2010 in Canada

Events from the year 2010 in Canada.

Incumbents

Crown

Monarch – Elizabeth II

Federal government

Governor General – Michaëlle Jean then David Johnston
Prime Minister – Stephen Harper
Chief Justice – Beverley McLachlin
Parliament – 40th

Provincial governments

Lieutenant governors

Premiers

Premier of Alberta – Ed Stelmach
Premier of British Columbia – Gordon Campbell
Premier of Manitoba – Greg Selinger
Premier of New Brunswick – Shawn Graham then David Alward
Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador – Danny Williams then Kathy Dunderdale
Premier of Nova Scotia – Darrell Dexter
Premier of Ontario – Dalton McGuinty
Premier of Prince Edward Island – Robert Ghiz
Premier of Quebec – Jean Charest
Premier of Saskatchewan – Brad Wall

Territorial governments

Commissioners

Commissioner of Yukon – Geraldine Van Bibber then Doug Phillips
Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Tony Whitford then George Tuccaro
Commissioner of Nunavut – Ann Meekitjuk Hanson then Nellie Kusugak then Edna Elias

Premiers

Events

January

January 1 – The Ontario government files a lawsuit in an American court to stop the dumping of Asian carp into the Great Lakes, a fish that could damage the fishing industry.
January 13 – The Government of Canada sent DART to Haiti to help with the aftermath of the 2010 [Haiti earthquake|earthquake].
January 14 – The Government of Canada sent two Canadian Forces Maritime Command ships with emergency supplies and aid for further assistance in Haiti.
January 25
* Foreign ministers from around the world meet in Montreal to attend the Ministerial Preparatory Conference of the Group of Friends of Haiti event to discuss how to help Haiti rebuild after the devastating earthquake.
* Fisheries and Oceans Minister Gail Shea is pied in her face at the Canada Centre for Inland Waters, west of Toronto, by PETA member Emily McCoy, 37, of New York City, United States.
* Newfoundland and Labrador residents witness an unidentified flying object in the sky.

February

February 1 – Two young boys, Jayden and Connor McConnell are found drowned in a bathtub in Alberta, Canada. Their mother, Allyson McConnell, later admits to drowning the pair, with the killings believed to be revenge against her husband for ending their marriage.
February 5 – New Democratic Party Leader Jack Layton announces that he has prostate cancer.
February 7 – The building which houses the CTV Ottawa newsroom is destroyed by an early morning fire.
February 8 – CFB Trenton Commander Colonel Russell Williams is charged with two counts of murder against two women and two counts of sexual assault of another two women.
February 11 – Prime Minister Stephen Harper addresses the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, before the Olympics opening ceremony. Provincial Liberals approve while federal Liberals disapprove.
February 12
* 2010 Olympics: An anti-Olympics protest disrupts the Torch relay route.
* 2010 Olympics: Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili was killed during training at the Whistler Sliding Centre.
February 14 – 2010 Olympics: Canadian Alexandre Bilodeau won the first ever Olympic gold medal won by a Canadian on Canadian soil.
February 15 – Canada closes its ports to fishing boats from the Danish territories of Greenland and Faroe Islands, as a result of their refusal to accept international shrimp quotas.
February 18 – John Babcock, the country's last surviving World War I veteran, dies at the age of 109.
February 20 – The Council of the Federation met with their American counterpart, the National Governors Association, in a Washington, D.C. hotel, for an hour-long session entitled "Common Border, Common Ground" to talk about issues such as environment and trade.
February 22 – 2010 Olympics: Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir became the first North American couple to win the ice dancing gold.
February 26 – A winter storm knocks out hydro across Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes.
February 28
* Sidney Crosby scores in overtime against the United States men's national [ice hockey team|United States] to secure gold for Canada as Canada wins its 14th gold in the 2010 Winter Olympics, making it the most gold ever won by one country.
* The closing ceremonies are held in BC Place.

March

March 6–13 – The 2010 Arctic Winter Games were held in Grande Prairie, Alberta.
March 10 – Environment Canada reports that the winter of 2009–2010 was the warmest and driest on record in Canada, an average of 4 °C warmer than normal nationwide.
March 12
* The opening ceremony for the 2010 Winter Paralympics is held in Vancouver.
* Three women are shot, two die at a home in Mountain View, Ontario.
* Three men are shot by a former employee at a car dealership in Edmonton. Two of the men die at the scene.
March 13 – Two people die, and thirty others are injured during an avalanche at a snowmobile event near Revelstoke, British Columbia.
March 17 – The territory of Nunavut bans importation of alcohol from Europe, in retaliation for the European Union ban on seal products.
March 19 – An avalanche kills a woman snowmobiler on Eagle Pass Mountain.
March 20
* Two skiers die during an avalanche near Wells Gray Provincial Park. This is the third deadly avalanche to happen in British Columbia within a week.
* Victoria Police Department are caught using excessive force.
March 24 – New Brunswick Premier Shawn Graham announces the proposed sale of NB Power falls through, citing Hydro-Québec's "concerns over unanticipated costs".

April

April 18 – The 2010 Juno Awards were held in St. John's.
April 21 – Governor General Michaëlle Jean issued an apology to Rwanda for Canada's "inaction" during the Rwandan genocide in 1994.
April 23
* Thousands attended an Olympic parade in Montreal, which featured the nations winners from the 2010 Winter Olympics.
* A man dies in hospital after being crushed at a Tim Hortons drive-thru in Wallaceburg.
April 24 – Princess Anne arrives in St. John's for a two-day tour of the city.
April 25 – A mine collapses on three workers killing one in central Yukon.
April 29
* Canada offers Michigan a $550 million loan to help build a new bridge between Detroit and Windsor.
* A snowstorm hits Alberta, dropping 20 centimetres of snow and causing power outages.
April 30 – A publication ban is put into place during the Victoria Stafford trial.

May

May 4 – Three people die after their truck collides with a train at a crossing in Edmonton.
May 10 – A landslide in Saint-Jude, Quebec, sweeps a house killing four people.
May 11 – Donald Ethell becomes lieutenant governor of Alberta, replacing Norman Kwong.
May 13 – 41 people are arrested in Montreal after a violent night following the Montreal Canadiens victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Stanley Cup eastern conference semi-final.
May 25 – A plane crashes into a building in Markham, a town just north of Toronto, killing two people.
May 25 - A nine-hole score of 25 was scored during the Alberta Open. The feat happened on the back nine of the Carnmoney Golf Club - southeast of Calgary.
May 27 – A forest fire forces thirteen hundred people away from their homes in Wemotaci.
May 29 – A floatplane crashes of the coast of Vancouver Island killing four people.
May 30 – A state of emergency is called in Emerson after multiple storms.

June

June 6 – A state of emergency is called in Leamington after a tornado causes severe damage.
June 11 – Charles Kembo is found guilty of four first degree murders in Vancouver after a nine-month trial.
June 13 – A landslide in Oliver destroys homes and blocks off sections of Highway 97.
June 18 – Floods in southeastern Alberta cause severe damage and force people to evacuate.
June 21 – A house in northeast Edmonton explodes killing four people, and damaging surrounding homes. Police ruled the incident as a domestic related murder/suicide.
June 23
* A plane crashes after taking off from the Jean Lasage International Airport in Quebec City. Seven people die, including two crew members.
* A 5.0 magnitude earthquake occurs in Ontario and Quebec. Buildings in Toronto and Ottawa are evacuated.
* A tornado strikes in Midland causing severe damage.
June 25–27 – The 36th G8 summit is held in Huntsville, Ontario, Canada. Consecutively, the 4th G20 summit is also held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on the same dates.
June 26–27 – Nearly 1,000 people are arrested in Toronto after protests against the G20 summit lead to several police cars being set on fire, and police boxed in crowds at one intersection where this took place the next day, leading to mass arrests for breach of the peace.
June 28 – Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip arrive in Halifax starting a nine-day tour of Canada.

July

July 1 – A severe thunderstorm causes major flooding in and around Yorkton, Saskatchewan
July 2 – An F3 tornado rips apart the Kawacatoose First Nation north of Raymore, Saskatchewan.
July 5 – An explosion at a transformer station causes ten thousand customers to lose power in Toronto.
July 8
* A parking garage in Windsor collapses sending one man to the hospital.
* David Lloyd Johnston is named the next Governor General of Canada. He will assume office on October 1.
July 13 – Up to of snow falls in mountainous regions of Alberta.
July 16
* Four people die and two people are critically injured when a float plane crashes near Maria-Chapdelaine.
* A ride at the Calgary Stampede malfunctions injuring five people.
July 17 – Parks Canada had a no-entry fee day for all parks, national historic sites and National Marine Conservation Areas, to celebrate the 125th anniversary of Canada's national parks system.
July 22 – A riot breaks out at a detention centre in Quebec City leaving two people dead.
July 26 – A pipeline owned by Enbridge that was carrying oil to Sarnia leaks three million litres of oil into a creek in Michigan.
July 28 – Todd Hardy, MLA for Whitehorse Centre, and the former leader of the Yukon New Democratic Party from 2002 to 2009, dies in office.
July 29 – The Department of National Defence reveals that edits made on Wikipedia pages relating to the Joint Strike Fighter jet and the Conservative government's decision to spend as much as $18 billion on the aircraft, were traced back to the Defence Research and Development Canada.
July 30 – Wildfires in the Cariboo region force evacuations and cause state of emergencies to be called.

August

August 1 – Six people are killed after their minivan crashes head-on with an RV near Golden, British Columbia.
August 3 – Bernard Callebault, a well known Calgary chocolate company, goes into receivership.
August 10 – The BC Federation of Labour starts an investigation into a work camp near Golden, British Columbia, where 24 workers were subject to significant abuse, food deprivation, and poor sleeping quarters.
August 11 – The town of Oka buys the land from Norfolk Financial that caused the Oka Crisis 20 years earlier.
August 12 – A Thai ship, the carrying Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka, is intercepted by, off the coast of British Columbia.
August 14 – approximately 9:15 p.m. ET: The Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrest a man outside of 24 Sussex Drive, after he was found igniting a small quantity of flammable liquid, starting a small fire. He was turned over to Ottawa Police.
August 17 – Four men die when their helicopter crashes near Sept-Îles.
August 20 – The NDM-1 super bug is found at Brampton, Ontario's William Osler Health Centre.
August 22 – A bus crash near Woodstock kills one person and injuries twelve others.
August 25 – Three men are arrested in Ottawa after being accused of taking part in a domestic terrorist plot.
August 31 – John Rowswell, Mayor of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, dies in office.

September

September 4 – Hurricane Earl kills one person and causes damage in the Maritimes.
September 12 – A technical error in an Enmax transformer installation caused a power surge that fried the electrical system at Mayfair Place, an apartment block in Calgary. 300 people were out of their homes for upwards of ten days. Damages reached in the millions of dollars.
September 15 – Seven tonnes of hashish is seized from an abandoned trailer by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Montreal.
September 20
* The first Canadian 3D documentary airs on CBC Television. The film documented Queen Elizabeth II various visits as Monarch of Canada, as well, 3D footage of the 1953 Coronation was aired. In preparation for the event, 2 million 3D glasses were handed out at various Canada Post outlets.
* Karkwa's album Les Chemins de verre wins the 2010 Polaris Music Prize.
September 21 – Hurricane Igor moves across Newfoundland causing damage and sweeping a man into the ocean after his driveway is washed away.
September 22 – MPs in the House of Commons vote 153–151 to save the Canadian Firearms Registry from being scrapped.
September 24 – A fire on the 24th floor of a 30-floor Toronto apartment building, at 200 Wellesley Street East, leaves approximately 1,200 people homeless and 14 injured.
September 27 – The 2010 [New Brunswick general election] is won by David Alward's Conservative Party.
September 28 – Superior Court of Ontario Justice Susan Himel declares the Criminal Code's prohibition of streetwalking and brothels as unconstitutional, after a challenge by a Toronto dominatrix and two other prostitutes, in Bedford v. Canada.

October

October 1
* David Lloyd Johnston is sworn in as the 28th Governor General of Canada.
* Torrential rain causes flooding in Sherbrooke killing one person.
October 2 – Olive Crane is chosen as the new leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island.
October 3 – Dianne Whalen, MHA for Conception Bay East and Bell Island, dies in office.
October 13 – Health Canada added Bisphenol A to Schedule 1 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, declaring it as a toxic substance.
October 15 – A Nor'easter moves through Atlantic Canada causing power outages and canceling ferry services.
October 18
* The 2010 Alberta municipal elections take place. The Calgary election is won by Naheed Nenshi, the first Muslim to be elected mayor of a major Canadian city.
* The home of a gay couple in Little Pond, Prince Edward Island, is firebombed. Both men escaped the fire unharmed, but their home was destroyed. In late October and November, a series of rallies and fundraising concerts is held in both Little Pond and Charlottetown to support the couple and to oppose homophobic violence.
October 19 – The Quebec government passes through Bill 115 which sets out who qualifies to attend English public school in the province, after more than 20 hours of an emergency debate.
October 21 – David Russell Williams is sentenced to two terms of life in prison for the murders of two women, also for other charges including sexual assault.
October 25 – The 2010 Ontario municipal elections take place.
October 27 – The 2010 Manitoba municipal elections take place.
October 26–28 – A severe storm affects most of Canada from Saskatchewan through to Quebec. Heavy snows and school closures were reported in eastern Saskatchewan and western Manitoba while eastern Manitoba and Ontario eastward suffered rain. Winds were strong throughout the entire region, whipping up large waves on the Manitoba lakes and causing flooding along the shores of Lake Winnipeg and Lake Manitoba.

November

November 3
* Premier Gordon Campbell announces at a conference in Vancouver that he is stepping down as Premier of British Columbia.
* The federal government rejects BHP's $40 billion takeover bid for the PotashCorp.
November 4 – Environment minister Jim Prentice announced his retirement from politics, to become a vice chairman of CIBC, in January 2011.
November 8–10 – Floods in Southwestern Nova Scotia cause millions of dollars in damage and prompts a state of emergency to be called.
November 13 – A single-engine plane crashes near Barrie killing two men.
November 15 – Elaine Campione is convicted of the murders her two daughters in Barrie, Ontario, having drowned them in a bathtub in order to stop her ex-husband gaining custody of the children. Campione is later sentenced to life imprisonment for her crimes.
November 18 – The premiers of Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia announce a $6.2 billion deal to develop the Lower Churchill hydroelectric megaproject.
November 25 – Danny Williams announces he is leaving politics, the second premier to do so that month.
November 29 – Three federal by-elections. The Conservatives won Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette and Vaughan, and the Liberals won in Winnipeg North.
November 30 – Doug Phillips becomes commissioner of Yukon, replacing Geraldine Van Bibber.

December

December 3: Kathy Dunderdale becomes premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, replacing Danny Williams, the first woman to do so.
December 4–8: A series of snowstorms and snow squalls dump over 110 centimeters of snow to parts of southern Ontario. The city of London was the hardest hit.
December 6: A winter storm hits Atlantic Canada, bringing heavy snow, flooding rains and forcing school closures.
December 13: A state of emergency is called, for Lambton County, Ontario, as a snowstorm causes numerous Ontario provincial highways to be closed and more than 300 motorists were stuck on Ontario Highway 402. One man who wandered away from his vehicle died from exposure.
December 13–15: Flooding, especially along the Saint John River in New Brunswick washes out roads and forces evacuations.
December 16: Bill C-464, is passed, allowing courts to refuse bail to those serious crimes to protect children. The legislation was sparked by the murder of Zachary Turner by his mother, and its introduction inspired by the documentary film Dear Zachary
December 20: Gravonaut, a scrolling platform game is released.
December 20–22: A storm brings flooding storm surge coinciding with high tide and heavy snow to the Atlantic provinces, causing millions of dollars in damage.
December 27: A nor'easter begins dumping snow and rain in Atlantic Canada after bringing snow and strong winds from Florida to Maine.

Undated

The Wedding Belles, Canadian lifestyle television series is launched.

Arts and literature

Literature

November 9 – Johanna Skibsrud wins the Scotiabank Giller Prize for her novel The Sentimentalists.
November 16 – The winners of the 2010 Governor General's Awards are announced.

Sport

January 6–10 – The 2010 Newfoundland and Labrador Scotties Tournament of Hearts was held in St. John's.
February 12–28 – 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics
March 12–21 – 2010 Winter Paralympics
May 23 – The Windsor Spitfires win their second Memorial Cup by defeating Brandon Wheat Kings 9 to 1. The tournament was played at Westman Place in Brandon, Manitoba
June 9 – Winnipegs Jonathan Toews of the Chicago Blackhawks is awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy for bring his team its First Stanley Cup since 1961
June 11–13 – 2010 Canadian Grand Prix – won by Lewis Hamilton
July 16–18 – 2010 Honda Indy Toronto – won by Will Power
July 25 – 2010 Honda Indy Edmonton – won by Scott Dixon
November 27 – The Laval Rouge et Or win their seventh Vanier Cup by defeating the Calgary Dinos 29 to 2 in the 46th Vanier Cup played at PEPS Stadium in Quebec City
November 28 – The Montreal Alouettes win their seventh Grey Cup by defeating the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the 98th Grey Cup played at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton

Births

January 22 – Joseph Maraachli, Leigh's disease infant
October 23 – Eddy and Nelson Angélil, twin sons of Celine Dion and of René Angélil

Deaths

January

January 1 – Lhasa de Sela, folk singer
January 3 – Barry Blair, comics artist and writer
January 7 – Alexander Garnet Brown, politician, member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
January 8
*Jim Rimmer, graphic designer
*Jean Charpentier, journalist, press secretary for Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau
January 11 – Gordon Van Tol, Olympic water polo player
January 12
*Georges Anglade, Haitian scientist, author and politician died during the 2010 Haiti earthquake
*Serge Marcil, former Quebec MNA and federal Member of Parliament
January 14 – P. K. Page, poet
January 18
*Kevin O'Shea, ice hockey player
*Kate McGarrigle, folk singer
January 21 – Paul Quarrington, writer
January 22 – Clayton Gerein, wheelchair sports athlete, seven-time Paralympian
January 31
*Edith Josie, newspaper columnist
*Keith Norton, former Ontario MPP and cabinet minister

February

February 3 – Lindsay Thomas, stage actress
February 5 – Brendan Burke, ice hockey player notable for coming out
February 8 – Jacques Hétu, composer
February 10 – Charles Baillargeon, professional wrestler
February 11 – Heward Grafftey, politician, MP for Brome—Missisquoi
February 12 – Nodar Kumaritashvili, Georgian luger
February 18 – John Babcock, Canada's last surviving World War I veteran
February 25 – Andrew Koenig, actor
February 27 – Madeleine Ferron, writer

March

March 4
*Arthur Menzies, diplomat
*André Bouchard, ecologist and environmentalist
March 5 – Peter Woodcock, serial killer and child rapist
March 10 – Corey Haim, actor
March 11
*Sandy Scott, professional wrestler
*Louis Holmes, ice hockey player and coach
*John Hill, professional wrestler
March 12
*Bob Attersley, ice hockey player, 1960 Winter Olympics silver medalist
*David Ahenakew, First Nations leader and politician
March 13
*Gary Mittelholtz, journalist
*Leon Manley, football player
March 14 – John Powles, Head of the Canada-Japan Society, Order of the Rising Sun recipient
March 15 – Dan Achen, guitarist
March 20
*Mikel Scicluna, professional wrestler
*Dorothy Corrigan, politician, first female Mayor of Charlottetown
March 21 – Lou Jankowski, ice hockey player
March 28
*Eric Tunney, comedian
*June Havoc, actress
March 30 – Peter Flinsch, artist

April

April 2 – Edward Bayda, jurist, Chief Justice of Saskatchewan
April 4 – Matt Cook, ice sledge hockey player
April 6 – Eddie Carroll, voice actor
April 12
*Arnold Spohr, artistic director
*Robert Pound, physicist
*Michel Chartrand, activist
April 14 – Gene Kiniski, professional wrestler
April 18 – Devon Clifford, drummer
April 22 – Gene Lees, jazz historian and critic
April 23 – Lorne Atkinson, Olympic cyclist
April 28 – Connie Codarini, pop and gospel

May

May 1 – Lawrence Paul, Mi'kmaq leader, chief of the Membertou First Nation
May 1 – Rob McConnell, jazz musician
May 2 – André Lamy, film producer
May 4 – Glen Shortliffe, Clerk of the Privy Council
May 5
*Gwyn Thomas, crime reporter
*Jack MacDonald, politician, Mayor of Hamilton, Ontario
*André Lamy, film producer, Chairman of the National Film Board
May 9 – Bill Stanton, footballer
May 11 – Bob Watt, Olympic gold medal-winning ice hockey player
May 12
*Mel Perry, curler
*Charlie Francis, track coach
May 15 – Armand Caouette, politician, Member of Parliament
May 17 – Carla Zilbersmith, actress, singer and comedian
May 18 – Martha Bielish, politician, Senator
May 21 – Robert Gordon Rogers, politician, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia
May 26 – Art Linkletter, television personality
May 30
*Tobi Wong, designer
*Dufferin Roblin, politician, Premier of Manitoba, Senator
May 31 – Chris Haney, co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit

June

Image:Maureen Forrester.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Maureen Forrester photo taken by Carl Van Vechten

June 2 – John Richardson, member of the House of Commons
June 9 – Bobby Kromm, ice hockey coach
June 15 – Charles Thomas Beer, chemist
June 16 – Maureen Forrester, opera singer
June 21
*With Approval, Thoroughbred racehorse, Canadian Triple Crown winner
*Irwin Barker, comedian and television writer
June 22 – Tracy Wright, actress
June 23
*Garrison James, politician, senior member of Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
*Ron Atchison, football player
June 24 – Shirley Carr, President of the Labour Congress
June 28 – Willie Huber, ice hockey player
June 29 – Frank Rigney, football player

July

July 3 – Murray Chercover, broadcaster and CEO
July 4 – Oscar Kruger, football player
July 5
*Bob Probert, ice hockey player
*Jim Bohlen, environmentalist
July 9 – Glenna Evans, longboarder
July 10 – Ray Beachey, historian
July 21 – John E. Irving, industrialist
July 22 – Peter Hart, historian
July 23 – Dorothy Stowe, activist, co-founder of Greenpeace
July 27
*Maury Chaykin, actor
*Edward Gamblin, country rock singer-songwriter
July 28
*David William, actor and artistic director
*John Aylesworth, television writer and producer, co-creator of Hee Haw
*Todd Hardy, leader of the Yukon New Democratic Party from 2002 to 2009
July 30
*Gordon Massie, Communist politician
*Otto Joachim, violist and composer of electronic music

August

August 1
*Larry Yachimec, actor
*Bruce Garvey, journalist
August 8 – Ted Kowalski, singer
August 9
*John Yaremko, politician, MPP for Bellwoods
*Paul Rexe, politician and writer
August 10 – Shirley Thomson, arts administrator
August 12 – Mario Laguë, diplomat, Liberal Party communications director
August 19 – Dick Maloney, singer
August 21 – Nancy Dolman, actress, wife of Martin Short
August 26 – Charlotte Tansey, educator
August 27 – Luna Vachon, professional wrestler
August 29 – Courtney Milne, nature photographer
August 31 – John Rowswell, politician, Mayor of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

September

September 1 – Herb Larson, professional wrestler
September 3 – Brian R. Wood, computer game designer
September 6 – Yvonne O'Neill, politician, MPP for Ottawa–Rideau
September 7 – Claude Béchard, politician, MNA for Kamouraska-Témiscouata
September 9 – Mary Richard, aboriginal activist and politician
September 10 – Billie Mae Richards, voice actress
September 12 – Val Belcher, football player
September 18 – Irving Schwartz, businessman
September 21 – Sindi Hawkins, politician, MLA for Okanagan West and Kelowna-Mission
September 22 – Jackie Burroughs, actress
September 23 – William Andres, politician
September 28 – Norman Atkins, political strategist and senator from Ontario

October

October 2
*Stephen Griew, gerontologist
*Maurice Foster, politician, MP for Algoma MP for Algoma
October 3
*Ben Mondor, baseball executive
*Dianne Whalen, politician, MHA for Conception Bay East and Bell Island
October 6 – Jay Roberts, football player, lung cancer
October 10 – A. Edison Stairs, businessman and politician, New Brunswick MLA and Minister of Finance, natural causes
October 16 – Jack Butterfield, president of the American Hockey League
October 17
*John Baird Finlay, politician, MP for Oxford
*Jake Dunlap, football player
October 22
*Denis Simpson, singer and actor
*Helen Hunley, former lieutenant governor of Alberta
October 24 – Alex Oakley, Olympic race walker
October 30 – Édouard Carpentier, professional wrestler

November

November 1 – Ed Litzenberger, ice hockey right winger
November 3
* Bill Colvin, Olympic bronze medal-winning ice hockey player
* Jim Clench, bass guitarist
November 5 – David Steuart, politician, Saskatchewan MLA and Leader of the Opposition, Senator
November 9 – Albert Wesley Johnson, civil servant, President of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
November 10 – Nicolo Rizzuto, mafia leader
November 18 – Gaye Stewart, ice hockey player
November 19 – Pat Burns, National Hockey League coach
November 22
*Len Lunde, ice hockey player
*David Lam, politician, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia
November 23 – Kananginak Pootoogook, Inuk artist
November 25
*Ann Southam, composer
*Doris McCarthy, artist
November 28
*Keir Clark, Prince Edward Island politician
*Leslie Nielsen, comedian and actor

December

December 5 – David French, playwright
December 6 – Mark Dailey, television journalist and announcer
December 16 – Sterling Lyon, politician and 17th Premier of Manitoba
December 29 – Michael Fainstat, Montreal city councillor