seventhGrey Cup by defeating theSaskatchewan Roughriders 29 to 11 in the57th Grey Cup atMontreal'sAutostade.Hamilton, Ontario'sRuss Jackson became the first Canadian to be the game's official MVP.

• January 2 -Patrick Huard, actor
• January 3 -Tom Petryshen, wrestler
• January 11 -Andrew Griffiths, field hockey player
• January 23 -Brendan Shanahan, ice hockey player
• January 24 -Mike Spencer Bown, world traveler and author
• January 27 -Michael Kulas, singer-songwriter and producer (James)
• January 31 -Dov Charney, entrepreneur and clothing manufacturer
• February 4
  • Duncan Coutts, bass player and songwriter (Our Lady Peace)
  • Dallas Drake, ice hockey player and coach
• February 11 -Lee Tockar, voice actor
• February 16 -Claude Lambert, boxer
• February 22 -Kathy Tough, volleyball player

• April 3 -Lance Storm, wrestler
• April 7 -Gary Anderson, swimmer
• April 19 -Andrew Carnie, linguist, author, and academic
• May 6 -Raymond Brown, swimmer

• May 15 -Mark Jackson, hurdler
• May 16 -Yannick Bisson, actor (Murdoch Mysteries)
• May 19
  • Dan Lee, animator (d.2005)
  • Rochelle Low, field hockey player
• May 28 -Rob Ford, politician and64th Mayor ofToronto
• June 11 -Bryan Fogarty, ice hockey player (d.2002)
• June 12 -Kelvin Goertzen, politician

• July 7 -Joe Sakic, ice hockey player
• July 7 -Cree Summer, actress, musician and voice actress
• July 13 -Ewan Beaton, judoka
• July 16 -Turlough O'Hare, swimmer
• July 17 -Tom Glesby, boxer
• July 17 -Laurelee Kopeck, field hockey player
• July 23 -Andrew Cassels, ice hockey player
• July 24 -Rick Fox, basketball player and actor
• August 5 -Kati Dagenais, world champion musher, an athlete in sled-dog racing
• August 6 -Kristyn Dunnion, writer and performance artist
• August 15 -Mark Heese, beach volleyball player and Olympic bronze medallist
• August 19 -Matthew Perry, actor (d.2023)
• August 23 -Hari Kant, field hockey player
• August 28 -Pierre Turgeon, ice hockey player

• September 16 -Andy Borodow, wrestler
• September 23 -Donald Audette, ice hockey player

• October 6 -Jeffrey Lay, rower and Olympic silver medallist
• October 8 -Dylan Neal, actor
• October 17 -Rick Mercer, comedian, television personality and political satirist
• November 1 -Tie Domi, ice hockey player
• November 7 -Tanya Dubnicoff, track cyclist
• November 15 -Helen Kelesi, tennis player
• December 4 -Jacques Landry, cyclist
• December 10 -Rob Blake, ice hockey player
• December 12 -Iain Sydie, badminton player
• December 12
  • Debra Wurzburger, swimmer
  • Kris Wirtz, pair skater
• December 15 -Chantal Petitclerc, wheelchair racer and multiple Paralympic gold medallist
• December 22 -Mauro Ranallo, sports commentator
• December 22 -Myriam Bédard, biathlete and double Olympic gold medallist
• December 30 -Shane McConkey, extreme skier and base jumper (d.2009)

• January 4 –Arthur Mørch Hansson, Norwegian diplomat (b.1910).^[3][4]
• January 19 -Arthur Bourinot, poet
• January 31 -Gail Miller, murder victim (b. circa1948)
• February 27 -Marius Barbeau, ethnographer and folklorist (b.1883)
• March 18 -John Bracken, politician and 11thPremier of Manitoba (b.1883)
• March 23 -Arthur Lismer, painter and member of theGroup of Seven (b.1885)
• June 16 -Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, military commander andGovernor General of Canada (b.1891)

• August 1 -Fred Landon, historian (b.1880)
• September 8 -Frederick Varley, artist and member of theGroup of Seven (b.1881)
• September 12 -Charles Foulkes, General, first Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff, negotiated the WWII Nazi surrender in the Netherlands (b.1903)
• October 10 -Robert Winters, politician and businessman (b.1910)
• November 3 -Parr, artist (b.1893)
• November 11 -John Sissons, barrister, author, judge and politician (b.1892)
• November 14 -Bobbie Rosenfeld, athlete and Olympic gold medallist (b.1904)

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