2019 in Canada

Incumbents

The Crown

• Monarch – Elizabeth II

  Federal government

• Governor General – Julie Payette
• Prime Minister – Justin Trudeau
• Parliament – 42nd, then 43rd

  Provincial governments

Lieutenant Governors

• Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Lois Mitchell
• Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Janet Austin
• Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Janice Filmon
• Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick –
• Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador – Judy Foote
• Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Arthur LeBlanc
• Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Elizabeth Dowdeswell
• Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Antoinette Perry
• Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – J. Michel Doyon
• Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan –

  Premiers

• Premier of Alberta – Rachel Notley, then Jason Kenney
• Premier of British Columbia – John Horgan
• Premier of Manitoba – Brian Pallister
• Premier of New Brunswick – Blaine Higgs
• Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador – Dwight Ball
• Premier of Nova Scotia – Stephen McNeil
• Premier of Ontario – Doug Ford
• Premier of Prince Edward Island – Wade MacLauchlan, then Dennis King
• Premier of Quebec – François Legault
• Premier of Saskatchewan – Scott Moe

  Territorial governments

Commissioners

• Commissioner of Nunavut – Nellie Kusugak
• Commissioner of the Northwest Territories – Margaret Thom
• Commissioner of Yukon – Angélique Bernard

  Premiers

• Premier of Nunavut – Joe Savikataaq
• Premier of the Northwest Territories – Bob McLeod, then Caroline Cochrane
• Premier of Yukon – Sandy Silver

  Events

January

• January 5 – Finland won the gold medal match of the 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
• January 11 – A double-decker bus accident OC Transpo struck a bus shelter killing three people and injuring 23 others in Ottawa.
• January 13 to 30 - The 2019 Canadian Figure Skating Championships were held.
• January 22 – A CN Rail train derailed at a level crossing on Saskatchewan Highway 11 north of Saskatoon. Nobody was hurt. There was significant damage to the train and crossing.

  February–March

• February 15 to March 3 – 2019 Canada Winter Games in Red Deer.
• March 10 daylight saving time starts
• March 16 to 17 – Juno Awards of 2019 in London
• March 18 – Proceedings of the Senate of Canada were televised for the first time in the chamber's history.
• March 30 to April 7 – 2019 World Men's Curling Championship in Lethbridge

  April–May

• April 16 – Alberta general election held. United Conservatives win a majority government, defeating New Democrats.
• April 23 – Prince Edward Island general election held. The Progressive Conservative Party wins a minority government, the Green Party will form the official opposition.
• May 15 – The 2019 Canadian Championship began. They are to be held till September 25, 2019.
• May 16 – Newfoundland and Labrador general election held. The Liberal Party retains power but with a minority government.
• May 17 to 26 – 2019 Memorial Cup held in Halifax

  June–July

• June 13 – The Toronto Raptors win their first NBA championship in the 2019 NBA Finals, the first time a Canadian team had won the NBA championship.
• June 17 – Quebec passed Bill 21, a law which bars public servants from wearing religious symbols while on duty.
• July 9 – 46 people were sent to the hospital after a serious carbon monoxide leak at a Super 8 motel in Winnipeg. There were no fatalities.
• July 14 to July 19 – 2019 Northern British Columbia murders
• July 31 – Canada withdrew its peacekeeping forces from Mali.

  August–September

• August 7 – Bodies believed to be the suspects of the Northern British Columbia murders are found in dense brush near the Nelson River.
• August 11 – Bianca Andreescu wins the 2019 Rogers Cup in the women's singles event after Serena Williams retires the match due to an upper back injury This is the first time a Canadian has won the event since 1969.
• August 31 contracts for Ontario teachers and education workers expires
• September 10 – Manitoba general election held. The Progressive Conservative Party wins a second majority government.
• September 19 – Photos and a video of blackface from 2001 of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are released. Trudeau later apologizes for the photos and the video.

  October–November

• October 1 – Northwest Territories general election was held
• October 21 – The 2019 Canadian federal election was held, with the Liberal Party forming a minority government.
• November 3 Daylight Saving Time Ends
• November 11 – Longtime hockey analyst Don Cherry is fired from Hockey Night in Canada, by Sportsnet.
• November 23 – Calgary Dinos win the Vanier Cup, in Quebec City.
• November 24 – Winnipeg Blue Bombers win the Grey Cup, in Calgary.

  December

• December 4 Ontario Secondary School teachers federation holds a province wide one day strike
• December 9 – Bianca Andreescu awarded the 2019 Lou Marsh Trophy
• December 12 – Andrew Scheer announces pending resignation as leader of the Conservative Party.

  Deaths

January

• 3 January – William Miller, football player
• 4 January
• * Peter Doucette, politician
• * Frank Mugglestone, 94, English rugby league footballer.
• *Norman Snider, screenwriter
• 5 January
• * Jean-Eudes Dubé, politician
• * Gerry Plamondon, ice hockey player
• * Alexis Smirnoff, wrestler
• * Myron Thompson, politician
• 6 January
• * George Crowe, ice hockey coach
• * Gene Zwozdesky, politician
• 9 January
• * Pierre de Bané, senator
• * Paul Koslo, actor
• 11 January
• * Mark Elliot, radio host
• * Marge Callaghan, baseball player
• 12 January
• * George Ball, entomologist
• * Dennis Marvin Ham, politician
• 13 January – Bo Westlake, rower
• 14 January – Gavin Smith poker player
• 16 January
• * Jean Chatillon, composer
• * Alfred Kunz, composer
• 18 January
• * Walter Craig, mathematician
• * Gilles Paquet, economist
• * François Protat, cinematographer
• 19 January – Red Sullivan, ice hockey player
• 22 January – A. Brian Deer, librarian
• 23 January – Jim McKean, Major League Baseball umpire
• 25 January – Jacques Berthelet, Roman Catholic bishop
• 29 January – Andy Hebenton, ice hockey player
• 31 January
• * Ron Joyce, businessman, co-founder of Tim Hortons
• * William Winegard, politician

  February

• 1 February – Raymond Ratzlaff, politician
• 2 February
• * Michael Ferguson, Auditor General of Canada
• * William Slater, swimmer
• 4 February – Phil Western, musician
• 6 February – Paul Dewar, educator and politician from Ottawa
• 10 February – Michael Wilson, politician
• 11 February
• * James Burns, businessman
• * Joe Schlesinger, television journalist, and author
• 15 February – Erminie Cohen, senator
• 16 February – Albert Ludwig, politician and author
• 18 February – Charles Deblois, politician
• 23 February – Bob Adams, decathlete
• 24 February – Trevor Eyton, senator and businessman
• 25 February – Chantal duPont, multidisciplinary artist
• 27 February – Sandra Faire, television producer and philanthropist
• 28 February – Ed Bickert, jazz guitarist

  March

• March 1 – Elly Mayday, model and women's health advocate
• March 4
• * Robert Wagner Dowling, politician
• * Art Hughes, Canadian soccer player
• * Ted Lindsay, professional ice hockey player
• March 5
• * Richard Allen, politician
• * Stephen Irwin, architect
• March 6
• * Gordon Osbaldeston, civil servant
• * Charlie Panigoniak, Inuktitut singer and guitarist
• March 7 – Patrick Lane, poet
• March 9 – Harry Howell, ice hockey player
• March 11 – Joe Rosenblatt, poet
• March 16 – Joe Fafard, sculptor

  April

• April 3 – Mary Borgstrom, potter and ceramist
• April 19 – William Krehm, author, journalist, political activist and real estate developer
• April 28 – Wayson Choy, writer

  May

• May 2
• * Red Kelly, ice hockey player and politician
• * Murray Thomson, activist
• May 23 – Mike Laffin, politician and dentist

  June

• June 20 – Mark Warawa, politician
• June 30 – John Rafferty, politician

  July

• July 2 – W. Thomas Molloy, 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan
• July 7 – Edna Anderson, politician.
• July 8 – Greg Johnson, ice hockey player

  August

• August 2
• * Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau, 31st Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
• * Deepak Obhrai, Canadian Member of Parliament for Calgary Forest Lawn
• August 19 – Bette Stephenson, physician and politician

  September

• September 17 – Harvey Wylie, gridiron football player
• September 18 – Graeme Gibson, writer
• September 20 – Rick Bognar, wrestler

  October

• October 30 – Anne Hart, writer
• October 30 – Bernard Slade, playwright

  December

• December 24 – Kelly Fraser, Inuk pop singer and songwriter