1995 in Canada
Events from the year 1995 in Canada.
Incumbents
Crown
Federal government
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
Premiers
Territorial governments
Commissioners
Premiers
Events
January to March
- January 5 - Rogers Communications withdraws the unpopular negative option billing system after widescale consumer protest
- January 7 - The opening of Parliament is televised for the first time
- January 18 - A video of the Canadian Airborne Regiment's brutal hazing rituals is made public
- January 23 - As a result of the Somalia Affair and the video the Airborne Regiment is disbanded
- January 23 - Guy Paul Morin's conviction for murder that had seen him jailed for 11 years is overturned
- February 21 - The inquiry into the April 1994 uprising in the Kingston Prison For Women rules that authorities used excessive force in putting it down
- February 23 - American President Bill Clinton addresses Parliament
- March 9 - As part of Brian Tobin's Turbot War Canadian officials seize the Spanish trawler the Estai
April to June
July to September
- July 17 - Christine Silverberg becomes Canada's first female police chief when she is promoted to that position in Calgary
- July 20 - In Hill v. Church of Scientology of mexico the Supreme Court upholds Canada's largest ever libel award
- July 27 - Thomson Corp. agrees to sell 27 Canadian newspapers to Hollinger Inc.
- August 1 - Popular Ottawa sportscaster Brian Smith is shot in the parking lot of CJOH by escaped mental patient Jeffrey Arenburg; Smith dies in hospital the following day.
- August 11 - The first fatal accident aboard a Toronto Transit Commission subway kills three
- September 1 - Paul Bernardo is found guilty of the kidnapping, rape, and murder of Leslie Mahaffy and Kristen French
- September 6 - The government announces plans to sell off most of its remaining holdings in Petro-Canada
October to December
- October 14 - Alexa McDonough is elected head of the New Democratic Party, replacing Audrey McLaughlin
- October 24 - The James Bay Cree vote 96.3% in favour of their territory remaining part of Canada in the event of Quebec Separation.
- October 27 - A massive rally is held in Montreal by the No side in the referendum
- October 30 - The 1995 Quebec referendum is held on separation. The No side narrowly wins.
- October 31 - Newfoundland passes a constitutional amendment to overhaul its school system
- November 4 - Radarsat, Canada's first observation satellite is launched
- November 5 - André Dallaire breaks into 24 Sussex Drive and the Prime Minister fends him off with an Inuit sculpture
- November 5 - Paul Bernardo is declared a dangerous offender, meaning he will be ineligible for parole
- November 11 - Journalist Judy Steed, in a conference speech, attacks the chair of Ryerson University's journalism program for employing Gerald Hannon as a part-time instructor; the controversy spans the next three weeks.
- November 15 - British Columbia premier announces his resignation because of the bingogate scandal.
- November 20 - Former PM Brian Mulroney sues the government over the Airbus Affair
- November 22 - Don Morin becomes premier of the Northwest Territories, replacing Nellie Cournoyea
- November 23 - Jean Chrétien unveils a law that would give each of Canada's four regions a constitutional veto. The West complains that it deserves more than one.
- November 28 - Canadian National Railway, the nation's largest Crown corporation and one of the largest state-run enterprises in the industrialized world is privatized
- December - Representatives of aboriginal peoples gather and issue the Sacred Assembly Proclamation; from this was developed the Reconciliation Proclamation and the Statement of Principles and Priorities.
- December 6 - The toonie is introduced
- December 6 - Canada agrees to send 1000 peacekeepers to Bosnia
- December 11 - Voters in what will become Nunavut select Iqaluit as the capital of the new territory
- December 20 - Lieutenant General Jean Boyle becomes Chief of the Defence Staff
- December 21 - The Krever Commission holds its final hearings
- December 28 - Premier of Newfoundland Clyde Wells announces his retirement.
Arts and literature
New books
Awards
Music
Television
Film
Sport
Births
January to March
- January 3 - Victoria Duffield, singer, actress and dancer
- January 18 - Margaret Purdy, pair skater
- January 27 - Madeline Gardiner, artistic gymnast
- February 2
- February 8 - Jordan Todosey, actress
- February 23 - Andrew Wiggins, high school basketball player
- March 2
- March 5 - Zhao Kai Pang, ice dancer
- March 8 - Avery Tiplady, actor
- March 22 - Nicolas Petan, ice hockey player
- March 23 - Jan Lisiecki, pianist
- March 27 - Laurent Dauphin, ice hockey player
- March 28
- March 30 - Zach Nastasiuk, ice hockey player
April to June
- April 5 - Bo Horvat, ice hockey player
- April 11 - Erin Routliffe, New Zealand-born tennis player
- April 13 - Shavon John-Brown, footballer
- April 16 - Remi Elie, ice hockey player
- April 22 - Madison Bowey, ice hockey defenceman
- April 26
- April 29 - Tristan Jarry, ice hockey goaltender
- May 9 - Dillon Heatherington, ice hockey defenceman
- May 12 - Talia Chiarelli, artistic gymnast
- May 28 - Zachary Fucale, ice hockey goalie
- May 29 - Jordan Ju, figure skater
- June 6 - Sadi Jalali, Indian-born soccer player
- June 5 - Natasha Purich, figure skater
- June 13 - Mikaela Gerber, artistic gymnast
- June 20 - Carol Zhao, Chinese-born tennis player
- June 26 - Reema Major, Sudan-born rapper
- June 29 - Nicholas Latifi, racing driver
July to September
- July 4 - Jason Dickinson, ice hockey player
- July 6 - Eric Comrie, ice hockey goaltender
- July 11 - Tyler Medeiros, dancer, singer and songwriter
- July 12 - Samuel Morin, ice hockey defenceman
- July 17 - Austin MacDonald, actor
- August 5 - Shea Theodore, ice hockey defenceman
- August 26 - Anthony Duclair, ice hockey player
- August 27 - Cainan Wiebe, actor
- September - Ty Wood, actor
- September 1 - Nathan MacKinnon, ice hockey forward
- September 8 - Ellie Black, artistic gymnast
October to December
Full date unknown
Deaths
January to June
- January 28 - George Woodcock, poet, essayist, critic, biographer and historian (born 1912)
- February 23 - Murray Cotterill, trade union activist
- March 14 - John Peters Humphrey, legal scholar, jurist and human rights advocate (born 1905)
- April 23 - Douglas Lloyd Campbell, politician and 13th Premier of Manitoba (born 1895)
- April 25 - Stuart Trueman, journalist and writer
- May 6 - John Black Aird, lawyer, politician and 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (born 1923)
July to September
October to December
- October 17 - Herbert J. Smith, president of General Electric Canada
- October 26 - Lucie Cavoukian, photographer
- October 27 - Artin Cavoukian, photographer
- November 3 - Gordon S. Fahrni, medical doctor (born 1887)
- November 11 - Emmett Matthew Hall, jurist, civil libertarian and Supreme Court justice (born 1898)
- November 21 - Bruno Gerussi, actor and television presenter (born 1928)
- November 30 - Philip Givens, politician, judge and Mayor of Toronto (born 1922)
- December 2 - Robertson Davies, novelist, playwright, critic, journalist and professor (born 1913)
- December 3 - Elsie Knott, first female band chief
- December 4 - Lionel Giroux, midget wrestler (born 1935)
Full date unknown
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