2019 in Canada

Events from the year 2019 in Canada.

Incumbents

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.

April 3 – Quebec City announces that it has no plans to remove the Crucifix inside their city council chamber.
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 which was Newfoundland and Labrador's first minority government since 1971.
May 17 to 26 – 2019 Memorial Cup held in Halifax

June 13 – The Toronto Raptors win their first NBA [List of National Basketball Association|NBA champions|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.
June 27 – Costco Canada opens the Biggest store in Canada in the Galway area of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador that is 17,000 sm
July 9 –
* The Crucifix in the National Assembly of Quebec that Quebec Premier Maurice Duplessis hung there in 1936, is removed.
*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 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.

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