2000 in Canada

January 1 – The magnitude 5.2 Kipawa earthquake occurs in Ontario and Quebec, Canada.
Beverley Mclachlin is sworn in as the 17th Chief Justice of Canada
, and first woman to be appointed to that role.

CTV News Channel mistakenly airs tape of Avery Haines
flubbing a line and joking about it in terms many viewers find offensive.

January 19
- James Antoine
  .
- HRDC
  scandal hits the public as a result of an internal audit.
February 7 – Rogers Communications buys Quebec's Vidéotron.
Thomson Corp sells all its newspaper holdings other than The Globe and Mail
.

February 24 – Ujjal Dosanjh becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing Dan Miller.
March 15 – The House of Commons passes the Clarity Act outlining conditions for another Quebec separation referendum.
March 25 – The Reform Party of Canada is dissolved and replaced with the Canadian Alliance.^[2]
April 19 – Wiebo Ludwig is found guilty of a 1998 oil well bombing.
May 6 – Pat Duncan becomes premier of Yukon, replacing Piers McDonald.
Alberta legislature
passes a bill allowing the private sector to play a larger role in health care.
May 12 – The Bank of Canada withdraws the $1,000 bill from circulation to fight against money laundering and organized crime.
May 24 – E. coli outbreak in Walkerton, Ontario. It will eventually kill nine people.
May 25 – The remains of an unidentified Canadian soldier killed in France in World War I are brought back to Canada and buried in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Ottawa.
June 17 – Seagram announces plans to merge with France's Vivendi.
Modernization of Benefits and Obligations Act
, which extends full benefits and obligations to persons in homosexual relationships, excluding the right to marry.

July to December

July 8 – Stockwell Day is elected the first leader of the Canadian Alliance party.
July 12 – Matthew Coon Come is elected leader of the Assembly of First Nations.
July 14 – A tornado near Pine Lake, Alberta, kills eleven people.
CanWest
.
August – The
prohibition of marijuana
is ruled illegal by an Ontario court.
Corel
.
Sponsorship scandal: Minister of Public Works Alfonso Gagliano
is criticized for giving contracts to a firm that employs his son.

September 9 – Star Ray TV, a pirate television station in Toronto, begins broadcasting.
September 26 – Long-serving Saskatchewan Premier Roy Romanow announces his plans to retire.
September 28 to October 3 – Death and state funeral of Pierre Trudeau, former prime minister.
premier of Newfoundland, replacing Brian Tobin
.

Ajaib Singh Bagri in connection with the bombing of Air India Flight 182
.

Anik F1 Canada's most powerful communications satellite
to date.

November 27 – In the 2000 Canadian election Jean Chrétien's Liberals increase their majority in the House of Commons.
November 30 – Marc Garneau returns to space for a third time.
December – The federal government opens a marijuana growing operation in an abandoned mine in Manitoba.

Full date unknown

Arts and literature

New works

The Blind Assassin: Margaret Atwood
Virtual War: Kosovo and Beyond: Michael Ignatieff
Star-Spangled Canadians: Jeffrey Simpson
Island: Alistair MacLeod
The Farfarers, Before the Norse: Farley Mowat
No Logo: Naomi Klein
City of Glass: Douglas Coupland

Before You're a Stranger: Raymond Fraser

Plays

Elizabeth Rex – Timothy Findley

Literary awards

Margaret Atwood wins the Booker Prize for The Blind Assassin
Michael Ondaatje wins the Prix Médicis for Anil's Ghost
Giller Prize for Canadian Fiction: Michael Ondaatje: Anil's Ghost and David Adams Richards: Mercy Among the Children
See 2000 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
copy editor
.
Books in Canada First Novel Award: Arthur Black
, Black Tie and Tales

Gerald Lampert Award: Shawna Lemay, All the God-Sized Fruit
Griffin Poetry Prize: Margaret Avison, Concrete and Wild Carrot
Marian Engel Award: Anita Rau Badami

Norma Fleck Award: Simon Tookoome and Sheldon Oberman, The Shaman's Nephew: A Life in the Far North
Pat Lowther Award: Esta Spalding, Lost August
Stephen Leacock Award: Arthur Black
, Black Tie and Tales

Trillium Book Award English: Don Coles, Kurgan
Trillium Book Award French: Didier Leclair, Toronto, je t'aime
Vicky Metcalf Award: Sheree Fitch

Television

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Canadian Edition shows for two episodes

Music

Sport

May 28 –
Halifax, Nova Scotia
June 10 – Kitchener, Ontario's Scott Stevens of the New Jersey Devils is awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy
November 26 – BC Lions win their fourth Grey Cup by defeating the Montreal Alouettes 28 to 26 in the 88th Grey Cup played at McMahon Stadium in Calgary. Vancouver's Sean Millington is awarded the game's Most Valuable Canadian
December 2 –
Skydome
in Toronto

Births

February – Erika Nordby
February 23 – Christian Martyn, actor^[3]
February 25 – Daniel Benoit, Canadian-American son of Chris Benoit (died 2007)
March 27 – Sophie Nélisse, actress
May 18 – Addison Holley, actress^[4]
May 23 – Evan Bird, actor
June 13 – Penny Oleksiak, swimmer^[5]
June 14 – RJ Barrett, Canadian basketball player
June 16 – Bianca Andreescu, Canadian tennis player^[6]
July 15 – Victoria Stafford, murder victim (died 2009)
July 17 – Maria Aragon, singer
August 8 – Félix Auger-Aliassime, tennis player
August 26 – Noah Ryan Scott, actor
September 1 – Jacob Ewaniuk, actor
November 2 – Alphonso Davies, football player
November 21 – Megan Roberts, artistic gymnast
December 17 – Twomad, Youtuber (died 2024)

Deaths

January to March

January 15 – Georges-Henri Lévesque, Dominican priest and sociologist (b. 1903)
January 22 – Anne Hébert, author and poet (b. 1916)
January 26 – A. E. van Vogt, science fiction author (b. 1912)
February 5 – Barbara Pentland, composer (b. 1912)
February 7
- Sid Abel, ice hockey player and coach (b. 1918)
- Doug Henning, magician, illusionist and escape artist (b. 1947)
- Wilfred Cantwell Smith, professor of comparative religion (b. 1916)
February 11 – Wilfred Sénéchal, lawyer, a decorated World War II soldier, and politician (b. 1918)
February 18 – Sheldon Turcott, journalist (b. 1936)
February 21 – Violet Archer, composer, teacher, pianist, organist and percussionist (b. 1913)
March 3 – Sandra Schmirler, curler, Olympic gold medallist and World Champion (b. 1962)
March 5 – Daniel Yanofsky, chess player, Canada's first chess grandmaster (b. 1925)
March 6 – John Colicos, actor (b. 1928)^[7]
March 9 – Jean Coulthard, composer and academic (b. 1908)
Ukrainian descent (b. 1910
)

March 20 – Gene Eugene, actor, record producer, engineer, composer and musician (b. 1961)

April to June

April 23 – Al Purdy, poet (b. 1918)
May 22 – Davie Fulton, politician and judge (b. 1916)
May 27 – Maurice Richard, ice hockey player (b. 1921)
June 21 – Claude Bissell, author and educator (b. 1916)

July to December

July 12 – Charles Merritt, recipient of the Victoria Cross and Member of Parliament (b. 1908)
July 21 – Frank Miller, politician and 19th Premier of Ontario (b. 1927)
August 1 – Hugh Hood, novelist, short story writer, essayist and university professor (b. 1928)
September 10 – Ben Wicks, cartoonist, illustrator, journalist and author (b. 1926)
September 21 – Jacques Flynn, politician and Senator (b. 1915)
Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada (b. 1919
)

September 28 – Pierre Trudeau, politician and 15th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1919)
September 29 – Myles Ferguson, actor (b. 1981)
October 4 – Michael Smith, biochemist, 1993 Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate (b. 1932)
October 27 – Tim Ralfe, journalist (b. 1938)

References

^ "Queen Elizabeth II | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
^ "Introduction of Mr. Preston Manning". St. Francis Xavier University. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
^ Christian Martyn
^ NATAS [@TheEmmys] (May 18, 2016). "Happy Birthday to 2016 #DaytimeEmmys Award nominated, @Addison_Holley! #Annedroids #LittleCharmers" (Tweet). Retweeted by Addison Holley – via Twitter.
^ "Penny Oleksiak Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
^ Bianca Andreescu at the Women's Tennis Association
^ "John Colicos". The Guardian. March 7, 2000. Retrieved March 16, 2018.

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

[2] "Introduction of Mr. Preston Manning". St. Francis Xavier University. Retrieved 7 April 2024.

[3] Christian Martyn

[4] NATAS [@TheEmmys] (May 18, 2016). "Happy Birthday to 2016 #DaytimeEmmys Award nominated, @Addison_Holley! #Annedroids #LittleCharmers" (Tweet). Retweeted by Addison Holley – via Twitter.

[5] "Penny Oleksiak Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2020.

[6] Bianca Andreescu at the Women's Tennis Association

[7] "John Colicos". The Guardian. March 7, 2000. Retrieved March 16, 2018.

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Incumbents

Crown

Federal government

Provincial governments

Lieutenant governors

Premiers

Territorial governments

Commissioners

Premiers

Events

January to June

July to December

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Arts and literature

New works

Plays

Literary awards

Television

Music

Sport

Births

Deaths

January to March

April to June

July to December

See also

References