2010 in Canada

Incumbents

Crown

Federal government

Provincial governments

Lieutenant governors

Premiers

Territorial governments

Commissioners

Premiers

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

  • June 6 – A state of emergency is called in Leamington after a tornado causes severe damage.[46]
  • June 11 – Charles Kembo is found guilty of four first degree murders in Vancouver after a nine-month trial.[47]
  • June 13 – A landslide in Oliver destroys homes and blocks off sections of Highway 97.[48]
  • June 18 – Floods in southeastern Alberta cause severe damage and force people to evacuate.[49]
  • June 21 – A house in northeast Edmonton explodes killing four people, and damaging surrounding homes. Police ruled the incident as a domestic related murder/suicide.[50]
  • June 23
    • A plane crashes after taking off from the Jean Lasage International Airport in Quebec City. Seven people die, including two crew members.[51]
    • A 5.0 magnitude earthquake occurs in Ontario and Quebec. Buildings in Toronto and Ottawa are evacuated.[52]
    • A tornado strikes in Midland causing severe damage.[53]
  • June 25–27 – The 36th G8 summit is held in Huntsville, Ontario, Canada. Consecutively, the 4th G20 summit is also held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on the same dates.[54]
  • June 26–27 – Nearly 1,000 people are arrested in Toronto after protests against the G20 summit lead to several police cars being set on fire, and police boxed in crowds at one intersection where this took place the next day, leading to mass arrests for breach of the peace.[55]
  • June 28 – Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip arrive in Halifax starting a nine-day tour of Canada.[56]

July

  • July 1 – A severe thunderstorm causes major flooding in and around Yorkton, Saskatchewan
  • July 2 – An F3 tornado rips apart the Kawacatoose First Nation north of Raymore, Saskatchewan
  • July 5 – An explosion at a transformer station causes ten thousand customers to lose power in Toronto.[57]
  • July 8
  • July 13 – Up to 18 cm (7.1 in) of snow falls in mountainous regions of Alberta.[60]
  • July 16
    • Four people die and two people are critically injured when a float plane crashes near Maria-Chapdelaine.[61]
    • A ride at the Calgary Stampede malfunctions injuring five people.[62]
  • July 17 – Parks Canada had a no-entry fee day for all parks, national historic sites and National Marine Conservation Areas, to celebrate the 125th anniversary of Canada's national parks system.[63]
  • July 22 – A riot breaks out at a detention centre in Quebec City leaving two people dead.[64]
  • July 26 – A pipeline owned by Enbridge that was carrying oil to Sarnia leaks three million litres of oil into a creek in Michigan.[65]
  • July 28 – Todd Hardy, MLA for Whitehorse Centre (1996–2000), (2002–2010) and the former leader of the Yukon New Democratic Party from 2002 to 2009, dies in office.
  • July 29 – The Department of National Defence reveals that edits made on Wikipedia pages relating to the Joint Strike Fighter jet and the Conservative government's decision to spend as much as $18 billion on the aircraft, were traced back to the Defence Research and Development Canada.[66]
  • July 30 – Wildfires in the Cariboo region force evacuations and cause state of emergencies to be called.[67]

August

  • August 1 – Six people are killed after their minivan crashes head-on with an RV near Golden, British Columbia.
  • August 3 – Bernard Callebault, a well known Calgary chocolate company, goes into receivership.
  • August 10 – The BC Federation of Labour starts an investigation into a work camp near Golden, British Columbia, where 24 workers were subject to significant abuse, food deprivation, and poor sleeping quarters.[68]
  • August 11 – The town of Oka buys the land from Norfolk Financial that caused the Oka Crisis 20 years earlier.[69]
  • August 12 – A Thai ship, the MV Sun Sea carrying Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka, is intercepted by HMCS Winnipeg, off the coast of British Columbia.[70]
  • August 14 – approximately 9:15 p.m. ET: The Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrest a man outside of 24 Sussex Drive, after he was found igniting a small quantity of flammable liquid, starting a small fire. He was turned over to Ottawa Police.[71]
  • August 17 – Four men die when their helicopter crashes near Sept-Îles.[72]
  • August 20 – The NDM-1 super bug is found at Brampton, Ontario's William Osler Health Centre.[73]
  • August 22 – A bus crash near Woodstock kills one person and injuries twelve others.[74]
  • August 25 – Three men are arrested in Ottawa after being accused of taking part in a domestic terrorist plot.[75]
  • August 31 – John Rowswell, Mayor of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, dies in office.

September

October

  • October 1
  • October 2 – Olive Crane is chosen as the new leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island.
  • October 3 – Dianne Whalen, MHA for Conception Bay East and Bell Island (2003–2010), dies in office.
  • October 13 – Health Canada added Bisphenol A to Schedule 1 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, declaring it as a toxic substance.[86]
  • October 15 – A Nor'easter moves through Atlantic Canada causing power outages and canceling ferry services.[87]
  • October 18
  • October 19 – The Quebec government passes through Bill 115 which sets out who qualifies to attend English public school in the province, after more than 20 hours of an emergency debate.[90]
  • October 21 – David Russell Williams is sentenced to two terms of life in prison for the murders of two women, also for other charges including sexual assault.[91]
  • October 25 – The 2010 Ontario municipal elections take place.
  • October 27 – The 2010 Manitoba municipal elections take place.
  • October 26–28 – A severe storm affects most of Canada from Saskatchewan through to Quebec. Heavy snows and school closures were reported in eastern Saskatchewan and western Manitoba while eastern Manitoba and Ontario eastward suffered rain. Winds were strong throughout the entire region, whipping up large waves on the Manitoba lakes and causing flooding along the shores of Lake Winnipeg and Lake Manitoba.[92]

November

December

  • December 3: Kathy Dunderdale becomes premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, replacing Danny Williams, the first woman to do so.
  • December 4–8: A series of snowstorms and snow squalls dump over 110 centimeters of snow to parts of southern Ontario. The city of London was the hardest hit.
  • December 6: A winter storm hits Atlantic Canada, bringing heavy snow, flooding rains and forcing school closures.[101]
  • December 13: A state of emergency is called, for Lambton County, Ontario, as a snowstorm causes numerous Ontario provincial highways[102] to be closed and more than 300 motorists were stuck on Ontario Highway 402.[103] One man who wandered away from his vehicle died from exposure.[104]
  • December 13–15: Flooding, especially along the Saint John River in New Brunswick washes out roads and forces evacuations.[105]
  • December 16: Bill C-464, (or Zachary's Bill) is passed, allowing courts to refuse bail to those serious crimes to protect children. The legislation was sparked by the murder of Zachary Turner by his mother, and its introduction inspired by the documentary film Dear Zachary[106]
  • December 20–22: A storm brings flooding storm surge coinciding with high tide and heavy snow to the Atlantic provinces, causing millions of dollars in damage.[107]
  • December 27: A nor'easter begins dumping snow and rain in Atlantic Canada after bringing snow and strong winds from Florida to Maine.[108]

Arts and literature

Art

Film

Music

Television

Literature

Sport

Births

  • January 22 – Joseph Maraachli, Leigh's disease infant (died 2011)
  • October 23 – Eddy and Nelson Angélil, twin sons of Celine Dion and of René Angélil

Deaths

January

Kate McGarrigle at the 2008 Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame gala

February

John Babcock in 1920

March

June Havoc in Gentleman's Agreement (1947)

April

Michel Chartrand in 2003

May

June

Maureen Forrester photo taken by Carl Van Vechten

July

August

September

October

November

Leslie Nielsen died November 28

December

See also

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