1997 in Canada
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Events from the year 1997 in Canada.
Incumbents
Crown
Federal government
- Governor General – Roméo LeBlanc
- Prime Minister – Jean Chrétien
- Chief Justice – Antonio Lamer (Quebec)
- Parliament – 35th (until 27 April) then 36th (from September 22)
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
- Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Bud Olson
- Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Garde Gardom
- Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Yvon Dumont
- Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Margaret McCain (until April 18) then Marilyn Trenholme Counsell
- Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland – Frederick Russell (until February 5) then Arthur Maxwell House
- Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – James Kinley
- Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Hal Jackman (until January 24) then Hilary Weston
- Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Gilbert Clements
- Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Jean-Louis Roux (until January 30) then Lise Thibault
- Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Jack Wiebe
Premiers
- Premier of Alberta – Ralph Klein
- Premier of British Columbia – Glen Clark
- Premier of Manitoba – Gary Filmon
- Raymond Frenette
- Premier of Newfoundland – Brian Tobin
- Premier of Nova Scotia – John Savage (until July 18) then Russell MacLellan
- Premier of Ontario – Mike Harris
- Premier of Prince Edward Island – Pat Binns
- Premier of Quebec – Lucien Bouchard
- Premier of Saskatchewan – Roy Romanow
Territorial governments
Commissioners
- Commissioner of Yukon – Judy Gingell
- Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Helen Maksagak
Premiers
Events
January to June
- January 1 – Opening of the new municipality of Alfred and Plantagenet.
- January 4 – The unemployment insurance.
- February 14 – Newsprint giants Abitibi-Price and Stone-Consolidatedannounce they are merging.
- March 6 – A new rigorous anti tobacco advertising law is passed.
- March 11 – PCswin an eighth consecutive majority.
- March 15 – Gilles Duceppe is elected leader of the Bloc Québécois.
- March 19 – Michael de Guzman jumps or is pushed from a helicopter in Indonesia.
- March 21 – Nova Scotia Premier John Savage announces his resignation.
- April 22 – Massive flooding of the Red River in Manitoba leads to a state of emergency.
- May – Saint-Sauveur riots.
- May 11 – 1997 Nunavut equal representation plebiscite.
- May 31 – Confederation Bridge opens.
- June 1 – Skydome for the title of "The World's Fastest Man".[2]
- June 2 – Federal election: Jean Chrétien's Liberals win a second consecutive majority, the Reform Party becomes the Official Opposition.[3][4]
- June 18 – The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) introduces a television rating system.
July to September
- July 2 – The Somalia Inquiryis disbanded prematurely.
- July 9 – Danielle House forced to give up her Miss Canada International title after pleading guilty to assault.
- July 18 – Russell MacLellan becomes the new Premier of Nova Scotia.
- July 30 – Phil Fontaine elected head of the Assembly of First Nations.
- August 7 – Bjarni Tryggvason flies aboard the Space Shuttle.
- August 8 – The Saskatchewan Party is founded.
- August 10 – The director Jean-Claude Lauzon and actress Marie-Soleil Tougas dies in a plane crash near Kuujjuaq.[5]
- September 2 – Newfoundlanders vote to do away with their religion based school systems.
- September 3 – One is killed in a Saskatchewan train derailment.
- September 15 – Teletoon.
October to December
- October 1 – Michel Bastarache is appointed to the Supreme Court.
- October 2 – Canada recalls its ambassador to Israel after Mossad uses forged Canadian passports.
- October 7 – An out-of-court settlement is reached between Brian Mulroney and the federal government regarding the Airbus affair.
- October 13 – Raymond Frenette becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Frank McKenna.
- October 13 – 43 are killed in Canada's worst ever traffic accident as a tour bus falls off a cliff.
- October 17 – CTV News Channelbegins broadcasting.
- October 27–November 10 – A teachers strike takes place in Ontario.
- November 3 – Canada destroys the last land mines in its arsenal.
- November 9 – The scandal-racked Saskatchewan Progressive Conservative Partyis mothballed.
- November 14 – Fourteen-year-old Reena Virk is beaten to death by classmates in Victoria, British Columbia.
- November 17 – The Hibernia oil project pumps its first barrel of oil.
- November 21–25 – The APEC summit is held in Vancouver, British Columbia. Controversy arises when Royal Canadian Mounted Police use force and pepper sprayto remove protesters.
- December 3 – In Ottawa, Ontario, representatives from 121 countries sign a treaty prohibiting the manufacture and deployment of anti-personnel land mines. However, the United States, the People's Republic of China, and Russia do not sign the treaty.
Full date unknown
- The Calgary Declaration from the premiers, except Lucien Bouchard.
- A second Sacred Assembly is held but issues no proclamation.
Arts and literature
New Books
- Timothy Findley – You Went Away
Awards
- Giller Prize for Canadian Fiction: Mordecai Richler – Barney's Version
- See 1997 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
- Books in Canada First Novel Award: Anne Michaels, Fugitive Pieces
- Geoffrey Bilson Award: Janet McNaughton, To Dance at the Palais Royale
- Gerald Lampert Award: Marilyn Dumont, A Really Good Brown Girl
- Marian Engel Award: Katherine Govier
- Pat Lowther Award: Marilyn Bowering, Autobiography
- Stephen Leacock Award: Arthur Black, Black in the Saddle Again
- Trillium Book Award English: Dionne Brand, Land to Light On
- Trillium Book Award French: Roger Levac, Petite Crapaude!
- Vicky Metcalf Award: Tim Wynne-Jones
Film
- Atom Egoyan's The Sweet Hereafter is released, it is nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director
Television
- The Arrow, a mini-series about the Avro Arrow shows plays to great popularity and acclaim and the CBC
- Teletoon is launched
Music
- Grammyfor lifetime achievement.
Sport
- February 7 – Lennox Lewis becomes heavyweight boxing champion.
- May 18 – Hull Olympiques win their only Memorial Cup by defeating the Lethbridge Hurricanes 5 to 1. The entire tournament was played at the Robert Guertin Centre in Hull, Quebec
- June 7 – Calgary's Mike Vernon of the Detroit Red Wings is awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy
- October 26 – Formula One: Jacques Villeneuve becomes the first Canadian to become World Drivers Champion.
- November 9 – The Montreal Screwjob takes place at Survivor Series. Bret Hart controversially loses his WWF Championship to Shawn Michaels.
- November 16 – Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton. Hamilton, Ontario's Paul Masotti was awarded the game's Most Valuable Canadian
- November 22 – Skydome in Toronto
Births
- January 13 – Connor McDavid, hockey player
- January 15 – Alex Cardillo, Irish-born actor
- January 20 – Jeffrey Baldwin, murder victim (died 2002)
- January 29 – Cassandra Sawtell, actress
- March 9 – Niamh Wilson, actress
- March 10 – Travis Konecny, ice hockey player
- March 11 – Matreya Fedor, actress
- March 26 – Antoine L'Écuyer, actor
- April 23 – Alex Ferris, actor
- April 28 – Jason Spevack, actor
- May 5 – Mitch Marner, ice hockey player
- May 26 – Mathew Barzal, ice hockey player
- June 11 – Mackenzie Bent, ice dancer
- June 18 – Mary-Lynn Neil, singer and songwriter
- August 1 – Megan McNamara and Nicole McNamara, beach volleyball players
- August 3 – Ayaka Wilson, actor
- October 27 – Eliana Jones, actress and gymnast
Deaths
January to March
- January 1 – Hagood Hardy, composer, pianist and vibraphonist (born 1937)
- January 12
- Charles Brenton Huggins, physician, physiologist, cancer researcher and Nobel prize laureate (born 1901)
- January 14 – lieutenant-colonel
- January 17 – Bill Kardash, politician (born 1912)
- January 26 – Norman Fawcett, politician (born 1910)
- February 19 – Lois Marshall, soprano (born 1924)
- March 2 – J. Carson Mark, mathematician who worked on development of nuclear weapons (born 1913)
- March 14 – Ivan Romanoff, conductor
- March 22 – Harry Thode, geochemist, nuclear chemist and academic administrator (born 1910)
- March 27 – Hugh Horner, politician, physician and surgeon (born 1925)
April to June
- April 6 – Jack Kent Cooke, sports entrepreneur (born 1912)
- May 1 – Fernand Dumont, sociologist, philosopher, theologian and poet (born 1927)
- May 9 – Marie-Thérèse Paquin, Canadian pianist (b. 1905)
- June 9 – Stanley Knowles, politician (born 1908)
- June 22
- Gérard Pelletier, journalist, editor, politician and Minister (born 1919)
- Larry Grossman, politician (born 1943)
July to September
- July 30 – Robert Bryce, civil servant (born 1910)
- August 10
- Jean-Claude Lauzon, Quebec filmmaker (born 1953)
- Marie-Soleil Tougas, Quebec actress and TV host (born 1970)
- August 20 – Léon Dion, political scientist (born 1922)
- August 24 – Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) (born 1939)
- September 11 – Camille Henry, ice hockey player (born 1933)
- September 12 – Judith Merril, science fiction writer, editor and political activist (born 1923)
- September 30
- Rose Goldblatt, administrator, pianist and teacher (born 1913)
- Pierre Granche, sculptor (born 1948)
October to December
- October 12 – Rodrigue Bourdages, politician (born 1923)
- November 7 – Clyde Gilmour, radio broadcaster and journalist (born 1912)
- November 14 – Jack Pickersgill, civil servant and politician (born 1905)
- November 20 – Ronald Martland, Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (born 1909)
- November 24
- Czeslaw Brzozowicz, engineer (born 1911)
- John Sopinka, lawyer and puisne justice on the Supreme Court of Canada (born 1933)
- November 27 – Yves Prévost, politician and lawyer (born 1908)
- December 7 – George R. Gardiner, businessman, philanthropist and co-founder of the Gardiner Museum (born 1917)
- December 24 – Pierre Péladeau, businessman (born 1925)
Full date unknown
- Hilda Watson, Leader of the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party (born 1922)
See also
References
- ^ "Queen Elizabeth II | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
- ^ Campigotto, Jesse (June 1, 2022). "Remembering the wacky Donovan Bailey vs. Michael Johnson 150m race". CBC Sports. Archived from the original on November 13, 2022. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
- ^ "Chrétien's razor thin majority in 1997 federal election". The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- ^ "Reform Party of Canada". The Canadian Encyclopedia. 7 February 2006. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- ^ (in French) Bilan du Siècle