2016 in Canada

Events from the year 2016 in Canada.

Incumbents

Crown

Monarch – Elizabeth II

Federal government

Provincial governments

Lieutenant Governors

Premiers

Territorial governments

Commissioners

Commissioner of Yukon – Doug Phillips
Commissioner of Northwest Territories – George Tuccaro, then vacant
Commissioner of Nunavut – Nellie Kusugak

Premiers

Premier of the Northwest Territories – Bob McLeod
Premier of Nunavut – Peter Taptuna
Premier of Yukon – Darrell Pasloski, then Sandy Silver

Events

January

January 10 – The recently opened Nipigon River Bridge near Nipigon, Ontario, is closed to traffic after a mechanical failure, severing the Trans-Canada Highway and forcing a detour into the United States.
January 17 – The government of Justin Trudeau announces the appointment of David MacNaughton as Canadian Ambassador to the United States and Marc-André Blanchard as the Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations.
January 22 – Four people are killed and seven others are injured in a shooting spree at a house and high school in La Loche, Saskatchewan.
January 28 – The first case of Zika virus is reported in Canada, contracted by people returning from the affected areas
January 29 – An avalanche kills five and injures eight near McBride, British Columbia.

February

February 17 – The Montreal newspaper La Presse publishes an interview with a man who says that influential film director Claude Jutra began sexually abusing him at the age of six, corroborating more limited allegations of pedophilia against Jutra in Yves Lever's newly published biography of the director. Despite having urged caution upon the initial reports, numerous organizations and governments respond to the interview by announcing plans to remove Jutra's name from various events and geographic sites named in his honour, including Québec Cinéma's Prix Jutra film awards, the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television's Claude Jutra Award, and numerous streets and public parks in Quebec.

April

April 4 – The 2016 Saskatchewan general election results in a third consecutive majority government for Premier Brad Wall and the Saskatchewan Party.
April 10 – 52% of delegates at the 2016 NDP convention vote in support of a leadership review motion to hold a leadership race within 24 months. Party leader Tom Mulcair announces he will stay on as leader until his replacement is chosen.
April 19 – The 2016 Manitoba general election results in a majority victory for Brian Pallister and the Progressive Conservative Party, defeating Premier Greg Selinger and the governing New Democratic Party.

May

May 3–4 – Fort McMurray, Alberta, is fully evacuated due to a catastrophic wildfire that destroyed numerous structures.
May 8 – The first 5-pin perfect game in the 52-year history of the Youth Bowling Canada Nationals is bowled in Calgary, Alberta.
May 10 – Canada 2016 census
May 24 - In Toronto's High Park Zoo, two capybaras escape their enclosure. They were found about a month later and returned.
May 29 – Two people – including an intern from Red River Community College – are severely beaten by two addiction-rehab teenagers in Selkirk, Manitoba. Both victims survived but the intern may lose eyesight.

June

June 28 – A huge explosion completely destroys a house and damages 24 others in Mississauga, Ontario. At least one person is dead and 13 others are injured, according to Mississauga Fire and Emergency Services. Thousands of residents are forced to evacuate and many spend the night at a local community shelter.

July

July 29 – A caravan of motorcycles are wrecked in a chain reaction crash after attempting to pass an RV that was making a left turn. One of the riders was killed and at least nine were injured. The wreck happened near Edmundston, New Brunswick.

August

August 20 – The Tragically Hip’s final concert is held in Kingston, Ontario, and broadcast nationwide.

September

September 9 – 14 dogs die in a Saskatoon, Saskatchewan kennel after a thermostat or HVAC failure heated a boarding room to 37 °C overnight.
September 15 – Mylan Hicks, a member of the Calgary Stampeders, dies after getting shot outside a Calgary nightclub.

October

October 25 – Former nurse and serial killer Elizabeth Wettlaufer is charged with the murders of eight of her patients. She was accused of killing the elderly victims with insulin injections over a period of seven years in Woodstock and London, Ontario
October 30 - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau signed the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada and the European Union. This move removes 98% tariffs on goods between Canada and the E.U.

November

November 7 – Yukon general election held, resulting in a Liberal majority government.

December

December 2 - Vancouver Skytrain opens the Evergreen Extension which extends transit to Coquitlam.

Sport

May 29 – The London Knights win their second Memorial Cup by defeating the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 3 to 2. The tournament was played ENMAX Centrium in Red Deer, Alberta
June 12 – Halifax's Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins is awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy
November 26 – The Laval Rouge et Or win their ninth Vanier Cup by defeating the Calgary Dinos 31 to 26 in the 52nd Vanier Cup played at Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton
November 27 – The Ottawa Redblacks win their first Grey Cup by defeating the Calgary Stampeders 39 to 33 in the 104th Grey Cup played at BMO Field in Toronto. Peterborough's Brad Sinopoli was awarded the game's Most Outstanding Canadian

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January">Deaths in January 2016">January

January 1 – Jim Ross, 89, ice hockey player
January 2 –
* Marcel Barbeau, 90, painter and sculptor
* Leonard Evans, 86, politician
January 3 –
* Bill Plager, 70, ice hockey player
* Paul Bley, 83, jazz pianist
January 5 – Jean-Paul L'Allier, 77, politician, Mayor of Quebec City
January 9 – John Harvard, 77, politician, Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba
January 10 –
* George Jonas, 80, Hungarian-b. writer
* Alexander Hickman, 90, judge and politician
* The Wolfman, 80, Hungarian-b. professional wrestler
January 11 –
* Robert Coates, 87, politician, MP
* Stanley Mann, 87, scriptwriter
January 12 – William Needles, 97, actor
January 14 – René Angélil, 73, entertainment manager
January 15 –
* Daniel Joseph Bohan, 74, Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Regina
* Avrom Isaacs, 89, art dealer
January 16 – Rudy Migay, 87, ice hockey player
January 17 – Mike Sharpe, 64, professional wrestler
January 18 – Pierre DesRuisseaux, 70, poet
January 20 –
* Constance Beresford-Howe, 93, novelist
* Claude Lefebvre, 86, politician, Mayor of Laval, Quebec
January 21 –
* Garnet Richardson, 82, curler
* Val Sears, 88, journalist
* Ron Southern, 85, businessman
January 23 – Archie Gouldie, 79, professional wrestler
January 28 – François Barbeau, 80, costume designer

February">Deaths in February 2016">February

February 1 – Francis Buckley, 94, business executive
February 2 – Lukasi Forrest, 19, actor
February 3 – Brad Kent, musician, complications from pneumonia.
February 6 –, 73, singer
February 9 – Elizabeth Joan Smith, 88, politician, MPP for London South, brain injury from fall
February 11 – Ellison Kelly, 80, American-born football player
February 15 –
* Constance Glube, 84, judge, Chief Justice of Nova Scotia
* Victor Goldbloom, 92, politician
* Vanity, 57, singer, actress, and evangelist, renal failure
February 26 –
* Andy Bathgate, 83, ice hockey player
* Don Getty, 82, politician, Premier of Alberta 1985-1992

March">Deaths in March 2016">March

March 22 – Rob Ford, 46, politician, Mayor of Toronto 2010-2014
March 23 – Jim Hillyer, 41, politician, MP
March 29 – Jean Lapierre, 59, politician, MP

April">Deaths in April 2016">April

April 16 – Charlie Hodge, 82, ice hockey player

June">Deaths in June 2016">June

June 10 – Gordie Howe, 88, ice hockey player

July">Deaths in July 2016">July

July 22 – Ursula Franklin, 94, German-Canadian physicist

August

August 16 – Mauril Bélanger, 61, politician, MP.
August 20 – Allen Rae, 83, basketball referee, FIBA Hall of Fame inductee.

September

September 3 – Norman Kwong, 86, football player, businessman and politician
September 16 – John Bentley Mays, 75, journalist

October

October 1 – Daphne Odjig, 97, Canadian First Nations artist
October 2 – Hanna Zora, 77, Iraqi-born Iranian-Canadian Chaldean Catholic hierarch, Archbishop of Ahwaz and Mar Addai of Toronto.
October 3 – Isobel Finnerty, 86, Canadian politician, senator.
October 4 –
* Hso Khan Pha, 78, Burmese-born Canadian geologist and exiled prince of Yawnghwe.
* Jim Parrott, 74, Canadian politician, MLA for Fundy-River Valley.
* Bing Thom, 75, Hong Kong–born Canadian architect, brain aneurysm.
October 13 – Jim Prentice, 60, politician, Premier of Alberta 2014–2015.
October 18 – Fred Roots, 93, polar explorer and environmentalist.
October 20 – Henry J. M. Barnett, CC, 94, physician, stroke researcher.

November

November 1 – Dave Broadfoot, 90, comedian
November 7 – Leonard Cohen, 82, singer, songwriter, poet and novelist
November 14 – Janet Wright, 71, stage, television, actor, and director

December

December 13 – Alan Thicke, 69, actor and songwriter