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Events from the year2019 in Canada.

• Monarch –Elizabeth II^[1]

• Governor General –Julie Payette
• Prime Minister –Justin Trudeau
• Parliament –42nd (until 11 September), then43rd (from 5 December)

• Lieutenant Governor of Alberta –Lois Mitchell
• Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia –Janet Austin
• Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba –Janice Filmon
• Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick –

• Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau (until August 2)
• vacant (August 2 to September 8)
• Brenda Murphy (since September 8)

• Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador –Judy Foote
• Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia –Arthur LeBlanc
• Lieutenant Governor of Ontario –Elizabeth Dowdeswell
• Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island –Antoinette Perry
• Lieutenant Governor of Quebec –J. Michel Doyon
• Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan –

• W. Thomas Molloy (until July 2)
• vacant (July 2 to 18)
• Russell Mirasty (since July 18)

• Premier of Alberta –Rachel Notley (until April 30), thenJason Kenney
• Premier of British Columbia –John Horgan
• Premier of Manitoba –Brian Pallister
• Premier of New Brunswick –Blaine Higgs
• Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador –Dwight Ball
• Premier of Nova Scotia –Stephen McNeil
• Premier of Ontario –Doug Ford
• Premier of Prince Edward Island –Wade MacLauchlan (until May 9), thenDennis King
• Premier of Quebec –François Legault
• Premier of Saskatchewan –Scott Moe

• Commissioner of Nunavut –Nellie Kusugak
• Commissioner of the Northwest Territories –Margaret Thom
• Commissioner of Yukon –Angélique Bernard

• Premier of Nunavut –Joe Savikataaq
• Premier of the Northwest Territories –Bob McLeod (until October 24), thenCaroline Cochrane
• Premier of Yukon –Sandy Silver

• January 5 – Finland won the gold medal match of the2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (which began 26 December 2018).
• January 11 – A double-decker bus accidentOC Transpo struck a bus shelter killing three people and injuring 23 others inOttawa.^[2]
• January 13 to30 – The2019 Canadian Figure Skating Championships were held.
• January 22 – A CN Rail train derailed at a level crossing onSaskatchewan Highway 11 north ofSaskatoon. Nobody was hurt. There was significant damage to the train and crossing.^[3]

• February 15 toMarch 3 –2019 Canada Winter Games inRed Deer.
• March 10 – Daylight saving time starts
• March 16 to 17 –Juno Awards of 2019 inLondon
• March 18 – Proceedings of theSenate of Canada were televised for the first time in the chamber's history.^[4]
• March 20 – TheCrucifix that has hung in the Montreal council chamber since 1937 is taken down.^[5][6]
• March 30 toApril 7 –2019 World Men's Curling Championship inLethbridge

• April 3 –Quebec City announces that it has no plans to remove the Crucifix inside their city council chamber.^[7]
• April 16 –Alberta general election held.United Conservatives win a majority government, defeatingNew Democrats.
• April 23 –Prince Edward Island general election held. TheProgressive Conservative Party wins a minority government, theGreen Party will form the official opposition.
• May 15 – The2019 Canadian Championship began. They are to be held till September 25, 2019.
• May 16 –Newfoundland and Labrador general election held.^[8] TheLiberal Party retains power but with a minority government which was Newfoundland and Labrador's first minority government since 1971.^[9]
• May 17 to 26 –2019 Memorial Cup held inHalifax

• June 13 – TheToronto Raptors win their firstNBAchampionship in the2019 NBA Finals, the first time a Canadian team had won the NBA championship.
• June 17 – Quebec passedBill 21, a law which bars public servants from wearing religious symbols while on duty.^[10]
• July 9 –
  • TheCrucifix in theNational Assembly of Quebec that Quebec PremierMaurice Duplessis hung there in 1936 (83 years), is removed.^[11]
  • 46 people were sent to the hospital after a serious carbon monoxide leak at aSuper 8 motel inWinnipeg. There were no fatalities.
• July 14 toJuly 19 –2019 Northern British Columbia murders
• July 31 – Canada withdrew its peacekeeping forces fromMali.^[12]

• August 7 – Bodies believed to be the suspects of theNorthern British Columbia murders are found in dense brush near theNelson River.^[13]
• August 11 –Bianca Andreescu wins the2019 Rogers Cup in thewomen's singles event afterSerena Williams retires the match due to an upper back injury.^[14] This is the first time a Canadian has won the event since 1969.
• August 31 – Contracts for Ontario teachers and education workers expires.
• September 10 –Manitoba general election held. TheProgressive Conservative Party wins a second majority government.
• September 19 – Photos and a video ofblackface from 2001 of Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau are released. Trudeau later apologizes for the photos and the video.^[15]

• October 1 –Northwest Territories general election was held.^[16]
• October 21 – The2019 Canadian federal election was held, with theLiberal Party forming a minority government.^[17]
• November 3 – Daylight saving time ends.
• November 11 – Longtime hockey analystDon Cherry is fired fromHockey Night in Canada, bySportsnet.
• November 23 –Calgary Dinos win theVanier Cup, inQuebec City.
• November 24 –Winnipeg Blue Bombers win theGrey Cup, inCalgary.
• November 25 –2019 World Ringette Championships inBurnaby, British Columbia.

• December 9 – Bianca Andreescu awarded the 2019Lou Marsh Trophy^[18]
• December 12 –Andrew Scheer announces pending resignation as leader of theConservative Party.

• 3 January
  • William Miller, football player (born1957)
  • Marcelle Corneille administrator and educator (born1923)
• 4 January
  • Peter Doucette, politician (born1954)
  • Frank Mugglestone, 94, English rugby league footballer (Bradford Northern,Castleford).^[19]
  • Norman Snider, screenwriter (born1945)
• 5 January
  • Jean-Eudes Dubé, politician (born1926)
  • Gerry Plamondon, ice hockey player (born1924)
  • Alexis Smirnoff, wrestler (born1947)
  • Myron Thompson, politician (born1936)
• 6 January
  • George Crowe, ice hockey coach (born1936)
  • Gene Zwozdesky, politician (born1948)
• 9 January
  • Pierre de Bané, senator (born1938)
  • Paul Koslo, actor (born1944)
• 11 January
  • Mark Elliot, radio host (born1953)
  • Marge Callaghan, baseball player (born1921)
• 12 January
  • George Ball, entomologist (born1926)
  • Dennis Marvin Ham, politician (born1941)
• 13 January –Bo Westlake, rower (born1927)
• 14 January –Gavin Smith poker player(born1968)
• 16 January
  • Jean Chatillon, composer (born1937)
  • Alfred Kunz, composer (born1929)
• 18 January
  • Walter Craig, mathematician (born1953)
  • Gilles Paquet, economist (born1936)
  • François Protat, cinematographer
• 19 January –Red Sullivan, ice hockey player (born1929)
• 22 January –A. Brian Deer, librarian (born1945)
• 23 January –Jim McKean, Major League Baseball umpire (born1945)
• 25 January –Jacques Berthelet, Roman Catholic bishop (born1934)
• 29 January –Andy Hebenton, ice hockey player (born1929)
• 31 January
  • Ron Joyce, businessman, co-founder ofTim Hortons (born1930)
  • William Winegard, politician (born1924)

• 1 February –Raymond Ratzlaff, politician (born1931)
• 2 February
  • Michael Ferguson,Auditor General of Canada (born1958)
  • William Slater, swimmer (born1940)
• 4 February –Phil Western, musician (born1971)
• 6 February –Paul Dewar, educator and politician fromOttawa (born1963)
• 10 February –Michael Wilson, politician (born1937)
• 11 February
  • James Burns, businessman
  • Joe Schlesinger, television journalist, and author (born1928)
• 15 February –Erminie Cohen, senator (born1926)
• 16 February –Albert Ludwig, politician and author (born1919)
• 18 February –Charles Deblois, politician (born1939)
• 23 February –Bob Adams, decathlete (born1924)
• 24 February –Trevor Eyton, senator and businessman (born1934)
• 25 February –Chantal duPont, multidisciplinary artist (born1942)
• 27 February –Sandra Faire, television producer and philanthropist
• 28 February –Ed Bickert, jazz guitarist (born1932)

• March 1 –Elly Mayday, model and women's health advocate (born1988)
• March 4
  • Robert Wagner Dowling, politician (born1924)
  • Art Hughes, Canadian soccer player (born1930)
  • Ted Lindsay, professional ice hockey player (born1925)^[20]
• March 5
  • Richard Allen, politician (born1929)
  • Stephen Irwin, architect (born1939)
• March 6
  • Gordon Osbaldeston, civil servant (born1930)
  • Charlie Panigoniak,Inuktitut singer and guitarist (born1946)
• March 7 –Patrick Lane, poet (born1939)
• March 9 –Harry Howell, ice hockey player (born1932)
• March 11 –Joe Rosenblatt, poet (born1933)
• March 16 –Joe Fafard, sculptor (born1942)

• April 3 –Mary Borgstrom, potter and ceramist (born1916^[21]
• April 7 –Wilbert Keon, physician and senator (born1935)
• April 19 –William Krehm, author, journalist, political activist and real estate developer (born1913)^[22]
• April 28 –Wayson Choy, writer (born1939)

• May 2
  • Red Kelly, ice hockey player and politician (born1927)
  • Murray Thomson, activist (born1922)
• May 23 –Mike Laffin, politician and dentist (born1918)^[23]

• June 20 –Mark Warawa, politician (born1950)
• June 30 –John Rafferty, politician (born1953)

• July 2 –W. Thomas Molloy, 22ndLieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan
• July 7 –Edna Anderson, politician. (born1922)^[24]
• July 8 –Greg Johnson, ice hockey player (b.1971)^[25]

• August 2
  • Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau, 31stLieutenant Governor of New Brunswick (b. 1955/1956)
  • Deepak Obhrai, CanadianMember of Parliament forCalgary Forest Lawn (b.1950)
• August 19 –Bette Stephenson, physician and politician (born1924)

• September 17 –Harvey Wylie, gridiron football player (born1933)
• September 18 –Graeme Gibson, writer (born1934)
• September 20 –Rick Bognar, wrestler (born1970)

• October 7 –Devan Bracci-Selvey, school student and murder victim (born2005)
• October 9 –Anne Hart, writer (born1935)
• October 30 –Bernard Slade, playwright (born1930)

• December 11 –Fernande Saint-Martin, art critic, museologist, semiologist, visual arts theorist and writer (born1927)
• December 24 –Kelly Fraser, Inuk pop singer and songwriter (born1993)

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