2023 in Canada

Events from the year 2023 in Canada.

Incumbents

The Crown

Monarch – Charles III

Federal government

Provincial governments

Lieutenant Governors

Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Salma Lakhani
Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Janet Austin
Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Anita Neville
Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Brenda Murphy
Newfoundland and Labrador">Newfoundland (island)">Newfoundland and Labrador – Judy Foote ; then Joan Marie Aylward
Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Arthur LeBlanc
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Elizabeth Dowdeswell ; then Edith Dumont
Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Antoinette Perry
Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – J. Michel Doyon
Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Russell Mirasty

Premiers

Premier of Alberta – Danielle Smith
Premier of British Columbia – David Eby
Premier of Manitoba – Heather Stefanson ; then Wab Kinew
Premier of New Brunswick – Blaine Higgs
Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador – Andrew Furey
Premier of Nova Scotia – Tim Houston
Premier of Ontario – Doug Ford
Premier of Prince Edward Island – Dennis King
Premier of Quebec – François Legault
Premier of Saskatchewan – Scott Moe

Territorial governments

Commissioners

Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Margaret Thom
Commissioner of Nunavut – Eva Aariak
Commissioner of Yukon – Angélique Bernard ; then Adeline Webber

Premiers

Premier of Northwest Territories – Caroline Cochrane ; then R.J. Simpson
Premier of Nunavut – P.J. Akeeagok
Premier of Yukon – Sandy Silver ; then Ranj Pillai

Events

January

January 1 – Canada enacts a law prohibiting foreigners, except for immigrants and permanent residents, from acquiring residential areas in the country for two years in response to a real-estate bubble.
January 10 – CF Montréal Reserve sacks Sandro Grande as head coach, after backlash over comments Grande made on Twitter following the attempted assassination of Quebec premier Pauline Marois.
January 18 – Defence Minister Anita Anand announces that the country is donating 200 Senator APCs to Ukraine to aid them during the war.
January 21 – The government agreed to pay billion to settle a class-action lawsuit regarding compensation for the effects of residential schools to First Nations.
January 26:
* Anand announces that Canada is sending four Leopard 2A4 tanks to Ukraine, the first Canadian tanks sent to the country. This move comes a day after Germany and the United States reversed their initial hesitations and announced a shipment of tanks to Ukraine as well.
* Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appointed Amira Elghawaby as Canada's first special representative on combatting Islamophobia for a four-year term. Her appointment was not only criticized by the Quebec government and the Parti Québécois, but they also called for her to resign due to remarks she said about Quebecers in 2019.

February

February 2 – In response to Chinese balloon incident|a detected Chinese balloon flying over Canadian and American airspace], Cong Peiwu, the Chinese ambassador to Canada, was summoned by officials, while the Canadian Armed Forces said in a statement that the incident posed no danger to Canadians. The balloon was shot down two days later off the coast of the U.S. state of South Carolina by a missile.
February 8 – A man crashed a bus into a daycare in Laval, Quebec, killing two children and injuring six others. The man, identified to be 51-year-old Pierre Ny St-Amand, was arrested.
February 11 – 2023 [Yukon high-altitude object]: Justin Trudeau orders the takedown of an unidentified object over Yukon, which is later shot down by a United States Air Force F-22 Raptor using a AIM-9X Sidewinder. The Canadian Armed Forces is deployed to collect and analyze the object.
February 13 – At least twelve people are injured in an explosion at a construction site in Ottawa.
February 18–March 5 – The 2023 Canada Winter Games are held in Prince Edward Island.
February 27–March 5 – The 2023 World Junior Figure Skating Championships are held in Calgary, Alberta.
February 28 – Canada bans social media platform TikTok from all government-issued devices, citing "an unacceptable level of risk to privacy and security" from the Chinese-owned app.

March

March 12: The Parti Québécois PQ held a leadership confidence vote. PQ party leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon broke a record for the PQ votes of confidence, with 98.51% support.
March 13:
* The Juno Awards of 2023 are held in Edmonton, Alberta.
* Guillaume Cliche-Rivard from Québec solidaire is elected in the 2023 Saint-Henri—Sainte-Anne provincial by-election.
* A 2023 [Amqui truck attack|pickup truck hit eleven pedestrians] in Amqui, Quebec, killing three and injuring eight. The driver was arrested after attempting to flee the scene.
March 16 – 2023 [Old Montreal fire|A fire kills seven people] in Old Montreal. The fire prompts a crackdown on illegal short-term housing rentals in Quebec.
March 26 – Janine Gibson wins the 2023 Green Party of Manitoba leadership election.

April

April 3 – The 2023 [Prince Edward Island general election] is held. The Progressive Conservative Party under Dennis King won a majority government.
April 5–16 – The 2023 IIHF Women's World Championship is held in Brampton, Ontario.
April 5
*2023 Canada ice storm: Two people are killed and over a million people are without power after an ice storm strikes Ontario and Quebec.
*Quebec Minister of Education Bernard Drainville announces plans to ban prayer rooms in all provincial public schools.
April 9 – The 2023 Canadian Ringette Championships are held in Regina, Saskatchewan. National champions are decided in U16, U19, and National Ringette League divisions.
April 17 – Over $20 million worth of gold and other high-value items are stolen at the Toronto Pearson International Airport.
April 19–May 3 – 2023 Canadian federal worker strike.
April 27 – The Online Streaming Act receives royal assent, officially amending the Broadcasting Act and other related acts.
April 29 – The Toronto Maple Leafs win a playoff series for the first time since 2004.

May

May 6 – Coronation of [Charles III and Camilla|Coronation] of Charles III as King of Canada and the other Commonwealth realms.
May 8 – Canada expels Zhao Wei, a Chinese diplomat based in Toronto, from Canada, after Wei was accused of intimidating a Canadian opposition legislator critical of Beijing. The legislator Wei was accused of intimidating was reported to be Conservative MP Michael Chong. In response to Canada's expulsion of Wei, China listed Jennifer Lynn Lalonde, Canadian Consul in Shanghai, as persona non grata, where she would be expelled by May 13.
May 9 – Quebec's premier Francois Legault comes out opposed to a plan by Century Initiative lobby group which wants to increase immigration in Canada, saying that "it constitutes a threat to Quebec".
May 24 – Canada and Saudi Arabia agree to restore full diplomatic relations after a breakdown in relations in 2018 over the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi.
May 29
* The 2023 Alberta general election is held, with Danielle Smith and the United Conservative Party retaining a reduced majority government.
* Paul Bernardo is transferred from Millhaven Institution, a maximum security prison in Ontario, to La Macaza Institution, a medium security prison in Quebec. The transfer caused controversy.

June

June 6 – Out-of-control wildfires burn in nearly every single province and territory. By the end of the season, which began early and ended late, 184,493 square kilometres burned in Canada, the equivalent of nearly 1.5 times the size of the Maritime Provinces.
June 8 – Smoke from several wildfires in Ontario and Québec cause an eery orange sky in New York City sparking "Eh!POCALYPSE NOW" and "BLAME CANADA!" headlines on the cover of the New York Post.
June 11 – Nick Taylor becomes the first Canadian citizen to win the Canadian Open since 1954.
June 15 – A vehicle collision between a handi-transit bus and a semi-truck occurs on the Trans-Canada Highway near Carberry, Manitoba, killing 17 seniors and injuring 8 others.
June 18
* Titan, a submersible carrying five people, goes missing in the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland. The submersible imploded, killing everyone in it.
* Canada reaches the 2023 CONCACAF Nations League final, their first final in a CONCACAF tournament since the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup. However, they lose to the United States 2–0.
June 19 – 44th Canadian Parliament|Federal by-elections] are held in:
* Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount federal by-election|Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount]
* Oxford federal by-election|Oxford]
* Portage—Lisgar federal by-election|Portage—Lisgar]
* Winnipeg South Centre federal by-election|Winnipeg South Centre]
June 24 – Provincial by-elections in British Columbia are held in:
* Langford-Juan de Fuca provincial by-election|Langford-Juan de Fuca]
* Vancouver-Mount Pleasant provincial by-election|Vancouver-Mount Pleasant]
June 26 – Olivia Chow wins the 2023 Toronto mayoral by-election, becoming the first visible minority person and the first woman to lead the city post-amalgamation.
June 28 – A professor and two students are stabbed during a gender issues philosophy class at the University of Waterloo.

July

July 2 – A ban on the testing of cosmetic products on animals is imposed by the government.
July 5 – The Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrests Patrick Gordon Macdonald, the chief propagandist for neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division, and charges him on three counts of terrorism.
July 24 – 2023 [Calgary Heritage federal by-election] is held.
July 27: Provincial by-elections in Ontario are held in:
* Kanata-Carleton
* Scarborough-Guildwood

August

August 23 – Saskatchewan follows New Brunswick's Policy 713 changes and implements a policy that requires parental consent when students under 16 years old wish to change their gender pronouns.

September

September 2 – Canadian Indian residential school gravesites: During four weeks over the summer of 2023, the Pine Creek First Nation team sent to the site performed an excavation of some of the anomalies, but found no human remains.
September 7–17 – 2023 Toronto International Film Festival.
September 9 – At the Conservative Party of Canada 2023 policy convention, delegates voted 69%-31% to ban under 18 year olds from having gender-affirming care such as surgical interventions.
September 10 – Canada wins bronze after defeating the United States 127–118 in overtime at the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup, their first medal in the event.
September 14–21 – 2023 Atlantic International Film Festival.
September 16–24 – 2023 Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival.
September 18 – 2023 India-Canada diplomatic crisis: The Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau stated that Canadian intelligence has identified a credible link between the Hardeep Singh Nijjar murder and the Indian government and that he had brought this up to his counterpart Narendra Modi at the 2023 G20 New Delhi summit, calling on India to cooperate with Canada in investigating the murder. In response to the alleged killing, the Canadian foreign minister Mélanie Joly ordered the expulsion of a top Indian diplomat in Canada named Pavan Kumar Rai, who headed the operations of the Research and Analysis Wing, India's external intelligence agency, in Canada.
September 20 – Ford Motor Company and the auto workers union Unifor reach a deal which averts a labor strike. The deal is predicted to influence the resolution of the American United Auto Workers' strike against the big three major American auto makers.
September 21–October 1 – 2023 Calgary International Film Festival.
September 22 – Yaroslav Hunka, a Ukrainian-Canadian World War II veteran of the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician), was in the House of Commons. He had been invited by Anthony Rota, the House of Commons (Canada)|speaker of the House of Commons]. Rota recognized Hunka's presence and praised him. Hunka received a standing ovation. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy was there and took part in the standing ovation. The event was controversial. Within the next several days, Rota apologized and resigned.
September 28–October 8 – 2023 Vancouver International Film Festival.

October

October 2 – 2023 Jean-Talon provincial by-election.
October 3 – The 2023 Manitoba general election is held, resulting in Wab Kinew and the Manitoba New Democratic Party winning a majority government.
October 13–15 – The 2023 [Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador leadership election] was held. Tony Wakeham is chosen leader, on the second ballot.
October 19 – Canada withdraws 41 diplomats from India due to India's decision to revoke the diplomats' immunity following the death of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
October 29 – In Ottawa, a pro-Palestinian protest is held calling for the Canadian government to help push for a ceasefire to the Gaza war.
October 31 – Joan Kingston, Rodger Cuzner, Réjean Aucoin, Krista Ann Ross, John M. McNair are appointed to the Senate of Canada.

November

November 14 – The 2023 Northwest Territories general election is held.
November 19 – The 110th Grey Cup in Hamilton, Ontario, was won by the Montreal Alouettes, 28–24, against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
November 21 – The first of a series of province-wide strikes during the 2023 Quebec public sector strikes.
November 22 – A single car crashed and exploded approaching the Rainbow Bridge border crossing in Niagara Falls, New York, killing its two occupants. Canada–United States border and related security was briefly heightened. Contrary to some initial public concerns about terrorism, investigation soon determined the likely cause was driver recklessness.

December

December 2 – Bonnie Crombie wins the 2023 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election.
December 7 – Cindy Woodhouse is elected as national chief of the Assembly of First Nations.
December 28 – Mary Simon announces 78 new appointments to the Order of Canada.

Deaths

January

January 1 – Bobby Rivard, ice hockey player
January 5
* Martin Fabi, Hungarian-born football player
* Michael Snow, filmmaker and artist
January 8 – Harold Martens, rancher, farmer, and politician
January 9 – George S. Zimbel, American-Canadian documentary photographer
January 12
* Robbie Bachman, drummer
* Mike Cardinal, member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
January 13 – Peter W. Hutchins, lawyer
January 14 – David Onley, broadcaster, author, and the 28th lieutenant governor of Ontario
January 15 – Gino Odjick, ice hockey player
January 16
* Ann Thomas Callahan, nurse
* Alan Glass, multidisciplinary artist and teacher
January 17
* Leon Dubinsky, actor, theatre director, and composer
* Robert Simmonds, police officer and commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
January 18 – William Frank, politician
January 19 – Illya Woloshyn, actor
January 20 – Marvin Nash, Olympic sprinter
January 21
* David Howard, Olympic sailor
* René Laurin, politician
January 25
* Noah Cowan, executive director of SFFILM and artistic director of TIFF Bell Lightbox
* Pamela Anne Gordon, model
January 27
* Bob Chrystal, ice hockey player
* David Rimmer, filmmaker
* Floyd Sneed, drummer
January 28
* Eva Kushner, Czechoslovak-born academic
* Viola Léger, American-born actress and politician
* Landon Pearson, politician and children's rights advocate
January 29
* Hazel McCallion, businesswoman, politician, and Mayor of Mississauga
* George R. Robertson, actor
January 30 – Bobby Hull, ice hockey player

February

February 1 – Terence Dickinson, astrophotographer and amateur astronomer
February 2
* Fred, groundhog whose behaviour was used to predict weather on Groundhog Day
* Trevor Boys, race car driver
* Lanny Poffo, American-Canadian professional wrestler, motivational speaker, poet, and actor
February 5
* Roslyn Swartzman, printmaker, painter, and sculptor
* Kaye Vaughan, American-born football player
February 6 – Carole Laganière, documentary filmmaker
February 7 – Mendelson Joe, singer-songwriter, guitarist, painter, and political activist
February 10 – Ben Steinberg, composer, conductor, and music educator
February 12 – Billy Two Rivers, professional wrestler, actor, and chief of the Mohawks of Kahnawà:ke
February 13
* Guido Basso, jazz musician
* Nadine Girault, politician
February 15 – Paul Jerrard, ice hockey player and coach
February 16 – Helen Fogwill Porter, writer, educator, and activist
February 17 – Don Blackburn, ice hockey player
February 18 – Peter Herrndorf, Dutch-born lawyer and media businessman
February 23 – Andrée Desautels, musician, musicologist, and music educator
February 25 – Gordon Pinsent, actor

March

March 1 – Wally Fawkes, British-Canadian jazz clarinettist and satirical cartoonist
March 6 – Ken Money, astronaut, scientist, and Olympic high jumper
March 7 – J. A. W. Gunn, political philosopher
March 8 – Richard A. N. Bonnycastle, businessman
March 10 – William R. C. Blundell, businessman
March 13
* Terry Grier, politician, lecturer, and university administrator
* Glen Weir, football player
March 14 – Louisette Dussault, actress and writer
March 16
* Sharon Acker, actress and model
* Claude Fournier, filmmaker
* Helen Vari, Czechoslovak-born philanthropist
March 17 – Pierre Michaud, lawyer and judge
March 20
* Dave Gardner, ice hockey player
* Al Horning, politician
March 21 – Charles E. Bastien, animation director
March 24
* Bruce Sinclair, politician and Mayor of Etobicoke
* Mel Semenko, football player
* William D. Coleman, political scientist
March 26 – Paul Schmidt, homicide victim
March 27 – Jocelyn Morlock, composer and music educator

April

April 1
* Ken Girard, ice hockey player
* Red Robinson, disc jockey
April 2 – Greg Francis, Olympic basketball player and coach
April 8 – Matt Baldwin, curler
April 10 – Raymond Sawada, ice hockey player
April 11 – Alan Herbert, politician and activist
April 14 – Marilyn Ruth Take, figure skater
April 19 – Luc Portelance, police officer and civil servant
April 22 – Ron Cahute, musician
April 24 – Tarek Fatah, Pakistani-Canadian journalist and author
April 26 – Michel Biron, politician
April 28 – Tim Bachman, musician

May

May 1 – Gordon Lightfoot, musician
May 5
* Bruce McCall, author and illustrator
* Brian McKenna, documentary film director
May 6 – Marc Lalonde, politician
May 7
* Byrna Barclay, writer and editor
* Vic Stasiuk, ice hockey player and coach
May 8 – Robert L. Peters, graphic designer and educator
May 9 – Eric McCormack, Scottish-born author
May 10
* Mike Feldman, politician
* Ian Hacking, philosopher
May 12 – Gerry Hart, ice hockey player
May 14 – Samantha Weinstein, actress
May 15
* Deborra Hope, journalist, anchor, and producer for CHAN-DT
* Ron Northcott, curler
May 16
* Frédéric Bastien, author, historian, and journalist
* Dorothy Knowles, visual artist
May 18 – Albert Bregman, academic and psychologist
May 20 – Marv Edwards, ice hockey player
May 21 – C. Donald Bateman, electrical engineer and the inventor of the ground proximity warning system
May 22 – Daniel Brooks, theatre director, actor, and playwright
May 25 – Robert William Bradford, aviation artist
May 29 – Michel Côté, actor
May 30 – Lou Marcon, ice hockey player

June

June 2
* Willie Marshall, ice hockey player
* Reno Salvail, artist, photographer, and author
June 8 – Louis LeBel, jurist
June 9 – Floyd Martin, ice hockey player
June 10 – Eric Kokish, bridge player, writer, and coach
June 11 – Rob Young, sound engineer
June 15 – Patrick Guzman, Canadian-Filipino actor
June 18
* Sheldon Bergstrom, actor
* Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Indian-born activist and advocate for the creation of a separate Sikh state out of India's Punjab region
June 22 – Marion Reid, politician and lieutenant governor of Prince Edward Island
June 23 – Omer Léger, American-born merchant and politician
June 24 – Dahrran Diedrick, Jamaican-born football player
June 26 – Tom Beynon, football player
June 27 – Daniel N. Paul, Miꞌkmaq elder, author, columnist, and human rights activist
June 28
* Sue Johanson, sex educator, public speaker, and registered nurse
* William Marshall, lawyer, judge, and politician
June 29 – Stephen Owen, lawyer, administrator, and politician
June 30 – Kirk Howard, book publisher and founder and president of Dundurn Press

July

July 1 – Paul David Manson, Canadian Forces officer, fighter pilot, and businessman
July 3 – Nicole Demers, politician, Parliament (Canada)|MP].
July 4 – Denise Bombardier, journalist, essayist, novelist, and media personality
July 5 – Martin Stevens, pop singer
July 6 – Beverley Salmon, activist and politician
July 7 – Anne Klinck, British-born academic and writer
July 8 – Gordon Reid, businessman and the founder of Giant Tiger
July 9
* Michel Dupuy, French-born diplomat, journalist, academic, and politician
* Mel Wakabayashi, Canadian-Japanese ice hockey player
July 12 – Daniel Goldberg, film producer and screenwriter
July 14 – Gerda Hnatyshyn, viceregal consort of Canada
July 15
* Billy MacMillan, ice hockey player and coach
* Lew Morrison, ice hockey player
July 21
* Monte Kwinter, politician
* Brian O'Neill, sports executive
July 23 – Howard Adelman, philosopher and university professor
July 25
* Pat Carney, politician
* Joe Kowal, ice hockey player
July 27 – Pierre Collin, actor
July 29 – Danny Grossman, dancer and choreographer

August

August 3 – Bob Murdoch, ice hockey player and coach
August 4 – Arthur Mauro, lawyer and businessman
August 5 – Gilles Gilbert, ice hockey player
August 7 – Zenon Andrusyshyn, German-Canadian football player
August 9
* Robbie Robertson, musician
* Hugh Segal, political strategist, author, commentator, academic, and senator
August 11 – Chris Axworthy, English-born politician and academic
August 13 – Rachel Laurin, organist, composer, and music educator
August 14
* James Bartleman, diplomat, author, lieutenant governor of Ontario, and chancellor of OCAD University
* Bobby Baun, ice hockey player
August 17 – Rick Jeanneret, television and radio personality
August 20
* Isabel Crook, British-Canadian anthropologist, political prisoner, and professor at Beijing Foreign Studies University
* Bobby Taylor, English-born football player
August 22 – Alexandra Paul, competitive ice dancer
August 24 – Keith Spicer, academic, public servant, journalist, and writer
August 26 – Yvon Pedneault, sports journalist and television and radio broadcaster
August 27 – Doug Kyle, long-distance runner

September

September 1
* Charles Joseph Knight, Surgeon General
* Raymond Moriyama, architect
September 2 – Adrien Ouellette, politician
September 3 – Brad Maxwell, ice hockey player
September 4 – Alex McIntosh, politician
September 5
* Pierre Camu, geographer, civil servant, academic, and transport executive
* Adam Exner, bishop of the Catholic Church
* Bruce Guthro, musician
* Richard Laviolette, musician
September 6 – John Winston Foran, politician and police officer
September 7 – Peter C. Newman, Austrian-born journalist, editor, and author
September 8 – Monique Bégin, academic and politician
September 10 – Lloyd Hines, politician
September 11
* Bruce Stavert, Anglican prelate
* Endel Tulving, Estonian-born experimental psychologist and cognitive neuroscientist
September 15 – Claude Cormier, landscape architect
September 17 – Emile Duprée, professional wrestler and promoter
September 20 – Renée Hudon, radio-television journalist and academic
September 22
* Stan Klees, music industry businessman
* Selwyn Romilly, Trinbagonian-born judge
September 23 – John S. Saul, political economist and activist
September 26 – Raynald Blais, politician
September 28 – Eric Hammill, farmer and politician
September 29 – Roy Boudreau, teacher and politician
September 30 – Chris Snow, ice hockey executive

October

October 2
* Mel Fitzgerald, Paralympic athlete
* Gord Wilson, ice hockey player
October 5 – Jon Beare, rower
October 6 – Bev Bentley, ice hockey player
October 7 – Vivian Silver, Canadian-Israeli peace activist and women's rights activist
October 8 – Maude Jacques, Paralympic wheelchair basketball player
October 10 – James Lee, politician and 26th premier of Prince Edward Island
October 13
* Michel Lapierre, writer and journalist
* Hubert Reeves, astrophysicist and popularizer of science
* Glorianne Stromberg, commissioner of the Ontario Securities Commission and securities lawyer
October 14 – Roméo Savoie, artist
October 15 – Jim Larkin, politician and businessman
October 17 – George Baird, architect, scholar, and architectural educator
October 19 – Moe Amery, Lebanese-born politician
October 21
* Corby Adams, ice hockey player
* Natalie Zemon Davis, Canadian-American historian
October 23 – Yves Beaumier, educator and politician
October 24 – Mike Lashuk, football player
October 25
* Elizabeth Gray, radio broadcaster
* Ed Sandford, ice hockey player
* Ian Shugart, politician, professor, and public servant
October 26 – Hélène Alarie, politician
October 27 – Denis Carufel, ice hockey player
October 28
* Matthew Perry, Canadian-American actor
* Arthur Britton Smith, philanthropist, businessperson, historical writer, lawyer, and war veteran
October 30 – Barry McKinnon, poet
October 31 – Fabien Roy, politician

November

November 1 – Gerry Wiedel, German-born fencer
November 3 – Ian Ferrier, poet, musician, and choreographer
November 4 – Gord Smith, artist
November 5 – Donald Shebib, film and television director
November 6 – Sandy McGregor, ice hockey player
November 7 – Garfield McMahon, sports shooter
November 8
* Peter Elzinga, politician
* Bernard Lemaire, businessman
November 9 – David Gauthier, philosopher
November 10 – Gordon Gibson, political columnist, author, and politician
November 11
* Ron Anton, curler
* Peter J. Moore, music producer
November 15 – Karl Tremblay, lead singer of Les Cowboys Fringants
November 17 – Gregory Woolley, Haitian-born criminal associated with the Hells Angels
November 18 – Jerome Markson, architect
November 19 – Marcel Lessard, politician
November 21 – Chad Allan, founding member and original lead singer of The Guess Who
November 22 – Émile Martel, diplomat and writer
November 24 – George Cohon, American-born businessman and lawyer
November 25
* Marty Krofft, television creator and puppeteer
* Alex J. Walling, sports analyst and broadcaster
November 26
* Norris McDonald, journalist and member of the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame
* Don Tannas, politician
November 27 – Helen Lucas, artist
November 29 – Darcy McKeough, politician

December

December 1
* Joanne Hewson, alpine skier
* Daniel Langlois, film director and animation software entrepreneur
* Charles Officer, film and television director, writer, and actor
December 3 – Myles Goodwyn, lead singer, guitarist, and principal songwriter of April Wine
December 4 – Gerald Comeau, politician
December 5 – John Rumble, equestrian
December 6 – Noël Kinsella, politician and Speaker of the Senate of Canada
December 7 – Alan Longhurst, British-born oceanographer
December 8 – David Gell, radio DJ and television presenter
December 9
* Hartland Monahan, ice hockey player
* Mike Urquhart, ice hockey player, coach, and general manager
December 11 – Alain Chartrand, film director and screenwriter
December 13
* Gene Carr, ice hockey player
* Peter Godsoe, businessman and CEO of Scotiabank
December 14
* Qapik Attagutsiak, Inuk World War II contributor
* Ken MacKenzie, baseball player
December 17 – Gurdev Singh Gill, Indian-born physician, community leader, and activist
December 18 – John Godfrey, educator, journalist, and politician
December 21 – Roger Pomerleau, politician and carpenter
December 22 – Andy Brandt, politician
December 24
* Harry Rosen, menswear mogul
* Reggie Savage, ice hockey player
December 27 – Bob Panasik, golfer
December 31 – Dale Hodges, politician