2019 in Canada

Events from the year 2019 in Canada.

The Crown

 * Monarch – Elizabeth II

Federal government

 * Governor General – Julie Payette
 * Prime Minister – Justin Trudeau
 * Parliament – 42nd (until 11 September), then 43rd (from 5 December)

Lieutenant Governors

 * 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)

Premiers

 * Premier of Alberta – Rachel Notley (until April 30), then Jason 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), then Dennis King
 * Premier of Quebec – François Legault
 * Premier of Saskatchewan – Scott Moe

Commissioners

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

Premiers

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

January

 * January 5 – Finland won the gold medal match of the 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (which began 26 December 2018).
 * January 11 – A double-decker bus accident OC Transpo struck a bus shelter killing three people and injuring 23 others in Ottawa.
 * January 13 to 30 – The 2019 Canadian Figure Skating Championships were held.
 * January 22 – A CN Rail train derailed at a level crossing on Saskatchewan Highway 11 north of Saskatoon. Nobody was hurt.  There was significant damage to the train and crossing.

February–March

 * February 15 to March 3 – 2019 Canada Winter Games in Red Deer.
 * March 10 – Daylight saving time starts
 * March 16 to 17 – Juno Awards of 2019 in London
 * March 18 – Proceedings of the Senate of Canada were televised for the first time in the chamber's history.
 * March 30 to April 7 – 2019 World Men's Curling Championship in Lethbridge

April–May

 * April 16 – Alberta general election held. United Conservatives win a majority government, defeating New Democrats.
 * April 23 – Prince Edward Island general election held. The Progressive Conservative Party wins a minority government, the Green Party will form the official opposition.
 * May 15 – The 2019 Canadian Championship began. They are to be held till September 25, 2019.
 * May 16 – Newfoundland and Labrador general election held. The Liberal Party retains power but with a minority government which was Newfoundland and Labrador's first minority government since 1971.
 * May 17 to 26 – 2019 Memorial Cup held in Halifax

June–July

 * June 13 – The Toronto Raptors win their first NBA championship in the 2019 NBA Finals, the first time a Canadian team had won the NBA championship.
 * June 17 –  Quebec passed Bill 21, a law which bars public servants from wearing religious symbols while on duty.
 * July 9 –
 * The Crucifix in the National Assembly of Quebec that Quebec Premier Maurice Duplessis hung there in 1936 (83 years), is removed.
 * 46 people were sent to the hospital after a serious carbon monoxide leak at a Super 8 motel in Winnipeg. There were no fatalities.
 * July 14 to July 19 – 2019 Northern British Columbia murders
 * July 31 – Canada withdrew its peacekeeping forces from Mali.

August–September

 * August 7 – Bodies believed to be the suspects of the Northern British Columbia murders are found in dense brush near the Nelson River.
 * August 11 – Bianca Andreescu wins the 2019 Rogers Cup in the women's singles event after Serena Williams retires the match due to an upper back injury. 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. The Progressive Conservative Party wins a second majority government.
 * September 19 – Photos and a video of blackface from 2001 of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are released. Trudeau later apologizes for the photos and the video.

October–November

 * October 1 – Northwest Territories general election was held.
 * October 21 – The 2019 Canadian federal election was held, with the Liberal Party forming a minority government.
 * November 3 – Daylight saving time ends.
 * November 11 – Longtime hockey analyst Don Cherry is fired from Hockey Night in Canada, by Sportsnet.
 * November 23 – Calgary Dinos win the Vanier Cup, in Quebec City.
 * November 24 – Winnipeg Blue Bombers win the Grey Cup, in Calgary.
 * November 25 – 2019 World Ringette Championships in Burnaby, British Columbia.

December

 * December 9 – Bianca Andreescu awarded the 2019 Lou Marsh Trophy
 * December 12 – Andrew Scheer announces pending resignation as leader of the Conservative Party.

January

 * 3 January
 * William Miller, football player (born 1957)
 * Marcelle Corneille administrator and educator (born 1923)
 * 4 January
 * Peter Doucette, politician (born 1954)
 * Frank Mugglestone, 94, English rugby league footballer (Bradford Northern, Castleford).
 * Norman Snider, screenwriter (born 1945)
 * 5 January
 * Jean-Eudes Dubé, politician (born 1926)
 * Gerry Plamondon, ice hockey player (born 1924)
 * Alexis Smirnoff, wrestler (born 1947)
 * Myron Thompson, politician (born 1936)
 * 6 January
 * George Crowe, ice hockey coach (born 1936)
 * Gene Zwozdesky, politician (born 1948)
 * 9 January
 * Pierre de Bané, senator (born 1938)
 * Paul Koslo, actor (born 1944)
 * 11 January
 * Mark Elliot, radio host (born 1953)
 * Marge Callaghan, baseball player (born 1921)
 * 12 January
 * George Ball, entomologist (born 1926)
 * Dennis Marvin Ham, politician (born 1941)
 * 13 January – Bo Westlake, rower (born 1927)
 * 14 January – Gavin Smith poker player(born 1968)
 * 16 January
 * Jean Chatillon, composer (born 1937)
 * Alfred Kunz, composer (born 1929)
 * 18 January
 * Walter Craig, mathematician (born 1953)
 * Gilles Paquet, economist (born 1936)
 * François Protat, cinematographer
 * 19 January – Red Sullivan, ice hockey player (born 1929)
 * 22 January – A. Brian Deer, librarian (born 1945)
 * 23 January – Jim McKean, Major League Baseball umpire (born 1945)
 * 25 January – Jacques Berthelet, Roman Catholic bishop (born 1934)
 * 29 January – Andy Hebenton, ice hockey player (born 1929)
 * 31 January
 * Ron Joyce, businessman, co-founder of Tim Hortons (born 1930)
 * William Winegard, politician (born 1924)

February

 * 1 February – Raymond Ratzlaff, politician (born 1931)
 * 2 February
 * Michael Ferguson, Auditor General of Canada (born 1958)
 * William Slater, swimmer (born 1940)
 * 4 February – Phil Western, musician (born 1971)
 * 6 February – Paul Dewar, educator and politician from Ottawa (born 1963)
 * 10 February – Michael Wilson, politician (born 1937)
 * 11 February
 * James Burns, businessman
 * Joe Schlesinger, television journalist, and author (born 1928)
 * 15 February – Erminie Cohen, senator (born 1926)
 * 16 February – Albert Ludwig, politician and author (born 1919)
 * 18 February – Charles Deblois, politician (born 1939)
 * 23 February – Bob Adams, decathlete (born 1924)
 * 24 February – Trevor Eyton, senator and businessman (born 1934)
 * 25 February – Chantal duPont, multidisciplinary artist (born 1942)
 * 27 February – Sandra Faire, television producer and philanthropist
 * 28 February – Ed Bickert, jazz guitarist (born 1932)

March

 * March 1 – Elly Mayday, model and women's health advocate (born 1988)
 * March 4
 * Robert Wagner Dowling, politician (born 1924)
 * Art Hughes, Canadian soccer player (born 1930)
 * Ted Lindsay, professional ice hockey player (born 1925)
 * March 5
 * Richard Allen, politician (born 1929)
 * Stephen Irwin, architect (born 1939)
 * March 6
 * Gordon Osbaldeston, civil servant (born 1930)
 * Charlie Panigoniak, Inuktitut singer and guitarist (born 1946)
 * March 7 – Patrick Lane, poet (born 1939)
 * March 9 – Harry Howell, ice hockey player (born 1932)
 * March 11 – Joe Rosenblatt, poet (born 1933)
 * March 16 – Joe Fafard, sculptor (born 1942)

April

 * April 3 – Mary Borgstrom, potter and ceramist (born 1916
 * April 7 – Wilbert Keon, physician and senator (born 1935)
 * April 19 – William Krehm, author, journalist, political activist and real estate developer (born 1913)
 * April 28 – Wayson Choy, writer (born 1939)

May

 * May 2
 * Red Kelly, ice hockey player and politician (born 1927)
 * Murray Thomson, activist (born 1922)
 * May 23 – Mike Laffin, politician and dentist (born 1918)

June

 * June 20 – Mark Warawa, politician (born 1950)
 * June 30 – John Rafferty, politician (born 1953)

July

 * July 2 – W. Thomas Molloy, 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan
 * July 7 – Edna Anderson, politician. (born 1922)
 * July 8 – Greg Johnson, ice hockey player (b. 1971)

August

 * August 2
 * Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau, 31st Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick (b. 1955/1956)
 * Deepak Obhrai, Canadian Member of Parliament for Calgary Forest Lawn (b. 1950)
 * August 19 – Bette Stephenson, physician and politician (born 1924)

September

 * September 17 – Harvey Wylie, gridiron football player (born 1933)
 * September 18 – Graeme Gibson, writer (born 1934)
 * September 20 – Rick Bognar, wrestler (born 1970)

October

 * October 7 – Devan Bracci-Selvey, school student and murder victim (born 2005)
 * October 9 – Anne Hart, writer (born 1935)
 * October 30 – Bernard Slade, playwright (born 1930)

December

 * December 11 – Fernande Saint-Martin, art critic, museologist, semiologist, visual arts theorist and writer (born 1927)
 * December 24 – Kelly Fraser, Inuk pop singer and songwriter (born 1993)