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2010 in Canada

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{{Year in Canada|2010}}

Events from the year 2010 in Canada.

Incumbents

{{Main|2010 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=

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==Lieutenant governors==

==Premiers==

=Territorial governments=

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==Commissioners==

==Premiers==

Events

=January=

  • January 1 – The Ontario government files a lawsuit (alongside some American states) in an American court to stop the dumping of Asian carp into the Great Lakes, a fish that could damage the fishing industry.{{cite web|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/ontario-takes-asian-carp-fight-to-u-s-supreme-court-1.469402 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106184037/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20091231/carp_100101/20100101?hub=Canada |url-status=live |archive-date=January 6, 2010 |title=CTV News | Ontario takes Asian carp fight to U.S. Supreme Court |publisher=Ctv.ca |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • January 13 – The Government of Canada sent DART to Haiti to help with the aftermath of the earthquake.
  • January 14 – The Government of Canada sent two Canadian Forces Maritime Command ships ({{HMCS|Athabaskan|DDG 282|2}} and {{HMCS|Halifax|FFH 330|2}}) with emergency supplies and aid for further assistance in Haiti.{{cite web|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada-to-send-1-000-soldiers-to-haiti-1.473802 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100120075504/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20100115/haiti_ships_100115/20100115?hub=TopStoriesV2 |url-status=live |archive-date=January 20, 2010 |title=CTV News | Canada to send 1,000 soldiers to Haiti |publisher=Ctv.ca |access-date=November 30, 2011}} (See: Canada's response to the earthquake and Operation Hestia)
  • 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/leaders-to-gather-in-montreal-for-haiti-rebuilding-talks-1.477131 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100128102002/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20100124/canada_haiti_100124/20100124?hub=TopStoriesV2 |url-status=live |archive-date=January 28, 2010 |title=Montreal hosts Hillary Clinton, ministers, for Haiti |publisher=Ctv.ca |date=January 24, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/fisheries-minister-gail-shea-hit-in-face-with-pie-1.477485 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120724125945/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20100125/pie_face_100125/20100125?hub=Canada |url-status=live |archive-date=July 24, 2012 |title=Fisheries Minister Gail Shea hit in face with pie |publisher=Ctv.ca |date=January 25, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • Newfoundland and Labrador residents witness an unidentified flying object in the sky.{{cite web|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/n-l-residents-want-answers-over-alleged-missiles-1.478653 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100130021850/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20100128/NL_sky_100128/20100128?hub=TopStoriesV2 |url-status=live |archive-date=January 30, 2010 |title=N.L. residents want answers over alleged missiles |publisher=Ctv.ca |access-date=November 30, 2011}}

=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.[https://torontosun.com/2012/04/20/manslaughter-verdict-for-killer-mom Manslaughter verdict for killer mom | Toronto Sun]
  • February 5 – New Democratic Party Leader Jack Layton announces that he has prostate cancer.{{cite web|url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/layton-to-remain-ndp-leader-while-battling-cancer-1.481370 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100208055136/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20100205/layton_future_100205/20100205?hub=TopStoriesV2 |url-status=live |archive-date=February 8, 2010 |title=Layton to remain NDP leader despite cancer diagnosis |publisher=Ctv.ca |date=February 5, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • February 7 – The building which houses the CTV Ottawa newsroom is destroyed by an early morning fire.{{cite web|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/ctv-ottawa-newsroom-destroyed-in-overnight-blaze-1.481625 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209090031/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20100207/CTVOttawa_newsroomfire_100207/20100207?hub=TopStoriesV2 |url-status=live |archive-date=February 9, 2010 |title=Ottawa newsroom destroyed in overnight blaze |publisher=Ctv.ca |date=February 7, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/air-force-commander-shocked-by-colonel-s-arrest-1.482028 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100211042610/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20100208/lloyd_police_national_100208/20100208?hub=TopStoriesV2 |url-status=live |archive-date=February 11, 2010 |title=Military commander charged in 2 Ontario murders |publisher=Ctv.ca |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • 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.{{cite web |url=http://pm.gc.ca/eng/media.asp?id=3105 |title=The Canadian Press: Provincial Liberals cheer, federal Liberals jeer Harper's B.C. speech |publisher=Pm.gc.ca |date=February 11, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306065826/http://pm.gc.ca/eng/media.asp?id=3105 |archive-date=March 6, 2012 |url-status=dead }}
  • February 12
  • 2010 Olympics: An anti-Olympics protest disrupts the Torch relay route.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ctvolympics.ca/news-centre/newsid=39429.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100214211004/http://www.ctvolympics.ca/news-centre/newsid=39429.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2010-02-14|title=News from the 2010 Winter Olympics - All Sports - CTV Olympics|date=February 14, 2010}}
  • 2010 Olympics: Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili was killed during training at the Whistler Sliding Centre.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ctvolympics.ca/luge/news/newsid=39315.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100213111007/http://www.ctvolympics.ca/luge/news/newsid=39315.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2010-02-13|title=Luge News - 2010 Winter Olympics - CTV Olympics|date=February 13, 2010}}
  • February 14 – 2010 Olympics: Canadian Alexandre Bilodeau won the first ever Olympic gold medal won by a Canadian on Canadian soil.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ctvolympics.ca/freestyle-skiing/news/newsid=41513.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100215073938/http://www.ctvolympics.ca/freestyle-skiing/news/newsid=41513.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2010-02-15|title=Freestyle Skiing News - 2010 Winter Olympics - CTV Olympics}}
  • 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada-closes-ports-to-faroe-islands-greenland-1.483753 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100216220303/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20100214/ports_closing_100214/20100214?hub=Canada |url-status=live |archive-date=February 16, 2010 |title=Canada closes ports to Faroe Islands, Greenland |publisher=Ctv.ca |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • February 18 – John Babcock, the country's last surviving World War I veteran, dies at the age of 109.{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/24/world/americas/24babcock.html | work=The New York Times | title=John Babcock, Last Canadian World War I Veteran, Dies at 109 | first=Richard | last=Goldstein | date=February 24, 2010| access-date= July 17, 2010 }}
  • 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/premiers-meet-u-s-governors-in-washington-1.485416 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100222015017/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20100220/premiers_washington_100220/20100220?hub=TopStoriesV2 |url-status=live |archive-date=February 22, 2010 |title=Premiers meet U.S. governors in Washington |publisher=Ctv.ca |date=February 20, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • February 22 – 2010 Olympics: Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir became the first North American couple to win the ice dancing gold.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tsn.ca/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100312232212/http://www.ctvolympics.ca/figure-skating/news/newsid%3D49724.html|url-status=dead|title=Sports News, Opinion, Scores, Schedules|archive-date=March 12, 2010|website=TSN}}
  • February 26 – A winter storm knocks out hydro across Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes.{{cite web|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/storm-knocks-out-power-in-ont-que-maritimes-1.487025|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120728130344/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20100226/winter_100226/20100226?hub=TopStoriesV2|url-status=live|archive-date=July 28, 2012|title=Storm knocks out power in Ont., Que., Maritimes|access-date=February 26, 2010|publisher=CTV.ca}}
  • February 28
  • Sidney Crosby scores in overtime against the 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.{{cite web|author=Josh Pringle |url=http://www.cfra.com/?cat=1&nid=71581 |title=Canada Wins 14th Gold |publisher=Cfra.com |date=February 28, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • 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.{{cite news|last=Munro |first=Margaret |title=Warm winter 'beyond shocking' – Season was warmest on record |url=http://www.timescolonist.com/technology/Warm+winter+beyond+shocking/2665661/story.html |access-date=July 18, 2010 |newspaper=CanWest News Service, Times Colonist, canada.com |date=March 10, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100622090145/http://www.timescolonist.com/technology/Warm%2Bwinter%2Bbeyond%2Bshocking/2665661/story.html |archive-date=June 22, 2010 |url-status=live }}
  • 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/teen-arrested-after-2-killed-in-ont-home-1.886538 |title=Teen arrested after 2 killed in Ont. home |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=March 12, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • Three men are shot by a former employee at a car dealership in Edmonton. Two of the men die at the scene.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/shooting-at-edmonton-car-dealership-kills-2-1.887262 |title=Shooting at Edmonton car dealership kills 2 |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=March 12, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • March 13 – Two people die, and thirty others are injured during an avalanche at a snowmobile event near Revelstoke, British Columbia.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/avalanche-kills-3-at-b-c-snowmobile-event-1.928267 |title=Avalanche kills 3 at B.C. snowmobile event |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=March 13, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-avalanche-missing-accounted-for-rcmp-1.888832 |title=2 die in B.C. avalanche, many missing |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=March 14, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • March 17 – The territory of Nunavut bans importation of alcohol from Europe, in retaliation for the European Union ban on seal products.{{cite web|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/nunavut-legislature-approves-european-booze-ban-motion-1.492865|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120630104100/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20100317/nunavut_booze_100317/20100317?hub=Canada|url-status=live|archive-date=June 30, 2012|title=Nunavut legislature approves European booze ban motion|publisher=CTV.ca|access-date=March 17, 2010}}
  • March 19 – An avalanche kills a woman snowmobiler on Eagle Pass Mountain.{{cite web|agency=The Canadian Press |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/new-b-c-avalanche-kills-snowmobiler-1.926896 |title=New B.C. avalanche kills snowmobiler |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=March 19, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-avalanche-kills-2-french-skiers-1.879882 |title=B.C. avalanche kills French skiers |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=March 21, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • Victoria Police Department are caught using excessive force.{{YouTube|id=mnwi6wO03As}}
  • March 24 – New Brunswick Premier Shawn Graham announces the proposed sale of NB Power falls through, citing Hydro-Québec's "concerns over unanticipated costs".{{citation|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/quebec-balked-at-nb-power-sale-costs-1.896545 |publisher=CBC News |title=Quebec balked at NB Power sale costs |date=March 24, 2010|access-date=August 25, 2010}}

=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.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/gg-apologizes-for-rwandan-genocide-inaction-1.918054 |title=GG apologizes for Rwandan genocide inaction |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=April 21, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • April 23
  • Thousands attended an Olympic parade in Montreal, which featured the nations winners from the 2010 Winter Olympics.{{cite web |url=http://www.canada.com/sports/Olympians+draw+enthusiastic+Montreal+crowd/2943718/story.html |title=Olympians draw enthusiastic Montreal crowd |publisher=Canada.com |access-date=November 30, 2011 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • A man dies in hospital after being crushed at a Tim Hortons drive-thru in Wallaceburg.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/tim-hortons-drive-thru-accident-kills-man-1.966666 |title=Tim Hortons drive-thru accident kills man |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=April 23, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • April 24 – Princess Anne arrives in St. John's for a two-day tour of the city.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/princess-presents-new-colours-to-regiment-1.910093 |title=Princess presents new colours to regiment |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=April 24, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • April 25 – A mine collapses on three workers killing one in central Yukon.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-mine-collapse-kills-mechanic-1.893635 |title=Yukon mine collapse kills worker |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=April 26, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • April 29
  • Canada offers Michigan a $550 million loan to help build a new bridge between Detroit and Windsor.{{cite web |url=http://www.canada.com/news/Canada+offers+Michigan+millions+fund+border+crossing/2966938/story.html |title=Canada offers Michigan millions to fund new border crossing |publisher=Canada.com |access-date=November 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100507013235/http://www.canada.com/news/Canada+offers+Michigan+millions+fund+border+crossing/2966938/story.html |archive-date=May 7, 2010 |url-status=dead }}
  • A snowstorm hits Alberta, dropping 20 centimetres of snow and causing power outages.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/southern-alberta-digs-out-of-april-snow-1.877663 |title=Southern Alberta digs out of April snow |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=April 29, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • April 30 – A publication ban is put into place during the Victoria Stafford trial.{{cite web|agency=The Canadian Press |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/publication-ban-extended-in-victoria-stafford-case-1.902302 |title=Publication ban extended in Victoria Stafford case |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=May 19, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.canada.com/news/Court+ordered+media+blackout+continues+Stafford+murder+trial/3049021/story.html |title=Court-ordered media blackout on Stafford murder trial extended |publisher=Canada.com |access-date=November 30, 2011 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

=May=

  • May 4 – Three people die after their truck collides with a train at a crossing in Edmonton.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/via-train-crash-with-truck-kills-dad-daughters-1.892214 |title=Via train and truck collision kills 3 |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=May 4, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • May 10 – A landslide in Saint-Jude, Quebec, sweeps a house killing four people.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/family-of-4-found-dead-in-quebec-landslide-1.922400 |title=Missing family found in Quebec landslide |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=May 11, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}{{Cite web|url=http://nguoi-viet.com/absolutenm/anmviewer.asp?a=112839&z=5|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100518053946/http://www.nguoi-viet.com/absolutenm/anmviewer.asp?a=112839&z=5|url-status=dead|title=Đất sụt nuốt một căn nhà ở Quebec – 4 người thiệt mạng|archive-date=May 18, 2010}}
  • 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/more-montreal-looting-inevitable-official-1.898031 |title=Violence after Habs game draws 41 arrests |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=May 13, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • May 25 – A plane crashes into a building in Markham, a town just north of Toronto, killing two people.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto-area-plane-crash-atop-building-kills-2-1.877782 |title=Toronto-area plane crash atop building kills 2 |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=May 25, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • May 25 - A nine-hole score of 25 (11 under par) was scored during the Alberta Open. The feat happened on the back nine of the Carnmoney Golf Club - southeast of Calgary.{{cite web|url=https://www.pgaofcanada.com/media/11-years-later-jamie-kureluks-25-remains-one-of-golfs-greatest-feats-20210 |title=11-Years Later, Jamie Kureluk’s 25 Remains One of Golf’s Greatest Feats|publisher=PGA of Canada |access-date=May 11, 2021}}
  • May 27 – A forest fire forces thirteen hundred people away from their homes in Wemotaci.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-fire-evacuees-out-for-some-time-1.873149 |title=Quebec forest fires force 1,300 from homes |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=May 28, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • May 29 – A floatplane crashes of the coast of Vancouver Island killing four people.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/divers-recover-bodies-from-b-c-float-plane-1.912817 |title=Divers recover bodies from B.C. float plane |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=May 30, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • May 30 – A state of emergency is called in Emerson after multiple storms.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/state-of-emergency-in-emerson-1.872543 |title=State of emergency in Emerson |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=May 30, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}

=June=

  • June 6 – A state of emergency is called in Leamington after a tornado causes severe damage.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/leamington-begins-cleanup-after-severe-storm-1.926854 |title=Suspected tornado hits Leamington, Ont |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=June 6, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • June 11 – Charles Kembo is found guilty of four first degree murders in Vancouver after a nine-month trial.{{cite web |url=http://www.canada.com/news/Kembo+guilty+killing+family+friends+jury+finds/3144300/story.html |title=Kembo guilty of killing family and friends, jury finds |publisher=Canada.com |access-date=November 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111211192722/http://www2.canada.com/news/kembo+guilty+killing+family+friends+jury+finds/3144300/story.html |archive-date=December 11, 2011 |url-status=dead }}
  • June 13 – A landslide in Oliver destroys homes and blocks off sections of Highway 97.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/landslide-levels-5-homes-in-b-c-interior-1.951109 |title=B.C. landslide destroys at least 10 homes |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=June 13, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • June 18 – Floods in southeastern Alberta cause severe damage and force people to evacuate.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-floods-force-evacuations-close-roads-1.949488 |title=Alberta floods force evacuations, close roads |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=June 18, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/homicide-detectives-called-in-on-suspicious-blast-1.524642 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100624001411/http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20100620/edmonton-blast-100621/ |url-status=live |archive-date=June 24, 2010 |title=Fourth body found at 'suspicious' Alta. blast site |publisher=Ctv.ca |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • June 23
  • A plane crashes after taking off from the Jean Lasage International Airport in Quebec City. Seven people die, including two crew members.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-city-plane-crash-cause-unclear-1.866986 |title=Quebec City plane crash kills 7 |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=June 23, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • A 5.0 magnitude earthquake occurs in Ontario and Quebec. Buildings in Toronto and Ottawa are evacuated.{{cite web|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/earthquake-of-5-0-magnitude-hits-ontario-quebec-1.525583 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626103725/http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20100623/earthquake-canada-100623 |url-status=live |archive-date=June 26, 2010 |title=Earthquake of 5.0 magnitude hits central Canada |publisher=Ctv.ca |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • A tornado strikes in Midland causing severe damage.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/midland-tornado-damage-could-reach-15m-1.895833 |title=Tornado rips through Midland, Ont |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=June 24, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • 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.{{cite web |author=campbell clark |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canada-to-host-transition-summit-in-2010/article1301423/ |title=Canada to host 'transition' summit in 2010 |work=The Globe and Mail |access-date=November 30, 2011 |archive-date=December 3, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111203235954/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canada-to-host-transition-summit-in-2010/article1301423/ |url-status=dead }}
  • 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.{{cite news|last=Nguyen|first=Linda|title=More than 900 arrested as Toronto summit ends|url=http://www.globaltoronto.com/money/More+than+arrested+Toronto+summit+ends/3210887/story.html|access-date=June 29, 2010|newspaper=Global Toronto|date=June 28, 2010|author2=Juliet O'Neill|agency=CW Media Inc.|archive-date=March 6, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306040622/http://www.globaltoronto.com/money/More+than+arrested+Toronto+summit+ends/3210887/story.html|url-status=dead}}
  • June 28 – Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip arrive in Halifax starting a nine-day tour of Canada.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/queen-to-launch-tour-in-halifax-1.964368 |title=Queen to launch tour in Halifax |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=June 28, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}

=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.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-power-returns-after-blackout-1.925931 |title=Power outage strikes Toronto |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=July 6, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • July 8
  • A parking garage in Windsor collapses sending one man to the hospital.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/search-of-collapsed-parking-garage-continues-1.910186 |title=Search of collapsed parking garage continues |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=July 8, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • David Lloyd Johnston is named the next Governor General of Canada. He will assume office on October 1.{{cite web|url=http://www.canada.com/news/Incoming+vows+defend+Canadian+heritage/3248158/story.html |title=Incoming GG vows to defend Canadian heritage |publisher=Canada.com |date=July 8, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • July 13 – Up to {{convert|18|cm|in|abbr=on}} of snow falls in mountainous regions of Alberta.{{cite news|last=Stockton |first=Andrea |title=Alberta walloped with snow |url=http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/storm_watch_stories3&stormfile=jaspersnow_13_07_2010 |access-date=July 18, 2010 |newspaper=The Weather Network News |date=July 13, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100716173101/http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/storm_watch_stories3%26stormfile%3Djaspersnow_13_07_2010 |archive-date=July 16, 2010 |url-status=live }}
  • July 16
  • Four people die and two people are critically injured when a float plane crashes near Maria-Chapdelaine.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/quebec-plane-crash-kills-4-1.950392 |title=Quebec plane crash kills 4 |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=July 17, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • A ride at the Calgary Stampede malfunctions injuring five people.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/stampede-ride-malfunction-injures-10-1.930625 |title=Stampede ride malfunction injures 5 |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=July 17, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/parks-canada-gives-you-a-freebie-on-its-125th-birthday-1.493932|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120728115744/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20100319/parks_canada_100319/20100319?hub=Canada|url-status=live|archive-date=July 28, 2012|title=Parks Canada gives you a freebie on its 125th birthday|publisher=CTV.ca|date=March 19, 2010| access-date= July 17, 2010 }}
  • July 22 – A riot breaks out at a detention centre in Quebec City leaving two people dead.{{cite web |url=http://www.canada.com/news/Quebec+jail+riot+leaves+dead+injured/3308733/story.html |title=Quebec jail riot leaves 2 dead, 6 injured |publisher=Canada.com |access-date=November 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100726025610/http://www.canada.com/news/Quebec+jail+riot+leaves+dead+injured/3308733/story.html |archive-date=July 26, 2010 |url-status=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.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/enbridge-pipeline-spills-into-michigan-river-1.959876 |title=Michigan oil spill by Canadian company |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=July 27, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • July 28 – Todd Hardy, MLA for Whitehorse Centre (1996–2000), (2002–2010) 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.{{cite news|title=DND computers used to change Wikipedia site |date=July 29, 2010 |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/dnd-computers-used-to-change-wikipedia-site-1.893559 |access-date=July 29, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100731100945/http://www.cbc.ca/politics/story/2010/07/29/wikipedia-dnd.html |archive-date=July 31, 2010 |url-status=live }}
  • July 30 – Wildfires in the Cariboo region force evacuations and cause state of emergencies to be called.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/wildfire-forces-residents-out-in-central-b-c-1.925520 |title=Wildfire forces residents out in central B.C |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=July 30, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}

=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.{{cite web|url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/b-c-tree-planting-camp-shut-amid-allegations-of-abuse-1.541391 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120522001403/http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Canada/20100811/BC-tree-planters-shut-down-100811 |url-status=live |archive-date=May 22, 2012 |title=B.C. tree-planting camp shut amid allegations of abuse |publisher=Ctv.ca |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • August 11 – The town of Oka buys the land from Norfolk Financial that caused the Oka Crisis 20 years earlier.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/oka-land-deal-reached-1.964719 |title=Oka land deal reached |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=August 11, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • August 12 – A Thai ship, the {{ship|MV|Sun Sea}} carrying Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka, is intercepted by {{HMCS|Winnipeg|FFH 338|6}}, off the coast of British Columbia.{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/tamil-migrant-ship-boarded-military-sources-1.972483 |title=Tamil migrant ship boarded by Canadian officials |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=August 12, 2010 |access-date=August 12, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100815071625/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/tamil-migrant-ship-boarded-military-sources-1.972483 |archive-date=August 15, 2010 |url-status=live }}
  • 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/fire-lit-outside-pm-residence-1.961609|title=Fire lit outside PM residence|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=August 15, 2010 | date=August 15, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100817000919/http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/08/14/sussex-drive-arrest.html| archive-date= August 17, 2010 | url-status=live}}
  • August 17 – Four men die when their helicopter crashes near Sept-Îles.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/4-bodies-pulled-from-que-helicopter-crash-1.913927 |title=4 bodies pulled from Que. helicopter crash |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=August 17, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • August 20 – The NDM-1 super bug is found at Brampton, Ontario's William Osler Health Centre.{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ndm-1-superbug-found-in-brampton-hospital-1.876140|title=NDM-1 'superbug' found in Brampton hospital|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=August 21, 2010 | date=August 20, 2010}}
  • August 22 – A bus crash near Woodstock kills one person and injuries twelve others.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/ontario-bus-crash-kills-1-injures-12-1.902717 |title=Ontario bus crash kills 1, injures 12 |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=August 22, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • August 25 – Three men are arrested in Ottawa after being accused of taking part in a domestic terrorist plot.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/alleged-terrorism-plot-targeted-canada-1.900142 |title=Alleged terrorism plot targeted Canada |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=August 27, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.canada.com/news/drowns+Earl+rolls+through+Nova+Scotia/3483591/story.html |title=Man drowns as Earl rolls through Nova Scotia |publisher=Canada.com |date=September 4, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/mounties-seize-7-tonnes-of-hash-in-montreal-1.952923 |title=Mounties seize 7 tonnes of hash in Montreal |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=September 15, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.canadapost.ca/cpo/mc/personal/campaigns/qe3d/default.jsf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100905043211/http://www.canadapost.ca/cpo/mc/personal/campaigns/qe3d/default.jsf|url-status=dead|title=Queen Elizabeth in 3D|archive-date=September 5, 2010}}
  • 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/hurricane-igor-attacks-newfoundland-1.935880 |title=Igor sweeps N.L. man to sea |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=September 22, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • September 22 – MPs in the House of Commons vote 153–151 to save the Canadian Firearms Registry from being scrapped.{{cite web|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/house-of-commons-votes-to-save-long-gun-registry-1.555481 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100924010744/http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20100922/gun-registry-vote-100922/ |url-status=live |archive-date=September 24, 2010 |title=House of Commons votes to save long-gun registry |publisher=Ctv.ca |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-highrise-fire-leaves-1-200-homeless-1.886316 |title=Toronto highrise fire leaves 1,200 |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=September 25, 2010 |access-date=September 26, 2010 }}
  • 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/pdf/bedford-ruling.pdf |title=Bedford v. Canada |publisher=Ontario Superior Court of Justice |date=September 28, 2010 |access-date=September 28, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006014700/http://www.cbc.ca/news/pdf/bedford-ruling.pdf |archive-date=October 6, 2010 |url-status=live }}{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prostitution-laws-struck-down-by-ont-court-1.869999 |title=Prostitution laws struck down by Ont. court |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=September 28, 2010 |access-date=September 28, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100930144302/http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/09/28/prostitution-law028.html |archive-date=September 30, 2010 |url-status=live }}

=October=

  • October 1
  • David Lloyd Johnston is sworn in as the 28th Governor General of Canada.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/gov-gen-david-johnston-sworn-in-1.919944 |title=GG David Johnston sworn in |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=October 1, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • Torrential rain causes flooding in Sherbrooke killing one person.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/nun-dies-in-sherbrooke-flooding-1.968986 |title=Nun dies in Sherbrooke flooding |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=October 1, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • 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 (2003–2010), 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/bpa-declared-toxic-by-canada-1.873250 |publisher=CBC News |title=BPA declared toxic by Canada |date=October 13, 2010 |access-date=October 13, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101015115243/http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/10/13/bpa-toxic.html |archive-date=October 15, 2010 |url-status=live }}
  • October 15 – A Nor'easter moves through Atlantic Canada causing power outages and canceling ferry services.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nor-easter-causes-crashes-power-outages-1.957038 |title=Nor'easter causes crashes, power outages |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=October 15, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • 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.[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/support-grows-for-gay-fire-victims-1.961184 "Support grows for gay fire victims"]. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, November 4, 2010. 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.[http://www.xtra.ca/public/National/Gay_couple_burned_from_PEI_home-9470.aspx "Gay couple burned from PEI home"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101129024734/http://www.xtra.ca/public/National/Gay_couple_burned_from_PEI_home-9470.aspx |date=November 29, 2010 }}. Xtra!, November 24, 2010.
  • 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.{{cite web|url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/after-24-hours-of-debate-english-education-bill-becomes-law-1.564054 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328012433/http://montreal.ctvnews.ca/after-24-hours-of-debate-english-education-bill-becomes-law-1.564054 |url-status=live |archive-date=March 28, 2016 |title=After 24 hours of debate, English education bill becomes law |publisher=Montreal.ctv.ca |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • 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.[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/williams-gets-2-life-terms-for-despicable-crimes-1.891499 Williams gets two life terms for 'despicable crimes']. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, October 21, 2010.
  • 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.[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/high-winds-heavy-rains-hit-ontario-1.876503 High winds, heavy rains hit Ontario]. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, October 26, 2010.

=November=

  • November 3
  • Premier Gordon Campbell announces at a conference in Vancouver that he is stepping down as Premier of British Columbia.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-premier-campbell-stepping-down-1.911669 |title=B.C. Premier Campbell stepping down |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=November 3, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.canada.com/news/Embattled+Premier+Campbell+resigns/3771667/story.html |title=Embattled B.C. Premier Campbell resigns |publisher=Canada.com |access-date=November 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101115144649/http://www.canada.com/news/Embattled+Premier+Campbell+resigns/3771667/story.html |archive-date=November 15, 2010 |url-status=dead }}
  • The federal government rejects BHP's $40 billion takeover bid for the PotashCorp.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/bhp-s-potashcorp-bid-rejected-for-now-1.868381 |title=BHP's PotashCorp bid rejected for now |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=November 3, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • November 4 – Environment minister Jim Prentice announced his retirement from politics, to become a vice chairman of CIBC, in January 2011.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/prentice-leaving-politics-to-join-cibc-1.912704 |title=Prentice leaving politics to join CIBC |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=November 4, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • November 8–10 – Floods in Southwestern Nova Scotia cause millions of dollars in damage and prompts a state of emergency to be called.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/n-s-premier-assesses-flood-damage-1.875448 |title=N.S. premier assesses flood damage |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=November 10, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • November 13 – A single-engine plane crashes near Barrie killing two men.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/plane-crash-kills-two-near-barrie-ont-1.890079 |title=Plane crash kills two near Barrie, Ont |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=November 13, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/mother-who-drowned-daughters-guilty-of-first-degree-murder/article1461679/|author= Christie Blatchford |author-link= Christie Blatchford |title=Mother who drowned daughters guilty of first-degree murder|via=The Globe and Mail}}
  • November 18 – The premiers of Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia announce a $6.2 billion deal to develop the Lower Churchill hydroelectric megaproject.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/historic-hydro-pact-signed-between-n-l-n-s-1.883078 |title=Historic hydro pact signed between N.L., N.S |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=November 18, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • November 25 – Danny Williams announces he is leaving politics, the second premier to do so that month.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/danny-williams-retires-as-n-l-premier-1.868431 |title=N.L. Premier Danny Williams to leave Dec. 3 |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=November 26, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • November 29 – Three federal by-elections. The Conservatives won Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette (Manitoba) and Vaughan (Ontario), and the Liberals won in Winnipeg North (Manitoba).
  • 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.{{cite news|last=News Staff|first=CTV.ca|title=Thousands without power as storm pounds Maritimes|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/thousands-without-power-as-storm-pounds-maritimes-1.582735|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929064804/http://www.ctvnews.ca/thousands-without-power-as-storm-pounds-maritimes-1.582735|url-status=live|archive-date=September 29, 2012|access-date=December 27, 2010|newspaper=CTV Winnipeg|date=December 6, 2010}}
  • December 13: A state of emergency is called, for Lambton County, Ontario, as a snowstorm causes numerous Ontario provincial highways{{cite news|url=http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/traveller/trip/road_closures.shtml#EventRoadInfo3|title=Traveller's Road Information Portal – Road Closures|publisher=Ontario Ministry of Transportation|date=December 14, 2010| access-date= December 14, 2010 }} to be closed and more than 300 motorists were stuck on Ontario Highway 402.{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/sarnia-drivers-rescued-from-snowed-in-highway-1.895579|title=Sarnia, Ont., storm leaves motorists stranded | publisher=CBC News | date=December 14, 2010| access-date= December 14, 2010 }} One man who wandered away from his vehicle died from exposure.{{cite news|last=Toronto|first=CTV.ca|title=Ontario snow squall claims one stranded motorist|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/ontario-snow-squall-claims-one-stranded-motorist-1.586489|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120907140943/http://www.ctvnews.ca/ontario-snow-squall-claims-one-stranded-motorist-1.586489|url-status=live|archive-date=September 7, 2012|access-date=December 27, 2010|publisher=CTV|date=December 16, 2010}}
  • December 13–15: Flooding, especially along the Saint John River in New Brunswick washes out roads and forces evacuations.{{cite news|title=N.B. floods cause widespread ruin|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/n-b-floods-cause-widespread-ruin-1.928608|access-date=December 27, 2010|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|date=December 15, 2010}}
  • December 16: Bill C-464, (or Zachary's Bill) 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{{cite web|url=http://www.thetelegram.com/News/Local/2010-12-16/article-2047397/Bagby-bill-becomes-law/1|title=The Telegram|website=thetelegram.com|access-date=May 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717100334/http://www.thetelegram.com/News/Local/2010-12-16/article-2047397/Bagby-bill-becomes-law/1|archive-date=July 17, 2015|url-status=dead}}
  • December 20: Gravonaut, a scrolling platform game is released.{{cite web|author=Tyler Tschida|url=http://appadvice.com/appnn/2012/05/todays-apps-gone-free-compulse-go-there-square-a-stella-and-sam-adventure-superimpose-and-more|title=Today's Apps Gone Free: Compulse, Go There Square: A Stella And Sam Adventure, Superimpose, And More|publisher=App Advice|date=May 27, 2012|accessdate=June 2, 2012}}
  • 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.{{cite news|last=Lewandowski|first=John|title=Damage from latest N.B. storm in the millions|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/atlantic/damage-from-latest-nb-storm-in-the-millions/article1847981/|access-date=December 27, 2010|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=December 23, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110122004834/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/atlantic/damage-from-latest-nb-storm-in-the-millions/article1847981/| archive-date= January 22, 2011 | url-status=live}}
  • December 27: A nor'easter begins dumping snow and rain in Atlantic Canada after bringing snow and strong winds from Florida to Maine.{{cite news|title=East Coast snowstorm pummels region|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/east-coast-snowstorm-pummels-region-1.890099|access-date=December 27, 2010|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|date=December 27, 2010}}

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  • November 9 – Johanna Skibsrud wins the Scotiabank Giller Prize for her novel The Sentimentalists.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11725061 |title=The Sentimentalists wins Giller Prize |date=November 10, 2010 |work=BBC Online |archive-date=November 11, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101111065334/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11725061 |url-status=live }}
  • November 16 – The winners of the 2010 Governor General's Awards are announced.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}

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