2020 in Canada
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Events for the year 2020 in Canada.
Incumbents
The Crown
Federal government
Provincial governments
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 – Brenda Murphy
- 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 – Russell Mirasty
Premiers
- Premier of Alberta – 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 – Dennis King
- Premier of Quebec – François Legault
- Premier of Saskatchewan – Scott Moe
Territorial governments
Commissioners
- Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Nellie Kusugak
- Commissioner of Nunavut – Margaret Thom
- Commissioner of Yukon – Angélique Bernard
Premiers
- Premier of Northwest Territories – Caroline Cochrane
- Premier of Nunavut – Joe Savikataaq
- Premier of Yukon – Sandy Silver
Events
January–February
- January 5 – Canada defeats Russia 4–3 to win gold at the 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.[1]
- January 8 – 57 Canadians, and approximately 80 others ultimately travelling to Canada, are killed after Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 was shot down by Iran shortly after takeoff from Tehran Imam Khomeini Airport.[2]
- January 12 – a nuclear alert is erroneously sent out to all Ontario residents, after the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station experiences anomalies.[3]
- January 17 – January 2020 North American storm complex: St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador goes into a state of emergency after 76 centimeters of snow fell during a bomb cyclone.[4] The Canadian Armed Forces were called in to help with the cleanup.[5]
- January 20 – Start of national pipeline protests across the country.[6]
- January 25 – Canada's confirms its first COVID-19 case in Toronto.[7]
- February 21 – Ontario teachers holds a one-day province wide strike.[8]
March–April
- March 6 – Canada's first COVID-19 death is recorded in North Vancouver.[9]
- March 8 – Yukon permanently ends Daylight Saving Time.[10]
- April 18 – April 19 – A series of shootings and arson attacks takes place in various Nova Scotia locations, with 23 people killed.[11]
- April 26 – A large flood hits Fort McMurray, forcing 13,000 people to evacuate.[12]
May–June
- May 30 – Protests across Canada begin in solidarity with Americans protesting the death of George Floyd, and against police issues and racism in Canada.[13][14]
Predicted and scheduled events
October
- 2020 Governor General's Awards
November
- November 1 daylight saving time ends
- November 22 – 108th Grey Cup at Mosaic Stadium in Regina
Unspecified date
- 2020 Saskatchewan general election, no later than October 26
Deaths
January
- January 1
- János Aczél, mathematician (born 1924)
- Peter Neumann, gridiron football player (born 1931)
- January 2
- Bill Graham, gridiron football player (born 1935)
- Tom Hickey, politician (born 1933)
- January 3
- Harvey Reti, boxer (born 1937)
- Douglas N. Walton, academic and author (born 1942)
- January 4
- Russell Bannock, test pilot and World War II fighter ace (born 1919)
- Bonnie Burstow, psychotherapist (born 1945)
- John R. Cunningham, medical physicist (born 1927)
- January 5
- Peter Dyck, Manitoba politician (born 1946)
- Walter Learning, actor and theatre director (born 1938)
- John Migneault, ice hockey player (born 1949)
- January 6 – Reva Gerstein, psychologist and educator (born 1917)
- January 7 – Neil Peart, drummer and lyricist for Rush (born 1952)[15]
- January 9 – Leo Kolber, businessman and Senator (born 1929)[16]
- January 10
- John Crosbie, provincial and federal politician (born 1931)
- Bud Fowler, gridiron football player (born 1925 or 1926)
- Michael Posluns, journalist (born 1941)
- January 14 – Eville Gorham, scientist (born 1925)
- January 15 – Rocky Johnson, wrestler (born 1944)
- January 16 – William J. Samarin, linguist (born 1926)
- January 17
- Thérèse Dion, television personality (born 1927)
- Rhona Wurtele, skier (born 1922)
- Bobby Kay, wrestler (born 1950)
- January 18
- John Burke, composer (born 1951)
- Steve Gillespie, wrestler (born 1963)
- Norm Hill, Canadian football player (born 1928)
- Roger Nicolet, engineer (born 1931)[17]
- Gordon A. Smith, artist (born 1919)
- Jim Smith, politician (born 1935)
- January 18 – John Gibson, ice hockey player (born 1959)
- January 20 – Kit Hood, television editor (born 1943)
- January 21 – Norman Amadio, jazz pianist (born 1928)
- January 23
- Fernand Daoust, trade unionist (born 1926)
- Jean-Noël Tremblay, politician (born 1926)
- January 25
- Siegfried Enns, politician (born 1924)
- Clifford Wiens, architect (born 1926)
- January 26 – Louis Nirenberg, mathematician (born 1925)
- January 29 – Alfred John Ellis, banker (born 1915)
- January 30
- Jake MacDonald, writer (born 1949)
- Raymond Reierson, politician (born 1919)
February
- February 1 – Roger Landry, businessman (born 1934)
- February 2 – Bernard Ebbers, businessman and convicted fraudster (born 1941)
- February 3 – John Edward Brockelbank, instrument technician and politician (born 1931)
- February 4
- Peter Hogg, legal scholar and lawyer (born 1939)
- L. Jacques Ménard, businessman (born 1946)
- Frank Plummer, scientist (born 1952)
- February 5
- Diane Cailhier, filmmaker and director (born 1947)
- Ian Cushenan, ice hockey player (born 1933)
- February 7
- Ron Calhoun, executive (born 1933)
- Brian Glennie, ice hockey player (born 1946)
- Larry Popein, ice hockey player (born 1930)
- February 8 – Bill Robinson, basketball player (born 1949)
- February 11
- Maurice Byblow, politician (born 1946)
- Louis-Edmond Hamelin, geographer (born 1923)
- Timothy Porteous, administrator (born 1933)
- February 12
- Christie Blatchford, newspaper columnist, journalist and broadcaster (born 1951)[18]
- Charles Hubbard, politician (born 1940)
- February 13 – Ralph Mercier, politician (born 1937)
- February 14 – Masao Takahashi, judoka (born 1929)
- February 17 – Georges Villeneuve, politician (born 1922)
- February 19
- Pete Babando, ice hockey player (born 1925)
- Robert H. Lee, businessman (born 1933)
- Hubert B. MacNeill, physician and politician (born 1922)
- John Robertson, sailor (born 1929)
- February 21 – Phil Maloney, ice hockey player and coach (born 1927)
- February 22 – Mark Zanna, social psychologist (born 1944)
- February 23 – Norene Gilletz, author and cooking instructor (born 1940)
- February 25 – Bob Steiner, Canadian football player (born 1946)
- February 26 – David Smith, senator (born 1941)
- February 26 – Craig Mackay, speed skater (born 1927)[19]
March
- March 1 – William MacEachern, politician (born 1930)
- March 2
- René Coicou, politician (born 1935)
- William Johnson, author (born 1931)
- Laird Stirling, politician (born 1938)
- March 3 – Réginald Bélair, politician (born 1949)
- March 4
- Serge Deslières, politician and teacher (born 1947)
- Jean Payne, politician (born 1939)
- March 6
- Norm Fieldgate, Canadian football player (born 1932)
- Henri Richard, ice hockey player (born 1936)
- March 7
- Earl Pomerantz, screenwriter (born 1945)
- Laura Smith, singer-songwriter (born 1952)
- March 9 – John Havelock Parker, politician (born 1929)
- March 11 – Ken King, ice hockey player (born 1952)
- March 13 – Dorothy Maclean, educator and writer (born 1920)
- March 14 – Galen Head, ice hockey player (born 1947)
- March 15 – Phil Olsen, athlete (born 1957)
- March 18 – Wray Downes, jazz pianist (born 1931)
- March 19 – Herbert Marx, politician (born 1932)
- March 20 – Claude Bennett, politician (born 1936)
- March 23
- JR Shaw, businessman (born 1934)
- Giles Walker, film director (born 1946)
- March 30
- Joe Clark, businessman (born 1941)
- Tim Petros, Canadian football player (born 1961)
April
- April 4
- Barry Allen, musician (born 1945)
- Marguerite Lescop, writer (born 1915)
- April 5 – Shirley Douglas, actress and activist (born 1934)
- April 6 – Jean Little, author, primarily of children's fiction (born 1932)
- John Dossetor, physician (born 1925)
- Art Paleczny, politician (born 1929)[20]
- April 7
- Peter Cory , Supreme Court of Canada judge (born 1925)
- Ghyslain Tremblay, actor and comedian (born 1951)
- April 8
- John Hughes, ice hockey player (born 1954)
- Pat Stapleton, ice hockey player (born 1940)
- April 9
- Jim Conacher, ice hockey player (born 1921)
- Mark Golden, historian (born 1948)
- Ho Kam Ming, martial artist (born 1925)
- April 10
- Marke Raines, politician (born 1927)
- Tom Webster, ice hockey player and coach (born 1948)
- April 11
- Colby Cave, ice hockey player (born 1994)
- Paul Haddad, actor (born 1963)
- April 12
- Claude Beauchamp, journalist and political activist (born 1939)
- William H. Langille, farmer and politician, (born 1944)
- Henry G. Schogt, linguist (born 1927)
- April 13 – Pierre Ébert, actor (born c. 1939)
- April 16 – Kenneth Gilbert, musician (born 1931)
- April 18 – Allan Gotlieb, public servant and Ambassador (born 1928)
- April 19
- Aileen Carroll, politician (born 1944)
- Claude Lafortune, television presenter (born 1936)
- April 20 – Hezakiah Oshutapik, politician (born 1955 or 1956)
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References
- "Game Summary". International Ice Hockey Federation.
- "'Our profound regrets': Iran state TV says Ukrainian jet was 'unintentionally' shot down | National Post". January 11, 2020.
- "Canada nuclear plant incident alert sent in error". 2020-01-12. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
- Erdman, Jonathan (18 Jan 2020). "Crippling Newfoundland, Canada, Blizzard From Bomb Cyclone Smashes All-Time Daily Snow Record". The Weather Channel. Retrieved 18 Apr 2020.
- McKenzie-Sutter, Holly (20 Jan 2020). "Armed Forces arrive in St. John's as state of emergency stretches into fourth day". Global News. Retrieved 18 Apr 2020.
- Sajan, Bhinder; Kotyk, Alyse (January 20, 2020). "Pipeline protest impacts multiple BC Ferries sailings". bc.ctvnews.ca. CTV News.
- "Man who flew to Toronto from China is Canada's first coronavirus case". CP24. Archived from the original on February 29, 2020. Retrieved 2020-01-26.
- Rocca, Ryan (21 Feb 2020). "Entire Ontario public school system closed, millions out of class Friday as teachers strike". Global News. Retrieved 18 Apr 2020.
- Larsen, Karin (9 March 2020). "1st COVID-19-related death in Canada recorded in B.C." CBC. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- Waddell, Stephanie (6 Mar 2020). "Yukon government ends seasonal time change". Yukon News. Retrieved 18 Apr 2020.
- Brown, Mark (21 April 2020). "Nova Scotia death toll now at 23". BlackburnNews.com. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
- Derworiz, Colette (29 Apr 2020). "Flooding forces 13,000 from downtown Fort McMurray". National Observer. Retrieved 29 Apr 2020.
- Aguilar, Bryann (31 May 2020). "Thousands rally in Toronto against anti-black racism after woman falls from balcony". CTV News. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- Tsekouras, Phil (5 June 2020). "Thousands fill downtown Toronto streets to protest anti-Black racism". CTV News. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- Wong, Jessica (2020-01-10). "Rush's Neil Peart, drum virtuoso, dead at 67". CBC News. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
- "Former senator Leo Kolber dies at 90 after Alzheimer's battle | Montreal Gazette". January 10, 2020.
- "Roger Nicolet, former mayor, engineer and head of 1998 ice storm inquiry, dead at 88". Global News. 21 Jan 2020. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
- "Dead at 68: Christie Blatchford was a tenacious voice for victims, a thorn to the smug | National Post". February 12, 2020.
- Mitchell, Kevin (28 Feb 2020). "Two-time Olympic speedskater, Saskatoon native Craig Mackay dies at 92". Saskatoon StarPhoenix. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
- Sharkey, Jackie (7 Apr 2020). "Former Waterloo mayor Arthur Paleczny, 91, dies of COVID-19 says family". CBC News.
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