1987 in Canada
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Events from the year 1987 in Canada.
Incumbents
Crown
Federal government
- Governor General – Jeanne Sauvé[2]
- Prime Minister – Brian Mulroney
- Chief Justice – Brian Dickson (Manitoba)
- Parliament – 33rd
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
- Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Helen Hunley
- Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Robert Gordon Rogers
- Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – George Johnson
- Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – George Stanley (until August 20) then Gilbert Finn
- Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland – James McGrath
- Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Alan Abraham
- Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Lincoln Alexander
- Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Lloyd MacPhail
- Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Gilles Lamontagne
- Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Frederick Johnson
Premiers
- Premier of Alberta – Don Getty
- Premier of British Columbia – Bill Vander Zalm
- Premier of Manitoba – Howard Pawley
- Premier of New Brunswick – Richard Hatfield (until October 27) then Frank McKenna
- Premier of Newfoundland – Brian Peckford
- Premier of Nova Scotia – John Buchanan
- Premier of Ontario – David Peterson
- Premier of Prince Edward Island – Joe Ghiz
- Premier of Quebec – Robert Bourassa
- Premier of Saskatchewan – Grant Devine
Territorial governments
Commissioners
- John Kenneth McKinnon
- Commissioner of Northwest Territories – John Havelock Parker
Premiers
- Premier of the Northwest Territories – Nick Sibbeston (until November 12) then Dennis Patterson
- Premier of Yukon – Tony Penikett
Events
- January 1 – Frobisher Bay changes its name to Iqaluit.
- April 21 – The lifeless body of
- April 30 – Provincial premiers agree to Meech Lake Accord.
- May 22 – Rick Hansen returns home to Vancouver after his Man in Motion world tour.
- June 30 – Canada introduces a $1 coin, commonly called loonie; the dollar bill is withdrawn in 1989.
- a bill to restore the death penalty was defeated by the
- July 3 – Quebec City becomes the first city in North America to become a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- July 14 – Montreal is hit by a series of severe thunderstorms during the Montreal Flood of 1987.
- July 31 – The Edmonton Tornadokills 27 people.
- September 10 – Ontario election: David Peterson's Liberals win a majority.
- September 20 – Pope John Paul II visits the Northwest Territories.
- October – Canadian and American negotiators reach agreement on the Canadian-American Free Trade Agreement.
- October 27 – Frank McKenna becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Richard Hatfield.
- October 31 – The Reform Party of Canada is founded.
- November 12 – Dennis Patterson becomes government leader of the Northwest Territories, replacing Nick Sibbeston.
- November 30 – Several new Canadian specialty channels are licensed: The Family Channel.
- December 16 – Chartwell Technology company is founded in British Columbia.[8]
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- ElderTreks, Canadian adventure travel company is founded.
Arts and literature
New works
- William Bell: Metal Head
- Dave Duncan: A Rose-Red City
- Michael Ignatieff: The Russian Album
- Irving Layton: Fortunate Exile
- Donald Jack: This One's on Me
- Steve McCaffery: Evoba
- Antonine Maillet: Margot la folle
- Farley Mowat: Virunga: The Passion of Dian Fossey
- Paul Quarrington, King Leary
- Mordecai Richler: Jacob Two-Two and the Dinosaur
Awards
- See 1987 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
- Books in Canada First Novel Award: Karen Lawrence, The Life of Helen Alone
- Gerald Lampert Award: Rosemary Sullivan, The Space a Name Makes
- Marian Engel Award: Audrey Thomas
- Pat Lowther Award: Heather Spears, How to Read Faces
- W.P. Kinsella, The Fencepost Chronicles
- Trillium Book Award: Michael Ondaatje, In the Skin of a Lion
- Vicky Metcalf Award: Robert Munsch
Music
- November 27 – Rock band Church of the Holy Trinity.
Sport
- January 26 – Superstars of Wrestling
- May 15 – Medicine Hat Tigers win their first Memorial Cup by defeating the Oshawa Generals 6 to 2. The final game was played at Oshawa Civic Auditorium in Oshawa, Ontario
- May 31 – Edmonton Oilers win their third Stanley Cup by defeating the Philadelphia Flyers 4 games to 3. The deciding Game 7 was played at Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton. Brandon, Manitoba's Ron Hextall was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy in a losing effort.
- June 24 – The "new" Montreal Allouettescease operations
- August 30 – Canadian 100-metre dash.
- November 21 – McGill Redmen win their first Vanier Cup by defeating the UBC Thunderbirds by a score of 47–11 in the 23rd Vanier Cup
- November 29 – BC Place Stadium in Vancouver
Births
- January 1
- Gilbert Brulé, ice hockey player
- Devin Setoguchi, ice hockey player
- January 15
- Kelleigh Ryan, fencer[9]
- Michael Seater, actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- January 16 – Jake Epstein, actor
- January 19 – Alexandra Orlando, rhythmic gymnast
- January 21 – Andrew Forde, engineering graduate student and musician[10]
- February 12 – Anna Hopkins, actress
- February 21 – Elliot Page, actor[11]
- February 25
- Andrew Poje, figure skater
- Eva Avila, singer
- March 31 – Winston Venable, American football player
- April 1 – Mackenzie Davis, actress
- April 4 – Sarah Gadon, actress
- April 9 – Felix Cartal, DJ and producer
- April 10 – Shay Mitchell, actress, model, entrepreneur, and author
- April 11 – Lights(Valerie Poxleitner), singer and songwriter
- April 27
- Joëlle Békhazi, water polo player
- Alexandra Carter, voice actress
- Emma Taylor-Isherwood, actress
- April 30 – Jeremy Bordeleau, canoeist
- May 1 – Marissa Ponich, fencer[12]
- May 16 – Kylie Stone, artistic gymnast
- May 17 – Con Kudaba, water polo player
- May 29 – Noah Reid, actor and musician
- June 18 – Niels Schneider, French-Canadian actor
- June 22 – Melanie Banville, artistic gymnast
- July 7
- Mylène Mackay, actress
- Steven Crowder, American-Canadian political youtuber
- August 7 – Sidney Crosby, ice hockey player
- August 8 – Jenn Proske, actress
- August 16 – Carey Price, ice hockey goaltender
- August 25
- Stacey Farber, actress
- La zarra, singer
- September 2
- Mazin Elsadig, American-Canadian actor
- Scott Moir, ice dancer
- September 13 – G.NA, singer
- September 16 – Christina Schmidt, actress and model
- September 23 – Shannon Chan-Kent, actress and voice actress
- September 29 – Kyle Riabko, pop singer and guitarist
- October 6 – Kia Byers, canoeist
- October 15
- Jesse Levine, Canadian-American tennis player
- Chantal Strand, actress and voice actress
- October 16 – Pascal Wollach, swimmer
- October 29 – Jessica Dubé, figure skater
- November 12 – Bryan Little, ice hockey player
- November 15 – Ludi Lin, Chinese-Canadian actor
- December 12 – Kate Todd, actress and singer-songwriter
Deaths
January to June
- January 5 – Margaret Laurence, novelist and short story writer (b.1926)
- January 5 – Herman Smith-Johannsen, ski pioneer and supercentenarian (b.1875)
- January 27 – Norman McLaren, animator and film director (b.1914)
- February 19 – Russell Doern, politician (b.1935)
- March 21 – Walter L. Gordon, accountant, businessman, politician and writer (b.1906)
July to December
- September 11 – Lorne Greene, actor (b.1915)
- September 19 – Aboriginal to become the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta (b.1905)
- October 5 – Conrad Bourcier, ice hockey player (b.1915)
- October 13 – Hugh Alexander Bryson, politician (b.1912)
- October 15 – Juda Hirsch Quastel, biochemist (b.1899)
- November 1 – René Lévesque, politician, Minister and 23rd Premier of Quebec (b.1922)
- November 6 – George Laurence, nuclear physicist (b.1905)
- November 18 – George Ryga, playwright and novelist (b.1932)
- November 29 – Gwendolyn MacEwen, novelist and poet (b.1941)
See also
References
- ^ "Queen Elizabeth II | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
- ISBN 978-1-134-26490-2.
- ^ (in French) Bilan du Siècle
- ^ "Abolition upheld". CBC Archives. 10 April 2013. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
- ^ "The death penalty in Canada: facts, figures and milestones". Canadian Coalition Against the Death Penalty. Archived from the original on 2011-10-19. Retrieved 2012-07-28.
- ^ "Majority of Canadians support return of death penalty, poll finds". thestar.com. 8 February 2012.
- ^ "Canada Considers Restoring Death Penalty". tribunedigital-sunsentinel.
- ^ "Chartwell Technology Inc". www.sec.gov. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ "Kelleigh Ryan". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. 25 October 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ "Elliot Page | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
- ^ "Marissa Ponich". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. 11 June 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2020.