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1987 in Canada

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{{Year in Canada|1987}}

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Events from the year 1987 in Canada.

Incumbents

{{Main|1987 Canadian incumbents}}

= Crown =

  • Monarch – Elizabeth II{{cite web |title=Queen Elizabeth II {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/timeline/queen-elizabeth-ii |website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca |access-date=4 December 2022}}

= Federal government =

= Provincial governments =

== Lieutenant governors ==

== Premiers ==

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== Commissioners ==

== Premiers ==

Events

  • January 1 – Frobisher Bay changes its name to Iqaluit.
  • April 21 – The lifeless body of Claude Jutra was finally found in the Saint Lawrence River near Cap-Santé.{{in lang|fr}} [http://bilan.usherbrooke.ca/bilan/pages/evenements/3282.html Bilan du Siècle]
  • April 30 – Provincial premiers agree to Meech Lake Accord.
  • May 22 – Rick Hansen returns home to Vancouver after his Man in Motion world tour.
  • June 30 – Canada introduces a $1 coin, commonly called loonie; the dollar bill is withdrawn in 1989.
  • a bill to restore the death penalty was defeated by the House of Commons in a 148–127 vote, in which Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, Minister of Justice Ray Hnatyshyn, and Minister of External Affairs Joe Clark opposed the bill, whereas Deputy Prime Minister Donald Mazankowski and a majority of Progressive Conservative MPs supported it.{{cite web |date=10 April 2013 |title=Abolition upheld |work=CBC Archives |access-date=July 28, 2012 |url=http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/society/crime-justice/the-death-penalty-debate/abolition-upheld.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115070057/http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/society/crime-justice/the-death-penalty-debate/abolition-upheld.html |archive-date=January 15, 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://www.ccadp.org/deathpenalty-canada.htm |title=The death penalty in Canada: facts, figures and milestones |website=Canadian Coalition Against the Death Penalty |access-date=2012-07-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111019091212/http://ccadp.org/deathpenalty-canada.htm |archive-date=2011-10-19 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1127764--majority-of-canadians-support-return-of-death-penalty-poll-finds |title=Majority of Canadians support return of death penalty, poll finds |date=8 February 2012 |work=thestar.com}}{{cite web |url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1987-02-14/news/8701100413_1_capital-punishment-death-penalty-special-committee |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808075200/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1987-02-14/news/8701100413_1_capital-punishment-death-penalty-special-committee |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 8, 2014 |title=Canada Considers Restoring Death Penalty |work=tribunedigital-sunsentinel}}
  • July 3 – Quebec City becomes the first city in North America to become a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  • July 14 – Montreal is hit by a series of severe thunderstorms during the Montreal Flood of 1987.
  • July 31 – The Edmonton Tornado kills 27 people.
  • September 10 – Ontario election: David Peterson's Liberals win a majority.
  • September 20 – Pope John Paul II visits the Northwest Territories.
  • October – Canadian and American negotiators reach agreement on the Canadian-American Free Trade Agreement.
  • October 27 – Frank McKenna becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Richard Hatfield.
  • October 31 – The Reform Party of Canada is founded.
  • November 12 – Dennis Patterson becomes government leader of the Northwest Territories, replacing Nick Sibbeston.
  • November 30 – Several new Canadian specialty channels are licensed: YTV, VisionTV, CBC Newsworld, The Weather Network/MeteoMedia, and one pay-television channel: The Family Channel.
  • December 16 – Chartwell Technology company is founded in British Columbia.{{cite web |title=Chartwell Technology Inc. |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096952/000091228203000169/chartwell20f.htm |publisher=www.sec.gov |access-date=3 January 2021}}

:Undated

  • ElderTreks, Canadian adventure travel company is founded.

Arts and literature

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Sport

Births

  • January 1
  • Gilbert Brulé, ice hockey player
  • Devin Setoguchi, ice hockey player
  • January 15
  • Kelleigh Ryan, fencer{{cite web |title=Kelleigh Ryan |url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/kelleigh-ryan/ |website=Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website |access-date=17 April 2019 |language=en |date=25 October 2011}}
  • Michael Seater, actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • January 16 – Jake Epstein, actor
  • January 19 – Alexandra Orlando, rhythmic gymnast
  • January 21 – Andrew Forde, engineering graduate student and musician{{Cite web |url=http://sharenews.com/jerome-award-winner-accomplished-on-many-levels/ |title=Jerome award winner accomplished on many levels | Share News |access-date=2012-04-05 |archive-date=2012-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926051543/http://sharenews.com/jerome-award-winner-accomplished-on-many-levels/ |url-status=dead }}
  • February 12 – Anna Hopkins, actress
  • February 21 – Elliot Page, actor{{cite web |title=Elliot Page {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/elliot-page |website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca |access-date=19 December 2020}}
  • February 25
  • Andrew Poje, figure skater
  • Eva Avila, singer
  • March 31 – Winston Venable, American football player
  • April 1 – Mackenzie Davis, actress
  • April 4 – Sarah Gadon, actress
  • April 9 – Felix Cartal, DJ and producer
  • April 10 – Shay Mitchell, actress, model, entrepreneur, and author
  • April 11 – Lights (Valerie Poxleitner), singer and songwriter
  • April 27
  • Joëlle Békhazi, water polo player
  • Alexandra Carter, voice actress
  • Emma Taylor-Isherwood, actress
  • April 30 – Jeremy Bordeleau, canoeist
  • May 1 – Marissa Ponich, fencer{{cite web |title=Marissa Ponich |url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/marissa-ponich/ |website=Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website |access-date=19 December 2020 |date=11 June 2015}}
  • May 16 – Kylie Stone, artistic gymnast
  • May 17 – Con Kudaba, water polo player
  • May 29 – Noah Reid, actor and musician
  • June 18 – Niels Schneider, French-Canadian actor
  • June 22 – Melanie Banville, artistic gymnast
  • July 7
  • Mylène Mackay, actress
  • Steven Crowder, American-Canadian political youtuber
  • August 7 – Sidney Crosby, ice hockey player
  • August 8 – Jenn Proske, actress
  • August 16 – Carey Price, ice hockey goaltender
  • August 25
  • Stacey Farber, actress
  • La zarra, singer
  • September 2
  • Mazin Elsadig, American-Canadian actor
  • Scott Moir, ice dancer
  • September 13 – G.NA, singer
  • September 16 – Christina Schmidt, actress and model
  • September 23 – Shannon Chan-Kent, actress and voice actress
  • September 29 – Kyle Riabko, pop singer and guitarist
  • October 6 – Kia Byers, canoeist
  • October 15
  • Jesse Levine, Canadian-American tennis player
  • Chantal Strand, actress and voice actress
  • October 16 – Pascal Wollach, swimmer
  • October 29 – Jessica Dubé, figure skater
  • November 12 – Bryan Little, ice hockey player
  • November 15 – Ludi Lin, Chinese-Canadian actor
  • December 12 – Kate Todd, actress and singer-songwriter

Deaths

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See also

References

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