1993 in Canada

Events from the year 1993 in Canada.

Incumbents

Crown

Monarch – Elizabeth II

Federal government

Governor General – Ray Hnatyshyn
Prime Minister – Brian Mulroney then Kim Campbell then Jean Chrétien
Chief Justice – Antonio Lamer
Parliament – 34th

Provincial governments

Lieutenant governors

Premiers

Premier of Alberta – Ralph Klein
Premier of British Columbia – Mike Harcourt
Premier of Manitoba – Gary Filmon
Premier of New Brunswick – Frank McKenna
Premier of Newfoundland – Clyde Wells
Premier of Nova Scotia – Donald Cameron then John Savage
Premier of Ontario – Bob Rae
Premier of Prince Edward Island – Joe Ghiz then Catherine Callbeck
Premier of Quebec – Robert Bourassa
Premier of Saskatchewan – Roy Romanow

Territorial governments

Commissioners

Premiers

Events

January to June

January 25 – Catherine Callbeck becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Joe Ghiz following a leadership election. This is Prince Edward Island's first female premier, and the first time in Canada that two provinces or territories have simultaneously had female premiers.
January 28 – Six Innu youths from Davis Inlet, aged 11 to 14, are caught on video sniffing gasoline as a suicide attempt.
February 24 – Prime Minister Brian Mulroney announces his resignation amidst political and economic turmoil.
March 4 – Canadian soldiers shoot and kill a Somali man outside their base in Somalia.
March 12 – Governor General Ray Hnatyshyn proclaims a constitutional amendment adding section 16.1 to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
March 16 – Canadian soldiers beat to death Shidane Arone, a Somali teenager, in Somalia.
March 18 – Master Corporal Clayton Matchee is arrested in connection with Shidane Arone's death.
March 29 – 1993 Prince Edward Island general election: Catherine Callbeck's Liberals win a majority. She is the first female premier to lead a party to victory in a general election.
April 2 – The Farm Credit Corporation Act is passed.
June: The Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act and the Nunavut Act are passed, leading to the eventual creation of Nunavut in 1999.
June 11 – John Savage becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing Donald Cameron.
June 15 – Alberta election: Ralph Klein's PCs win a seventh consecutive majority.
June 20 – A landslide on the South Nation River destroys the abandoned townsite of Lemieux, Ontario.
June 25 – Kim Campbell becomes prime minister, replacing Brian Mulroney. She is the first woman to be the country's head of government.

July to December

September 16 – Canadian forces engage in an intensive firefight with Croatian forces during Operation Medak Pocket.
September 27 – The Social Credit Party of Canada is officially deregistered by Elections Canada.
October 4 – The Krever Inquiry into Canada's blood system begins.
October 14 – The Tories release an election ad that many see as mocking Jean Chrétien's facial paralysis.
October 23 - The Toronto Blue Jays defeat the Philadelphia Phillies, 4 games to 2, winning their second World Series Title.
October 25 – Federal election: Jean Chrétien's Liberals win a majority, defeating Kim Campbell's PCs, which are reduced to two seats. Campbell loses her own seat. The Bloc Québécois form the official opposition.
November 4 – Jean Chrétien is sworn in as prime minister, replacing Kim Campbell.

Full date unknown

Canadian Major-General Roméo Dallaire appointed commander of the U.N. forces in Rwanda.

Arts and literature

New works

Margaret Atwood, The Robber Bride
Réjean Ducharme, Dévadé
Dave Duncan, The Stricken Field
William Gibson, Virtual Light
Michael Ignatieff, Scar Tissue
Thomas King, One Good Story, That One
Antonine Maillet, Le nuit des roi
Yann Martel, The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios
Farley Mowat, My Father's Son
Robert J. Sawyer, Fossil Hunter
Jeffrey Simpson, ''Faultines, Struggling for a Canadian Vision''

Sport

February 23 – The Sacramento Gold Miners are established as the first US franchise in the Canadian Football League
March 12 to 14 – Toronto hosts the 1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships at the Skydome.
May 23 – The Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds win their only Memorial Cup by defeating the Peterborough Petes 4 to 2. The entire tournament was played at Sault Memorial Gardens in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
June 9 – The Montreal Canadiens win their 24th Stanley Cup by defeating the Los Angeles Kings 4 games to 1. The deciding Game 5 was played at the Montreal Forum. Quebec City, Quebec's Patrick Roy is awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy
October 23 – The Toronto Blue Jays win their second World Series by defeating the Philadelphia Phillies 4 games to 2. The deciding Game 6 was played at Skydome in Toronto making this the first World Series to be decided on Canadian soil.
November 4 – The Toronto Raptors are established as the National Basketball Association's first Canadian team since the Toronto Huskies in 1947. They will play their first game in 1995
November 20 – The Toronto Varsity Blues win their second Vanier Cup by defeating the Calgary Dinos by a score of 37–34 in the 29th Vanier Cup played Skydome in Toronto
November 28 – The Edmonton Eskimos win their 11th Grey Cup by defeating the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 33 to 23 in the 81st Grey Cup played at McMahon Stadium in Calgary.
Ben Johnson is permanently banned from international competition after again testing positive for banned substances.
this is the only year in which the Stanley Cup and the World Series were both won by Canadian teams.

Births

January 4 – Aaryn Doyle, actress and singer
January 6 – Jesse Carere, actor
January 21 – Jason Godin, politician
January 26 – Cameron Bright, actor
February 24 – Phillip Danault, ice hockey player
March 14 – Demetrius Joyette, actor
March 15 – Alyssa Reid, singer-songwriter
March 15 – Mark Scheifele, ice hockey player
April 8 – Tyler Shaw, singer-songwriter
April 20 – Kurtis Gabriel, ice hockey player
April 23 – Brooke Palsson, actress
April 25 – Lyldoll, singer-songwriter
May 16 - Atticus Mitchell, actor and musician
May 18 - Stuart Percy, hockey player
May 20 - Kevin Roy, hockey player
May 26 - Katerine Savard, swimmer
June 6 - Jesse Carere, actor
June 15 - Boone Jenner, ice hockey player
July 1 - Brett Ritchie, ice hockey player
July 3 - PartyNextDoor, rapper, singer-songwriter, and record producer
July 9 - Emily Hirst, actress
July 28 – Hannah Lochner, actress
August 6 – Charlie Bilodeau, pair skater
September 1 - Alexander Conti, actor
September 11 - Oliver Scholfield, field hockey player
November 28 - Stephanie Park, paralympic wheelchair basketball player
December 16 - Stephan James, actor
December 29 - Gabby May, artistic gymnast
Full date unknown - David Benoit, Canadian-American wrestler and son of Chris Benoit

Deaths

January 26 – Jeanne Sauvé, politician and first female Governor General of Canada
January 28 – Helen Hogg-Priestley, astronomer
February 28 – Ruby Keeler, actress, singer and dancer
April 2 – Alexander Bell Patterson, politician
April 15 – John Tuzo Wilson, geophysicist and geologist
April 30 – Colin Emerson Bennett, politician and lawyer
May 2 – Stephen Juba, politician and Mayor of Winnipeg
May 9 – Jacques Dextraze, Canadian general
May 30 – H. Gordon Barrett, politician
June 9 – Alexis Smith, actress
July 9 – Garry Hoy, lawyer
August 14 – Francis Mankiewicz, film director, screenwriter and producer
September 12 – Raymond Burr, actor
September 27 – Fraser MacPherson, jazz musician
October 24 – Tracy Latimer, murder victim

1993 in Canada

Incumbents

Crown

Federal government

Provincial governments

Lieutenant governors

Premiers

Territorial governments

Commissioners

Premiers

Events

January to June

July to December

Full date unknown

Arts and literature

New works

Awards

Television

Film

Music

Sport

Births

Deaths