# 2019 in Canada

Events from the year 2019 in Canada.

## Incumbents
### 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)

### 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 –
   * 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

### Territorial governments
#### 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

## Events
### 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 20 – The Crucifix that has hung in the Montreal council chamber since 1937 is taken down.
* March 30 to April 7 – 2019 World Men's Curling Championship in Lethbridge

### April–May

* April 3 – Quebec City announces that it has no plans to remove the Crucifix inside their city council chamber.
* 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.

## Deaths
### 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)