1995 in Canada

January 5 – Rogers Communications withdraws the unpopular negative option billing system after wide-scale 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 hazing video, it is announced that the Airborne Regiment will disband.
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.
March 15 – Former Nova Scotia Premier Gerald Regan is charged with child abuse.
March 18 – March 27 – A major rail strike occurs; the workers are eventually legislated back to work.
March 20 – Erichs Tobias is accused of war crimes.
March 27 – Bell Canada announces major job cuts.
March 31 – Perrin Beatty appointed head of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).

April to June

April –
Chapters
is officially incorporated.
April 9 – Steve Stavro buys Maple Leaf Gardens from Harold Ballard's estate.
April 16 – The Turbot War ends as Canada and the European Union reach an agreement.
April 20 – A pipe bomb explodes outside Province House in Prince Edward Island.^[2]
May 18 – The trial of Paul Bernardo begins.
May 31 – The
Air India flight 182
case and restarts its investigation.
June 6 –
Labatt is sold to a Belgian
company.

June 8 – Ontario election: Mike Harris's PCs win a majority, defeating Bob Rae's NDP.
June 9 –
Medicine Hat, Alberta
force the evacuation of over 5000 people.
June 13 – A strict new gun control law is passed banning most handguns and forcing all rifles to be registered.
June 15 – June 17 – The
Halifax
, Nova Scotia.
June 21 – Saskatchewan election: Roy Romanow's NDP win a second consecutive majority.
June 28 – Mike Harris becomes premier of Ontario, replacing Bob Rae.

July to September

July 17 – Christine E. Silverberg becomes Canada's first female police chief when she is promoted to that position in Calgary.
July 20 – In
libel
award.
July 27 –
Thomson Corp. agrees to sell 27 Canadian newspapers to Hollinger Inc.

August 1 –
CJOH by escaped mental patient Jeffrey Arenburg
; Smith dies in hospital the following day.

August 11 – The
Russell Hill subway accident, the first fatal accident aboard a Toronto Transit Commission
subway, kills three.

August 18–September 17: Gustafsen Lake standoff
September 1
- Kristen French
  .
- The Canadian Airborne Regiment disbands.
September 6 – The government announces plans to sell off most of its remaining holdings in Petro-Canada.

October to December

October 14 –
New Democratic Party, replacing Audrey McLaughlin
.

October 24 – The James Bay Cree [1] vote 96.3% in favour of their territory remaining part of Canada in the event of Quebec sovereignty.
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 sovereignty. 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 –
bingogate
scandal.
November 20 – Former PM
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 –
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 – 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.

Full date unknown

Java Moose coffee shops based in Saint John, New Brunswick is established.^[3]

Arts and literature

Television

April 26 – Direct-to-home satellite television is made legal in Canada.
Long running quiz show Front Page Challenge is cancelled by the CBC

Film

Canadian Bacon
is released.

Sport

May 21 –
Riverside Coliseum in Kamloops
, British Columbia

May 28 – Jacques Villeneuve becomes first Canadian to win the Indianapolis 500; Canadian Scott Goodyear is third.
June 24 – Buckingham, Quebec's Claude Lemieux of the New Jersey Devils is awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy
June 28 – Two more American teams (Birmingham Barracudas and the Memphis Mad Dogs) are established in the Canadian Football League
July 1 – Quebec Nordiques relocate from Quebec City to Denver, Colorado, to become the Colorado Avalanche
September 21 –
General Motors Place opens in Vancouver

November 3 –
Rose Garden Arena in Portland, Oregon

November 3 –
Skydome in Toronto

November 19 –
Taylor Field in Regina. Toronto's Dave Sapunjis was awarded the game's and his third Most Valuable Canadian

November 25 –
Western Ontario Mustangs 54 to 24 in the 31st Grey Cup
played at Skydome in Toronto

December 7 – The Montreal Canadiens trade Patrick Roy to the Colorado Avalanche.

Births

January to March

January 3 – Victoria Duffield, singer, actress and dancer
January 12 – Sarah Mehain, Paralympic swimmer^[4]
January 14 – Eleanor Harvey, fencer^[5]
January 18 – Margaret Purdy, pair skater
January 24 – Dylan Everett, actor
January 27 – Madeline Gardiner, artistic gymnast
February 2
- Fraser Aird, footballer
- Curtis Lazar, ice hockey player
- Darnell Nurse, ice hockey defenceman
February 8 – Jordan Todosey, actress
February 23 – Andrew Wiggins, high school basketball player
March 2
- Max Domi, ice hockey player
- Matthew Di Leo, racing driver
- Morgan Klimchuk, ice hockey player
March 5 – Zhao Kai Pang, ice dancer
March 22 –
Nicolas Petan
, ice hockey player
March 23 – Jan Lisiecki, pianist
March 27 – Laurent Dauphin, ice hockey player
March 28
- Jonathan Drouin, ice hockey forward
- Josh Morrissey, ice hockey defenceman

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
- Frédérik Gauthier, ice hockey player
- Andréanne Poulin, ice dancer
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 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 6 – Amy Forsyth, actress
August 26 – Anthony Duclair, ice hockey player
August 27 – Cainan Wiebe, actor
September 1 – Nathan MacKinnon, ice hockey forward
September 11 – Francesco Yates, musician
September 6 – Ty Wood, actor
September 8 – Ellie Black, artistic gymnast^[6]
September 24 – Alexandra Botez, chess player

October to December

October 25 – Conchita Campbell, actress
November 6 – Sam Reinhart, ice hockey centre
November 12 – Félix Lengyel, Twitch streamer
November 27 – Ricardo Hoyos, actor
December 5 – Kaetlyn Osmond, figure skater

Full date unknown

Gabriel Maillé, actor
Sammy Yatim, murder victim (d. 2013
)

Deaths

January to June

January 19 – Gene MacLellan, Canadian singer-songwriter (born 1938)
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

July 8 – George Johnson, politician and Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba (born 1920)
August 2 –
Brian Smith, ice hockey player and sportscaster (born 1940
)

August 25 –
Francis Lawrence Jobin, politician and Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (born 1914
)

September 3 – Earle Birney, poet (born 1904)
September 23 –
Philip Gaglardi, politician (born 1913
)

September 30 – Jean-Luc Pépin, academic, politician and Minister (born 1924)

October to December

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
)

December 16 - Charles Sauriol, naturalist and author (born 1904)

Full date unknown

Paul Collins, long-distance runner (born 1926
)

References

^ "Queen Elizabeth II | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
^ "Bomb blast rocks PEI Legislature Man hurt as glass, wood go flying". The Globe and Mail, April 21, 1995.
^ "You call that coffee?". Evening Times Globe. October 26, 1995. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
^ "Swimming | Athlete Profile: Sarah MEHAIN - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
^ "Eleanor Harvey". Team Canada – Official Olympic Team Website. 11 June 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
^ "Ellie Black". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. 30 June 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2020.

[1] "Queen Elizabeth II | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 4 December 2022.

[2] "Bomb blast rocks PEI Legislature Man hurt as glass, wood go flying". The Globe and Mail, April 21, 1995.

[3] "You call that coffee?". Evening Times Globe. October 26, 1995. Retrieved 4 September 2023.

[4] "Swimming | Athlete Profile: Sarah MEHAIN - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Retrieved 29 March 2020.

[5] "Eleanor Harvey". Team Canada – Official Olympic Team Website. 11 June 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2019.

[6] "Ellie Black". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. 30 June 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2020.

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