2013 in Canada

Events from the year 2013 in Canada.

Incumbents

Crown

Monarch – Elizabeth II

Federal government

Provincial governments

Lieutenant governors

Premiers

Premier of Alberta – Alison Redford
Premier of British Columbia – Christy Clark
Premier of Manitoba – Greg Selinger
Premier of New Brunswick – David Alward
Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador – Kathy Dunderdale
Premier of Nova Scotia – Darrell Dexter then Stephen McNeil
Premier of Ontario – Dalton McGuinty then Kathleen Wynne
Premier of Prince Edward Island – Robert Ghiz
Premier of Quebec – Pauline Marois
Premier of Saskatchewan – Brad Wall

Territorial governments

Commissioners

Premiers

Premier of the Northwest Territories – Bob McLeod
Premier of Nunavut – Eva Aariak then Peter Taptuna
Premier of Yukon – Darrell Pasloski

Events

January to March

January 1 – Quebec tax law changes from charging a 9.5% Quebec Sales Tax on a consumer sale plus the goods and services tax, to a 9.975% QST on just the consumer sale, having no effect to the consumer, as the GST is 5%.
January 21 – The Charbonneau Commission resumes its hearings.
February 3 – The St. Albert cheese factory in eastern Ontario is ravaged by fire. There were no injuries and the Provincial Police leads to the survey.
February 4 – The Royal Canadian Mint discontinues distribution of the penny.
February 11
* Hundreds of people demonstrated against the reform of the federal Employment Insurance in Tracadie-Sheila, New Brunswick.
* Kathleen Wynne is sworn in as premier of Ontario, following a 2013 [Ontario Liberal Party leadership election|leadership election], becoming Ontario's first female premier and Canada's first openly gay premier; the election was also the first time that two women had competed for the leadership of the party, and the first time in Canadian history that six provinces or territories have simultaneously had female premiers.
February 14 – Pastagate an incident that happens. it starts with an inspector of the Office québécois de la langue française sent a letter of warning to an upscale restaurant, Buonanotte, for using Italian words such as "pasta", "antipasti", "calamari", etc. on its menu instead of their French equivalents. The incident led to the resignation of Louise Marchand, head of the OQLF, on 8 March.
February 27 – NDP MP of Jonquière—Alma, Claude Patry crosses the floor to the Bloc Québécois.
February 28 – Seasonal workers protest against reform of federal Employment Insurance in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, while Prime Minister Stephen Harper made an appearance there to talk about the reform.
March 13 – Chris Hadfield became the first Canadian to be the master on board the International Space Station, to the successor to the American NASA Kevin Ford.
March 14 – Following controversy over campaign donations made during the 2011 election, Peter Penashue resigns as Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and as MP for Labrador to contest the seat in a by-election.
March 19 – Frank Fagan becomes Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador, replacing John Crosbie.
March 21 – A massive pileup on Alberta Highway 2 during winter storm conditions injures approximately 100 people.

April to June

April 4 to 13 – Suicide and funeral of Rehtaeh Parsons
April 10 – Child killer Allyson McConnell is deported to Australia after serving just 15 months for killing her two young sons by drowning them. The leniency in sentencing provokes outrage, with Alberta Justice Minister Jonathan Denis appealing against the sentence and promising to seek her extradition.
April 13 – The NDP leader Thomas Mulcair receives 92.3% vote of confidence in the national congress in Montreal.
April 14 – Justin Trudeau is 2013 [Liberal Party of Canada leadership election|elected] leader of the Liberal Party of Canada.
April 19 – Opening of Musée Grévin Montreal
April 26 – Edmonton Remand Centre workers walk off the job, starting a wildcat strike, in a dispute over safety deficiencies. Other union jail and court workers protested in support, in the following days.
May 5 – The Canadian Forces Naval Jack is renamed the Canadian Naval Ensign, and it swaps roles with the National Flag on Her Majesty's Canadian ships
May 13 – Liberal candidate Yvonne Jones wins the federal by-election in Labrador.
May 14 – The British Columbia Liberal Party wins its fourth straight majority in the 2013 [British Columbia general election|2013 British Columbia election]. The British Columbia New Democratic Party remains the official opposition, losing two seats, and the Green Party of British Columbia wins its first seat.
June 2
* A rail bridge crossing the Wanapitei River in the Sudbury neighbourhood of Wanup collapses, causing a train derailment and resulting in the temporary closure of Highway 537.
* Denis Coderre resigns as MP for Bourassa to 2013 [Montreal municipal election|run for Mayor of Montreal].
June 3 – The provincial government of Quebec places the city of Laval under trusteeship due to the ongoing crisis of corruption allegations against the city council at the Charbonneau Commission hearings. Florent Gagné, a former head of the Sûreté du Québec, will serve as the city's head trustee, with responsibility for reviewing and approving or rejecting all decisions made by city council.
June 5 – Radio-Canada, the French-language arm of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, announces a plan to rebrand its broadcasting services as Ici.
June 6
* Edmonton—St. Albert MP Brent Rathgeber voluntarily leaves the Conservative caucus because of what he describes as "the Government's lack of commitment to transparency and open government", one day after tabling a bill on government transparency.
* Edmonton East MP Peter Goldring rejoins the Conservative caucus after being acquitted of his 2011 charge of refusing to provide a breath sample at a traffic stop.
June 11 – Quebec's premier Pauline Marois announced her support of the Quebec Soccer Federation's ban on turbans within the federation and suggested that the CSF has no authority over provincial organizations.
June 17 – Following an investigation into allegations of municipal corruption at Quebec's Charbonneau Commission hearings, the provincial anti-corruption unit arrests and presses charges against three political figures in Montreal, including incumbent mayor Michael Applebaum, former city councillor Saulie Zajdel and a city bureaucrat.
June 18 – After just seven months in office, Michael Applebaum resigns as Mayor of Montreal after his arrest on corruption charges.
June 19–25 – Over 100,000 people in major centres in Southern Alberta are displaced due to catastrophic flooding.
June 25 – Laurent Blanchard is selected as the new Mayor of Montreal in a vote at Montreal City Council.
June 28 – After just seven months in office, Alexandre Duplessis resigns as mayor of Laval, Quebec, following allegations that he solicited prostitutes while in office.

July to September

July 2 – The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Integrated National Security Enforcement Team-led Project Souvenir concludes with the arrests of Amanda Marie Korody and John Stewart Nuttall, both of Surrey, BC, on numerous terrorism-related criminal charges.
July 3 – Martine Beaugrand is selected as the new mayor of Laval, Quebec, following the resignation of Alexandre Duplessis on June 28.
July 6 – A 73-car freight train carrying crude oil derails in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, catching fire and exploding, killing 47.
July 8 – The Minister of Public Safety Vic Toews resigns as Minister and as MP for Provencher, citing a desire to spend more time with his family.
July 31 – Former interim Liberal leader and Toronto Centre MP Bob Rae resigns to become First Nations negotiator in the Northern Ontario Ring of Fire mining development.
August 3 – An African rock python snake escaped a pet store in Campbellton, New Brunswick, went through the HVAC system and eventually suffocated two children sleeping in an adjacent apartment.
August 22 – For the second anniversary of his death, a bronze life-sized statue of Jack Layton on a tandem bike is unveiled at the Toronto Island ferry terminal in Toronto, simultaneously with the terminal being renamed "Jack Layton Ferry Terminal" in his honour.
August 31
* Merv Tweed resigns as MP for Brandon—Souris to become President of OmniTRAX Canada.
* Jerry Dias is elected the first president of the new Unifor labour union, a merger between the Canadian Auto Workers and the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada.
September 12 – Maria Mourani, Bloc Québécois MP for Ahuntsic, is expelled from caucus due to comments she made against the Quebec Charter of Values proposed by the Parti Québécois government of Pauline Marois.
September 18 – Six people are killed in Ottawa in 2013 [Ottawa bus–train crash|a collision] between a Via Rail train and a double-decker OC Transpo bus.
September 26 – Peterborough MP Dean Del Mastro leaves the Conservative caucus after being charged with breaking campaign rules during the 2008 election.

October to December

October 8 – 2013 [Nova Scotia general election]. Nova Scotia elects a majority Liberal government led by Stephen McNeil. The Progressive Conservatives take second place to form the official opposition and the NDP are relegated to third party from a previous majority government.
October 9 – Two personnel branches of the Canadian Armed Forces are renamed: Canadian Forces Medical Service to Royal Canadian Medical Service and Canadian Forces Dental Services to Royal Canadian Dental Corps.
October 13 – Scott Jones, a gay resident of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, is left paraplegic after being stabbed in an anti-gay attack.
October 17 – The RCMP enforce an injunction in Rexton, New Brunswick, resulting in a violent confrontation at a blockade site protesting shale gas exploration. At least 40 people were arrested and five police cars caught fire.
October 18 – The Government of Canada signs a tentative free trade agreement with the European Union.
October 22 – Stephen McNeil is sworn in as premier of Nova Scotia, following a general election.
October 28 – 2013 Nunavut general election
November 5 – Senators Patrick Brazeau, Mike Duffy, and Pamela Wallin's salaries are suspended after accusations of inappropriate expense claims in the Senate expenses scandal.
November 6 – Conservative MP Ted Menzies resigns as MP for Macleod.
November 15 – The Legislative Assembly of Nunavut chooses Peter Taptuna as its premier.
November 25 – 41st Canadian Parliament#Cancelled October 19, 2015 by-elections|Federal by-election] in Bourassa, Brandon—Souris, Provencher and Toronto Centre
November 30 – The oldest airfield in Canada, Edmonton City Centre (Blatchford Field) Airport, closes.
December 13 – Thunder Bay—Superior North MP Bruce Hyer, who had left the NDP in 2012 to sit as an independent, joins the Green Party of Canada.
December 20 – The Supreme Court of Canada unanimously strikes down prostitution-related laws.

Sport

January 6 – The 2012–13 NHL lockout ends, and the regular season starts January 19.
January 13–20 – 2013 Canadian Figure Skating Championships – Mississauga, Ontario
February 16–24 – 2013 Scotties Tournament of Hearts – Kingston, Ontario
March 2–10 – 2013 Tim Hortons Brier – Edmonton, Alberta
March 10–17 – 2013 World Figure Skating Championships – London, Ontario
April 2–9 – 2013 IIHF Women's World Championship – Ottawa, Ontario
May 6 – CFL draft">Canadian Football League">CFL draft
May 26 – The Halifax Mooseheads win their first Memorial Cup by defeating the Portland Winterhawks 6 to 4. The tournament was played at the Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon
June 9 – 2013 Canadian Grand Prix
August 2–17 2013 Canada Summer Games – Sherbrooke, Quebec
August 8–18 – 2013 Men's Pan American Cup, Brampton, Ontario
August 10–18 – Canada at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow, Russia
November 23 - The Laval Rouge et Or win their eighth Memorial Cup by defeating the Calgary Dinos in the 49th Vanier Cup played at [PEPS Stadium|Telus-Université Laval Stadium] in Quebec City
November 24 – The Saskatchewan Roughriders win their fourth Grey Cup by defeating the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 45 to 23 in the 101st Grey Cup played at Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field in Regina. Regina's own Chris Getzlaf was awarded the game's Most Valuable Canadian
December 1–8 – 2013 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials – Winnipeg, Manitoba
December 12 – 2013 CFL Expansion Draft, Ottawa, Ontario

Deaths in 2013

January

January 2 – Wren Blair, 87, hockey coach and manager .
January 3 – Ted Godwin, 79, artist.
January 4 – Murray Henderson, 91, hockey player .
January 5
* Joseph-Aurèle Plourde, 97, Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Ottawa .
* Claude Préfontaine, 79, actor.
January 6 – Dalia Wood, 88, senator
January 7
* Kent Abbott, 32, rock musician .
* Louise Laurin, 77, educator and activist.
January 8 – Kenojuak Ashevak, 85, Inuk artist.
January 9 – John Wise, 77, politician, MP for Elgin ; Minister of Agriculture .
January 10 – Daniel McCarthy, 86, television producer .
January 12
* William Andrew MacKay, 83, academic, President of Dalhousie University .
* Harold Crowchild, 97, Tsuu T'ina elder and soldier, last Treaty 7 World War II veteran.
* Chuck Dalton, 85, basketball player, member of Olympic team .
January 14 – Conrad Bain, 89, actor .
January 15
* Maurice Camyré, 97, Olympic boxer.
* Robert Gordon Robertson, 95, civil servant and 7th Commissioner of the Northwest Territories.
* Yuli Turovsky, 73, Russian-born conductor and cellist .
January 16
* Gerry Brisson, 75, professional ice hockey
* Jake Froese, 87, former federal Member of Parliament for Niagara Falls and former Lord Mayor of Niagara-on-the-Lake
* Kroum Pindoff, 97, Greek-born businessman and philanthropist.
January 19 – Harold Marshall, 94, military
January 20
* Richard Garneau, 82, sports journalist.
* John Melville Turner, 90, politician.
January 23
* Lucien Paiement, 80, politician, Mayor of Laval.
* Susan Douglas Rubeš, 87, Austrian-born actress and producer
* Frank Zakem, 82, politician and businessman.
January 24 – Jim Wallwork, 93, British-born World War II glider pilot.
January 25
* Martial Asselin, 88, 25th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec.
* Normand Corbeil, 56, composer .
* John Wood, 62, Olympic canoeist.
January 26 – Daurene Lewis, 68, politician, nation's first black female mayor.
January 27 – Gérard Dufresne, 95 or 94, politician and military officer
January 30 – Diane Marleau, 69, former Member of Parliament and cabinet minister.

February

February 2 – Jack Singer, 95, businessman and philanthropist.
February 4 – Achilla Orru, 53, Uganda-born blind musician
February 6 – Arthé Guimond, 81, Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Grouard-McLennan .
February 9
* Gérard Asselin, 62, politician and former MP for Charlevoix and Manicouagan .
* Bill Irwin, 92, Olympic skier.
February 12 – Marion Bryden, 94, politician.
February 15 – John A. MacNaughton, 67, financier and executive, Hodgkin's lymphoma.
February 16 – Claudette Boyer, 75, politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Ottawa—Vanier, intercranial hemorrhage.
February 17 – André Gingras, 46, dancer and choreographer, cancer.
February 18 – Craig McKinley, 48, physician and aquanaut .
February 19
* Eugene Whelan, 88, politician, MP for Essex South, for Essex, Senator for SW Ontario, stroke complications.
* Martin Wilk, 90, statistician.
February 20 – Jean Gauthier, 75, ice hockey player .
February 24
* Roy Brown Jr., 96, car design engineer, complications of Parkinson's disease and pneumonia.
* John Driftmier, 30, television director, plane crash.
* Alexis Nihon II, 67, real estate businessman, Olympic wrestler for The Bahamas, cancer.
February 25 – Herb Epp, 78, politician, MPP of the Ontario Legislature for Waterloo North .
February 26
* James Ferguson, 86, politician.
* William Perehudoff, 94, painter.
February 27 – Doreen Kimura, 79 or 80, psychologist who was professor at Simon Fraser University

March

March 3
* Nick Ternette, German-born politician and political activist
* George Wearring, 84, basketball player
March 4 – Michael D. Moore, 98, film director, second unit director and silent-era child actor, heart failure.
March 5 – Toren Smith, 52, manga publisher and translator.
March 6
* Stompin' Tom Connors, 77, country singer-songwriter.
* Alan Pfeifer, 86, American-born CFL football player .
March 7
* Max Ferguson, 89, radio broadcaster.
* Elmar Tampõld, 92, Estonian architect
March 9 – Aasia Begum, 61, Pakistani-born actress
March 10 – Jim Anderson, 82, ice hockey player and coach .
March 11 – Doug Christie, 66, lawyer and free speech activist, liver cancer.
March 14 –
* Walter Buck, 82, politician, Alberta MLA for Clover Bar, stomach cancer.
* Paul Rose, 69, political figure, leader of PDS, convicted kidnapper and murderer, stroke.
March 15 – Shannon Larratt, 39, editor and publisher .
March 17 – Jean-Noël Lavoie, 85, politician.
March 18 – Frank D. Selke, Jr., 83, ice hockey executive .
March 19 – Larry Gordon, 74, ice hockey general manager .
March 21 – Yvan Ducharme, 75, humorist and actor, COPD.
March 23 – Joe Weider, 93, bodybuilder and publisher, co-founder of the International Federation of BodyBuilders, founder of Muscle & Fitness, heart ailment.

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March 26
* Léonce Bernard, 69, 26th Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island and the third Island Acadian to hold this position.
* Wayne Fleming, 62, ice hockey coach, brain cancer.
March 27
* Yvonne Brill, 88, aerospace engineer, National Medal of Technology and Innovation, complications from breast cancer.
* Alfredo De Gasperis, 79, Italian-born developer, and contractor
March 29
* Brian Huggins, 81, British-born journalist and actor .
* Ralph Klein, 70, politician, 12th Premier of Alberta, MLA for Calgary-Elbow, COPD and dementia.
* Art Phillips, 82, politician, MP for Vancouver Centre, Mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia .
March 30 – Peter Kormos, 60, former Ontario MPP for Niagara Centre and Welland.

April

April 1
* Marjorie Anthony Linden, 77, television producer and media executive.
* Kildare Dobbs, 89, Indian-born short story and travel writer, multiple organ failure.
April 3
* Robert Elgie, 84, politician, MPP for York East, heart failure.
* Graham Lea, 79, broadcaster and politician, British Columbia MLA for Prince Rupert .
April 4
* Fergy Brown, 90, Scottish-born politician, Mayor of York .
April 6 – Johnny Esaw, 87, sports broadcaster, pulmonary failure.
April 8
* Greg Kramer, 51, British-born writer.
* Ronald Osborne, 66, British-born businessman, Chairman of Postmedia Network, Sun Life Financial, CEO of Maclean-Hunter .

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April 10 – George Hunter, 92, documentary photographer.
April 11 – Shorty Jenkins, 77, curling icemaker.
April 13 – Edwin G. Pulleyblank, 90, sinologist and linguist.
April 14 – A. S. A. Harrison, 65, writer and artist, cancer.
April 15 – Richard Collins, 66, actor, heart attack.
April 16
* Pentti Lund, 87, Finnish-born ice hockey player, after short illness.
* Rita MacNeil, 68, country and folk singer
* George Beverly Shea, 104, gospel music singer, after brief illness.
April 17 – Deanna Durbin, singer and actress
April 21
* Gerard Amerongen, 98, politician and lawyer.
* Morley Byron Bursey, 101, diplomat
April 22 – Clément Marchand, 100, poet and journalist.
April 23 – Lawrence Morley, 93, geophysicist.
April 29 – Mike McMahon, Jr., 71, ice hockey player.
April 30 – Shirley Firth, 59, Gwich'in Olympic skier .

May

May 1 – Martin Kevan, 66, Kenyan-born film and voice actor and author, cancer.
May 2
* Roddy Blackjack, 86, Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation elder and chief, architect of Yukon Land Claims agreement.
* Boris Elik, 83, ice hockey player.
May 5 – Greg Quill, 66, Australian-born roots musician and entertainment critic .
May 6
* Michelangelo Spensieri, 64, Italian-born politician and lawyer.
* Tim Bosma, 32, murder victim
May 7 – Mairuth Sarsfield, 88, broadcaster and author .
May 8 – Bill Langstroth, 81, country music producer, inducted into Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame .
May 9 – Huguette Oligny, 91, theatre actress.
May 11 – Doug Finley, 66, politician, Senator for Ontario, Campaign Director during the 2006 and 2008 elections, colorectal cancer.
May 12 – Peter Worthington, 86, journalist and editor-in-chief .
May 13 – Lynne Woolstencroft, 69, former mayor of Waterloo, Ontario
May 14
* Ray Guy, 74, humorist, writer and journalist, cancer.
* Dave Lyon, 74, Olympic track and field coach .
May 16
* Geoffrey Gowan, 83, British-born sports broadcaster and sport executive, Parkinson's disease.
* Bryan Illerbrun, 56, football player .
* Nora McDermott, 85, basketball player, volleyball player, coach and physical education teacher
May 17 – Elijah Harper, 64, Cree politician and band chief, Manitoba MLA for Rupertsland ; MP for Churchill, heart failure.
May 19
* Robin Harrison, 80, English-born pianist and composer, heart attack.
* Neil Reynolds, 72, newspaper editor, cancer.
May 20 – Billy Dawe, 88, ice hockey player
May 23 – Epy Guerrero, 71, Dominican-born Major League Baseball scout.
May 29
* Henry Morgentaler, 90, Polish-born physician, abortion advocate, Holocaust survivor, heart attack.
* William Earl Reid, 78, politician, British Columbia MLA for Surrey and Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale, cancer.

June

June 1
* Frank Dempsey, 88, American-born football player.
* James Kelleher, 82, politician, MP for Sault Ste. Marie, member of Senate of Canada, heart failure.
* Ian P. Howard, 85, psychologist and researcher in visual perception
* Jane Purves, 63, politician and newspaper editor, Nova Scotia MLA for Halifax Citadel, cancer.
June 2
* Mario Bernardi, 82, conductor and composer
* Marco Frascari, 68, Italian-born architect.
June 3
* Howard Grief, 60, lawyer
* Chris Levoir, 31, musician .
June 4 – Gaston Isabelle, 92, politician, MP for Hull electoral district
June 8
* Paul Cellucci, 65, American-born politician and diplomat, Ambassador to Canada, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
* Kyle Miller, 31, lacrosse player, cancer.
* Philip White, 90, mayor of the borough of York, Ontario
June 12 – Laslo Babits, 55, Olympic javelin thrower .
June 14 – Rod Bushie, 60, Anishinaabe elder, Grand Chief of Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, lung cancer.
June 16 – D. M. Schurman, 88, historian.
June 17 – Pierre F. Côté, 85, civil servant, Chief Electoral Officer of Quebec .
June 18
* Vernon Fougère, 70, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Charlottetown .
* Garde Gardom, 88, politician, British Columbia MLA for Vancouver-Point Grey, Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia .
* Brian P. Goodman, civil servant, Chair of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada.
June 24 – Andy Scott, 58, former federal Member of Parliament
June 29 – Jack Gotta, 83, American-born CFL and WFL football player, coach and general manager .

July

July 2
* Armand Gaudreault, 91, ice hockey player .
* Paul Lorieau, 71, national anthem singer and optometrist, cancer.
July 3 – Peter Torokvei, 62, actor, producer and screenwriter.
July 4 – Tony Licari, 92, ice hockey player.
July 5
* James McCoubrey, 111, supercentenarian
* Daniel Wegner, 65, social psychologist
July 9 – Gaétan Soucy, 54, novelist, heart attack.
July 13 – Cory Monteith, 31, actor
July 16 – Alex Colville, 92, artist
July 18 – Peter Appleyard, 84, British-born jazz musician and composer, natural causes.
July 19
* Paul Côté, 69, Olympic sailor .
* Newton Tattrie, 82, professional wrestler.
July 20 – Augustus Rowe, 92, physician and politician, Newfoundland and Labrador MLA for Carbonear, Health Minister.
July 25 – Nic Gotham, 53, jazz saxophonist and composer.
July 27 – Sammy Yatim, 18, murder victim
July 29
* William F. Bell, 74, politician, mayor of Richmond Hill, Ontario .
* Rocky Jones, 71, social activist, heart attack.
July 30
* Harry Smith, 94, American-born football player and coach .
* Irene Uchida, 96, scientist and Down syndrome researcher.

August

August 4 – Charles-Omer Valois, 89, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Saint-Jérôme .
August 5
* Shawn Burr, 47, ice hockey player, complications from fall.
* Willie Dunn, 71, Mi'kmaq folk singer, film maker, songwriter and First Nations activist.
August 7
* Paul Mercier, 89, politician, MP for Blainville—Deux-Montagnes and Terrebonne—Blainville .
* Anthony Pawson, 60, British-born genetic researcher, expert in cell communication.
August 8 – Les Ascott, 91, football player .
August 10 – Haji, 67, actress .
August 13 – Paul O'Neill, 84, actor, writer, historian and broadcaster .
August 15 –
* August Schellenberg, 77, actor
* Robert R. Taylor, 73, wildlife photographer, cancer.
August 16 – Roy Bonisteel, 83, journalist
August 23 – Red Burns, 88, academic.

September

September 4
* Jules Paivio, 97, cartographer and teacher, last surviving Canadian veteran of the Spanish Civil War.
* Michel Pagé, 63, politician.
September 7 – Barry Smith, 58, ice hockey player .
September 8 – Don Reichert, 81, artist.
September 10
* Glen Skov, 82, ice hockey player .
* Jack Vance, 80, army general.
September 13 – Jimmy Herman, 72, actor .
September 14 – Phil A. Iafrati, 66, English–born Canadian soccer coach, multiple myeloma.
September 16 – Howard Sheppard, 79, politician.
September 17 – Larry Lake, 70, American–born broadcaster and musician.
September 18
* Arthur Lamothe, 84, French–born film director and producer.
* Donald Low, 68, microbiologist, key figure in Toronto SARS outbreak, brain cancer.
September 20 – Jim Charlton, 102, coin dealer and numismatic publisher.
September 21 – Michel Brault, 85, film director.
September 22
* David H. Hubel, 87, neurologist, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine .
* Dave Nichol, 73, Loblaws product marketer
* Howard Riopelle, 91, ice hockey player.
September 25 – Bennet Wong, 83, psychiatrist.
September 26 – Denis Brodeur, 82, Olympic bronze-medalist ice hockey player and photographer.
September 29 – Roy Peterson, 77, editorial cartoonist.

October

October 5 – Fred Mifflin, 75, politician and naval officer, MP for Bonavista—Trinity—Conception .
October 8
* Paul Desmarais, 86, businessman.
* Metro Prystai, 85, ice hockey player, triple Stanley Cup winner .
October 12 – Michelle Madoff, 85, politician, member of the Pittsburgh City Council .
October 16 – Bruno Bonamigo, 48, television director, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
October 17
* Arthur Maxwell House, 87, politician, lieutenant-governor of Newfoundland and Labrador .
* Rene Simpson, 47, former professional tennis player, brain cancer.
October 18 – Allan Stanley, 87, Hall of Fame ice hockey player.
October 25 – Paul Reichmann, 83, Austria-born businessman and real estate mogul .
October 30 – Leo Gravelle, 88, ice hockey player.
October 31 – Murray Cardiff, 79, politician.

November

November 1 – Eugène Rhéaume, 80, politician, MP for Northwest Territories .
November 4
* Betty Hill, 76, politician.
* Ray Willsey, 85, football player and coach.
November 11 – William Fyfe, 86, New Zealand-born geologist.
November 12 – Steve Rexe, 66, ice hockey player.
November 14 – Reg Sinclair, 88, ice hockey player .
November 16 – William McDonough Kelly, 88, politician, Senator.
November 18 – Peter Wintonick, 60, documentary filmmaker, cholangiocarcinoma.
November 20 – Hellmuth Wolff, 76, Swiss–born organ builder.
November 21 – Maurice Vachon, 84, professional wrestler, best known by his ring name "Mad Dog" Vachon. .
November 23 – Connie Broden, 81, ice hockey player .
November 24 – Lou Hyndman, 78, politician, Alberta provincial minister.

December

December 5 – John Alan Lee, sociologist
December 29 or December 30 – Christopher Peloso, husband of former Ontario deputy premier George Smitherman found dead
December 31 – Jim Coutts, political advisor