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1995 in Canada
See also: 1994 in Canada, other events of 1995, 1996 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.
Incumbents
Events
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January 5 - Rogers Communications withdraws an unpopular retroactive billing system after widescale consumer protest
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January 7 - The opening of Parliament is televised for the first time
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January 18 - A video of the Canadian Airborne Regiment's brutal hazing rituals is made public
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January 23 - As a result of the Somalia Affair and the video the Airborne Regiment is disbanded
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January 23 - Guy Paul Morin's conviction for murder that had seen him jailed for 11 years is overturned
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February 21 - The inquiry into the April 1994 uprising in the Kingston Women's Prison rules that authorities used excessive force in putting it down
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February 23 - American President Bill Clinton address Parliament
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March 9 - As part of Brian Tobin's Turbot War Canadian officials seize the Spanish trawler the Estai
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March 11 - The Globe and Mail publishes an investigative piece by Gerald Hannon, alleging that Julian Fantino's "Project Guardian" child pornography investigation in London, Ontario is a deliberately falsified attempt to harass members of the city's gay community
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March 15 - Former Nova Scotia Premier Gerald Regan is charged with child abuse
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March 18-March 27 - A major rail strike occurs, the workers are eventually legislated back to work
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March 20 - Erichs Tobias is accused of war crimes
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March 27 - Bell Canada announces major job cuts
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March 31 - Perrin Beatty appointed head of the CBC
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April - Chapters is officially incorporated
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April 5 - Mark Chahal kills 10 people in Vernon, British Columbia
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April 9 - Steve Stavro buys Maple Leaf Gardens from Harold Ballard's estate
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April 16 the Turbot War ends as Canada and the European Union reach an agreement
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April 26 - Direct to home satellite television is made legal in Canada
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May 9 - The law against homosexual adoption is struck down
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May 18 - The trial of Paul Bernardo begins
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May 25 - Egan v. Canada - Supreme Court of Canada rules that sexual orientation is a prohibited grounds of discrimination under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
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May 31 - The RCMP announce a $1,000,000 reward in Air India flight 182 case and restarts its investigation.
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June 6 - Labatt is sold to a Belgian company
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June 8 - Ontario election: Mike Harris's PCs win a majority, defeating Bob Rae's NDP
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June 9 - Floods in Medicine Hat, Alberta force the evactuation of over 5000 people
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June 13 - A strict new gun control law is paased banning most handguns and forcing all rifles to be registered
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June 15-June 17 - The G-7 meet in Halifax, Nova Scotia
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June 21 - Saskatchewan election: Roy Romanow's NDP win a second consecutive majority
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June 28 - Mike Harris becomes premier of Ontario, replacing Bob Rae
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July 17 - Christine Silverberg becomes Canada's first female police chief when she is promoted to that position in Calgary
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July 20 - In Hill v. Church of Scientology of Toronto the Supreme Court upholds Canada's largest ever libel award
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July 27 - Thomson Corp. agrees to sell 27 Canadian newspapers to Hollinger Inc.
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August 1 - Popular Ottawa sportscaster Brian Smith is shot in the parking lot of CJOH by escaped mental patient Jeffrey Arenburg; Smith dies in hospital the following day.
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August 11 - The first ever fatal accident aboard a Toronto Transit Commission subway kills three
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September 1 - Paul Bernardo is found guilty of the kidnapping, rape, and murder of Leslie Mahaffy and Kristen French
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September 6 - The government announces plans to sell off most of its remaining holdings in Petro-Canada
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October 14 - Alexa McDonough is elected head of the NDP, replacing Audrey McLaughlin
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October 26 - The Cree of Quebec hold a plebiscite voting overwhelmingly to stay in Canada
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October 27 - A massive rally is held in Montreal by the No side in the referendum
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October 30 - The 1995 Quebec referendum is held on separation. The No side narrowly wins.
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October 31 - Newfoundland passes a constitutional amendment to overhaul its school system
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November 4 - Radarsat , Canada's first observation satellite is launched
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November 5 - Andre Dallaire breaks into 24 Sussex Drive, the Prime Minister fends him off with an Inuit sculpture
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November 5 - Paul Bernardo is declared a dangerous offender , meaning he will be ineligible for parole
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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.
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November 15 - British Columbia premier announces his resignation because of the bingogate scandal.
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November 20 - Former PM Brian Mulroney sues the government over the Airbus Affair
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November 22 - Don Morin becomes premier of the Northwest Territories, replacing Nellie Cournoyea
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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.
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November 28 - Canadian National Railway 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 .
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December 6 - The Toonie is introduced
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December 6 - Canada agrees to send 1000 peacekeepers to Bosnia
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December 7 - The Montreal Canadiens trade Patrick Roy to the Colorado Avalanche
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December 11 - Voters in what will become Nunavut select Iqaluit as the capital of the new territory
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December 20 - Lt. Gen Jean Boyle becomes Chief of the Defence Staff
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December 21 - The Krever Commission holds its final hearings
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December 28 - Premier of Newfoundland Clyde Wells announces his retirement
Arts and Literature
New Books
Awards
Music
Television
Film
Births
Deaths
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January 28 - George Woodcock, author
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February 23 - Murray Cotterill, labour leader
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April 23 - Douglas Lloyd Campbell, Manitoba politician
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May 6 - John Black Aird, politician
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July 8 - George Johnson, Manitoba politician
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August 2 - Brian Smith, sportscaster
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August 25 - Francis Lawrence Jobin, Manitoba politician
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September 3 - Earle Birney, poet
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September 23 - Philip Gaglardi, British Columbia politician
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September 30 - Jean-Luc Pépin, politician
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October 17 - Herbert J. Smith , president of General Electric Canada
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October 26 - Lucie Cavoukian , photographer
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October 27 - Artin Cavoukian , photographer
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November 3 - Gordon S. Fahrni, doctor
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November 13 - Emmett Hall, Supreme Court Justice
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November 21 - Bruno Gerussi, actor
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December 2 - Robertson Davies, author
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December 3 - Elsie Knott , first female band chief
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December 4 - Little Beaver , wrestler
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December 17 - Jean Fortier , head of Radio-Canada
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Earle Birney, poet
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John Peters Humphrey, legal scholar
Last updated: 08-04-2005 20:14:55
Last updated: 08-17-2005 18:30:30
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