2009 in Canada
List of Canadian events in 2009
Events from the year 2009 in Canada .
Incumbents
Crown
Federal government
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
Premiers
Territorial governments
Commissioners
Premiers
Events
January to March
April to September
April 2 – Stephen Harper attends the 2009 G-20 London summit .
April 6 – Tamil protesters gather at Parliament Hill , Ottawa for a non-stop, continuous protest requesting Harper to call for a ceasefire to the Sri Lankan Civil War . Six people begin their own hunger strikes .
April 8 – Victoria "Tori" Stafford is abducted from Oliver Stephens Public School in Woodstock, Ontario .
April 26 – First cases of the 2009 H1N1 outbreak are confirmed in Canada.
April 30 – Liberal Party of Canada leadership convention is held in Vancouver , British Columbia.
May 6 – Canada begins negotiations with the European Union on the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement .
May 20 – Two people, Michael Thomas Rafferty , and Terri-Lyne McClintic are charged with the abduction and murder of Victoria "Tori" Stafford .
June 17 – School stabbings happen at St. Joseph Secondary School in Mississauga .
June 22 – Start of the 2009 City of Toronto inside and outside workers strike .
June 24 to July 3 – Death and state funeral of Roméo LeBlanc , former Governor General
July 4 – Natural gas line was bombed for the sixth time near Dawson Creek .
July 8 – Stephen Harper attends the 35th G8 summit .
July 9 – A small plane crashed on final approach to Vancouver International Airport , killing all two people on board. No one on the ground was injured, while an IKEA in the parking lot suffered some damage.
July 17 – R. v. Grant is ruled on at the Supreme Court of Canada .
July 23 – Shawn Atleo is chosen as the organization's new national chief at the Assembly of First Nations leadership convention .
August 1 – One person was killed and seventy-five others were injured, when the stage collapsed at the Big Valley Jamboree due to a severe thunderstorm and high winds.
August 6 – The 67th World Science Fiction Convention is held in Montreal , Quebec at the Palais des congrès de Montréal .
August 19 – CrossIron Mills opens near the Calgary area.
August 20 – 18 tornadoes rated up to F2 struck Southwestern Ontario , Central Ontario and the Greater Toronto Area .
October to December
Unknown date
Arts and literature
Art
March 6 – Art and Social Responsibility The Interdependence of the Arts and Civil Society conference is held in Toronto , Ontario.
Film
Music
Television
Literature
Sport
Deaths
January
February
March
Gilbert Parent
March 1 – Alf Pike , ice hockey player and coach (born 1917 )
March 2 – Michael Baker , politician (born 1957 )
March 3
March 4 – Yvon Cormier , wrestler (born 1938 )
March 9 – Larry Regan , ice hockey player, coach and manager (born 1930 )
March 10 – Tom Hanson , photojournalist (born 1967 )
March 11 – Harvey Lowe , broadcaster and yo-yo world champion (born 1918 )
March 13 – Andrew Martin , wrestler (born 1975 )
March 15 – Edmund Hockridge , singer and actor (born 1919 )
March 17 – Gaston Labrèche , Chief Justice of Quebec Superior Court
March 18 – Donald Tolmie , politician (born 1923 )
March 21
March 22 – Archie Green , folklorist and musicologist (born 1917 )
March 26 – Shane McConkey , extreme skier and base jumper (born 1969 )
March 29 – Ivor Dent , politician and mayor of Edmonton (born 1924 )
April
May
June
Allan King
June 3
June 8 – Sheila Finestone , politician and Senator (born 1927 )
June 8 – Nathan Marsters , ice hockey player (born 1980 )
June 14
June 15 – Allan King , film director (born 1930 )
June 17
June 19 – Alex Nicholson , professional ice hockey goaltender (born 1923 )[15]
June 20 – Roseanne Allen , Olympic cross-country skier (born 1954 )
June 21 – Lorena Gale , playwright (born 1958 )
June 22 – Billy Red Lyons , professional wrestler (born 1932 )
June 23 – Raymond Berthiaume , jazz musician, singer and record producer (born 1931 )
June 24 – Roméo LeBlanc , Governor General & politician (born 1927 )
June 27 – Jackie Washington , blues musician (born 1919 )
June 28 – Terry Black , singer (born 1949 )
June 29
July
Leo Mol died July 4
Reg Fleming
July 4 – Leo Mol , sculptor (born 1915 )
July 5 – Waldo Von Erich , professional wrestler (born 1933 )
July 6 – Martin Streek , disc jockey (born 1964 )
July 9 – Ron Kennedy , ice hockey player and trainer (born 1953 )
July 11
July 13 – Neil Munro , director, actor and playwright (born 1947 )
July 14 – Phyllis Gotlieb , science fiction author (born 1926 )
July 15 – Brian Goodwin , mathematician (born 1931 )
July 16
July 18 – Robert Uffen , research geophysicist , professor, and university administrator (born 1923 )
July 21 – Les Lye , actor and broadcaster (born 1924 )
July 22 – Mark Leduc , Olympic boxer (born 1964 )
July 26 – Jerry Yanover , Liberal Party strategist (born 1947 )
July 27 – Lee Orr , Olympic athlete (born 1917 )
July 30 – Joy Langan , Member of Parliament for Mission—Coquitlam (1988–1993) (born 1943 )
August
September
September 1 – Alexis Tioseco , Filipino -born Canadian film critic (born 1981 )
September 7 – Fred Mills , musician (Canadian Brass ) (born 1935 )
September 9
September 10
September 11 – Pierre Cossette , television producer (born 1923 )
September 13 – Philip Aziz , artist (born 1923 )
September 18 – Doug Fisher , journalist and politician, MP for Port Arthur (1957–1965) (born 1919 )
September 19 – Gabriel Beaudry , Olympic rower (born 1927 )
September 23 – Stuart Robertson , journalist and gardener (born 1944 )
September 24 – Nelly Arcan , novelist (born 1973 )
September 25 – Pierre Falardeau , movie director (born 1946 )
September 27 – Alan Dick , principal of Canadian International School of Hong Kong (born 1954 )
September 29 – Ray Nettles , Canadian football player (BC Lions ) (born 1949 )
October
October 1 – Luigi Moro , footballer and football coach (born 1918 )
October 2 – Harvey Veniot , MLA for Pictou West (1956–1974), Speaker of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly (1961–1968) (born 1915 )
October 6 – Douglas Campbell , actor (born 1922 )
October 8 – Gerald Ferguson , artist (born 1937 )
October 10 – Joan Orenstein , actress (born 1923 )
October 11 – Herb Leblanc , musician (born 1928 )
October 19 – Joseph Wiseman , actor (born 1918 )
October 20 – Margaret Fitzgerald , supercentenarian (born 1896 )
October 22 – Howard Darwin , sports promoter, founder of the Ottawa 67's (born 1931 )
October 23
October 28 – Ted Nebbeling , former British Columbia MLA (born 1943 )
October 28 – Taylor Mitchell , singer-songwriter (born 1990 )
October 29 – Gino Fracas , football player (born 1930 )
October 31 – Harry Gauss , soccer coach (born 1952 )
November
December
See also
See also
References
^ "Queen Elizabeth II | The Canadian Encyclopedia" . www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca . Retrieved 4 December 2022 .
^ "4th pipeline bombing in northeastern B.C." CBC. 2009-01-05. Retrieved 2009-09-12 .
^ "Toronto Blackout" . Theglobeandmail.com. Retrieved 2011-11-30 .
^ "Canadian Tamil protests" . Thestar.com . 2009-01-28. Retrieved 2011-11-30 .
^ kate hammer. "Obama in Canada" . Theglobeandmail.com. Retrieved 2011-11-30 .
^ "Bush in Calgary" . Ctv.ca. Archived from the original on February 16, 2009. Retrieved 2011-11-30 .
^ a b "George Bush to speak in Edmonton" . Canwest Media Service. 2009-09-08. Retrieved 2009-09-12 .[permanent dead link ]
^ CBC News (October 29, 2009). "Quebec, N.B. strike $4.8B deal for NB Power" . Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . Archived from the original on 31 October 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-29 .
^ Grainger, Lia (March 26, 2012). "There's no easel way out in art battle" . Metro News . Free Daily News Group Inc. Archived from the original on June 22, 2012. Retrieved 2012-12-15 .
^ "Beleaguered ADQ chief wants out" . The Globe and Mail , November 10, 2009.
^ Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay arrives at the House of Commons of Canada (Parliament Hill) on YouTube
^ "Visit of Haitian Prime Minister" . International.gc.ca. 2009-12-23. Archived from the original on September 9, 2012. Retrieved 2011-11-30 .
^ "The 2009 Allan Cup" . Archived from the original on 2009-01-16. Retrieved 2009-02-14 .
^ "CBC article "Canadian Historian J. M.S. Careless dies" " . Cbc.ca. 2009-04-06. Retrieved 2011-11-30 .
^ "Alexander 'Bun' Nicholson Obituary" . Winnipeg Free Press . June 26, 2009.
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