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2011 in Canada

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{{Year in Canada|2011}}

Events from the year 2011 in Canada.

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 to March =

File:Kaoru Ishikawa and Stephen Harper 20110323.jpg visited the Japanese embassy in Ottawa, to sign a book of condolences for the victims of the Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami that have impacted the country, and he met with Japanese ambassador to Canada Kaoru Ishikawa (left),
on March 23, 2011.]]

  • January 1
  • The Quebec Sales Tax (QST) rises 1 percentage point to 8.5%.
  • Undergrounders novel, by Canadian author David Skuy is published.{{cite web|url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11540055-undergrounders |title=Undergrounders by David Skuy — Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists |publisher=Goodreads.com |date= |accessdate=2016-04-27}}
  • January 12 – A stolen snowplow leads Toronto police on a chase, crashing into several cars. Toronto police officer Sergeant Ryan Russell died and the alleged thief ended in hospital with gunshot wounds.{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/crime/article/920397--officer-killed-driver-shot-in-stolen-snowplow-rampage?bn=1 |title=Officer killed, driver shot in stolen snowplow 'rampage' |author1=Lesley Ciarula Taylor |author2=Curtis Rush |date=January 12, 2011 |work=Toronto Star |access-date=January 12, 2011 }}
  • January 18 – Close to 12,000 people, including many Ontario Provincial Police and Royal Canadian Mounted Police gather near the Metro Toronto Convention Centre for the funeral of Sergeant Ryan Russell.{{cite news | url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/fallen-officer-the-best-dad-widow-1.1032991 | title=Fallen officer 'the best dad': widow | publisher=CBC News | date=January 18, 2010 | access-date=January 18, 2011 | location=Canada }}{{cite news|last=Alphonso|first=Caroline|title=Thousands attend service to honour slain Toronto officer|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/thousands-attend-service-to-honour-slain-toronto-officer/article1874211/|access-date=January 18, 2011|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=January 18, 2011|author2=Melanson, Trevor|author3=Patel, Arti| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110119030959/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/thousands-attend-service-to-honour-slain-toronto-officer/article1874211/| archive-date= January 19, 2011 | url-status=live}}
  • January 21 – Three people die, and hundreds lose power after a winter storm strikes the Maritime Provinces.{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/3-die-in-maritime-storm-crashes-1.1020210 |title=3 dead in Maritime storm crashes |publisher=CBC News |date=January 22, 2011 |location=Canada |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110125083416/http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2011/01/22/nb-storm-leds-to-deaths.html |archive-date=January 25, 2011 }}
  • January 24
  • Quebec goes through a cold snap and Hydro-Québec registers a record consumption of electricity reaching 38,200 megawatts at 7:30 am{{cite web| url=http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/National/2011/01/24/001-meteo-froid-est.shtml |title=Consommation d'électricité record au Québec |date=24 January 2011 |access-date=24 January 2011|language=fr}}
  • The former Liberal MLA Dave Taylor announces he is joining the Alberta Party, becoming the party's first MLA.
  • January 25 – Ed Stelmach announces he will retire from provincial politics before the next general election of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
  • February 1 – A claim at the British Columbia Worker's Compensation Board results in the SPCA and RCMP opening an investigation into a massacre of approximately 100 sled dogs at a Whistler adventure service. See Whistler sled dog cull.
  • February 8 – Nearly 1,500 government lawyers and crown prosecutors go on strike in Quebec, claiming to be overworked and underpaid.{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-government-lawyers-strike-1.1032068 |title=Quebec government lawyers strike |publisher=CBC |location=Canada |date=February 8, 2011 |access-date=November 30, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110211081644/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-government-lawyers-strike-1.1032068 |archive-date=February 11, 2011 }}
  • February 19 – An explosion ruptures the Trans-Canada Pipeline in Beardmore, Ontario, forcing the temporary evacuation of the community.[https://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/942071--pipeline-blast-forces-evacuation-of-northern-ontario-town?bn=1 "Pipeline blast forces evacuation of northern Ontario town"]. Toronto Star, February 20, 2011.
  • February 26 – Cult leader and killer Roch Thériault is killed at Dorchester Penitentiary in Dorchester, New Brunswick.{{Cite web|date=2011-02-27|title=Cult leader Thériault killed in prison|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/cult-leader-th%C3%A9riault-killed-in-prison-1.1045219|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120728210910/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/story/2011/02/27/nb-cult-leader-death-prison.html|archive-date=July 28, 2012|website=cbc.ca|access-date=February 28, 2011}}
  • February 27 – Stephen Harper announces that Canada will place additional sanctions against Libya along with those originally announced by the UN, including asset freezes and a ban on financial transactions with the Libyan government.[https://www.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20110227-703090.html Canada To Ban All Financial Dealings With Libya].{{Dead link|date=November 2021}}{{Cite web|date=2011-02-27|title=Canada imposes additional Libyan sanctions|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-imposes-additional-libyan-sanctions-1.1017281|url-status=live|website=CBC.ca|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131129145047/http://www.cbc.ca:80/news/politics/canada-imposes-additional-libyan-sanctions-1.1017281 |archive-date=November 29, 2013 }}
  • March 2
  • A wind storm off the coast of the British Columbia Lower Mainland brings wind gusts up to 140 kilometres per hour, knocking out power to 55,000 residents.{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-ferries-service-restored-as-winds-abate-1.1058168|title=55,000 lose power in West Coast storm|publisher=CBC |location=Canada |access-date=March 2, 2011|date=March 2, 2011}}
  • {{HMCS|Charlottetown|FFH 339}}, with a crew of 240, steams to Libya, for humanitarian assistance and evacuation.{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/pm-pledges-5m-for-libya-aid-1.1026741|title=PM pledges $5M for Libya aid|publisher=CBC |location=Canada |access-date=March 2, 2011|date=March 2, 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110303123855/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/story/2011/03/02/ns-hmcs-charlottetown-libya.html| archive-date= March 3, 2011 | url-status=live}}
  • Dominic Cardy is chosen as the new leader of the New Democratic Party of New Brunswick.
  • March 14 – Christy Clark is sworn in as premier of British Columbia, following a leadership election, causing British Columbia to become the first province with two female premiers, and the first time in Canadian history that three provinces or territories have simultaneously had female premiers (until October).
  • March 19 – Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon and Chief of the Defence Staff General Walt Natynczyk attend a meeting, in Paris, with leaders from France, Britain, the Arab League and the United Nations, to discuss the 2011 Libyan civil war.{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/harper-libya-air-mission-poses-risks-1.977098|title=Harper arrives for Libya summit in Paris|publisher=CBC |location=Canada |access-date=March 19, 2011|date=March 20, 2011}}
  • March 25 – Stephen Harper's Conservative government is defeated on a non-confidence vote by the opposition.{{Cite web|date=2011-03-25|title=Government's defeat sets up election call|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/government-s-defeat-sets-up-election-call-1.1068749|url-status=live|website=CBC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111234120/http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/government-s-defeat-sets-up-election-call-1.1068749 |archive-date=November 11, 2013 }}[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42263476/ns/world_news-americas/ Opposition brings down Canadian government] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110326192849/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42263476/ns/world_news-americas/ |date=March 26, 2011 }}.

= April to June =

  • April 12 – English-language debate for federal party leaders
  • April 13 – French-language debate for federal party leaders
  • April 15 – Liu Qian, a Chinese exchange student to York University is found undressed and murdered in her apartment.{{cite news|title=Chinese woman killed on webcam was stalked: friend|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iSocAmMoWN5lV733edSUKEOIXvSg|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120109043829/https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iSocAmMoWN5lV733edSUKEOIXvSg|archive-date=January 9, 2012|access-date=April 19, 2011|agency=Agence France-Presse|date=April 19, 2011}}{{cite news|last=Gazette|first=Montreal|title=Webcam captures fatal attack on York University student|url=https://montrealgazette.com/technology/Webcam+captures+fatal+attack+York+University+student/4631303/story.html|access-date=April 19, 2011|newspaper=The Montreal Gazette|date=April 17, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110419232022/http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Webcam+captures+fatal+attack+York+University+student/4631303/story.html|archive-date=April 19, 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}
  • April 27 – The Premier of Yukon Dennis Fentie announces his retirement.{{cite news| url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-premier-to-step-down-1.994221 | work=CBC News | title=Yukon premier to step down | date=April 27, 2011}}
  • May 2 – The 41st federal election is held with the Conservative Party winning a majority government, the NDP becoming the official opposition, both for the first time, and Green Party leader Elizabeth May wins in Saanich—Gulf Islands, the first seat for that party in the Canadian parliament.
  • May 3 – Gilles Duceppe resigns as leader and president of the Bloc Québécois,{{cite web|title=Leadership Roles|url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/Files/Party.aspx?Item=a639384e-e1a0-4169-83da-904925139b6a&Language=E|publisher=Parliament of Canada|access-date=July 29, 2011|archive-date=May 28, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528182721/http://www.parl.gc.ca/ParlInfo/Files/Party.aspx?Item=a639384e-e1a0-4169-83da-904925139b6a&Language=E|url-status=dead}} and Vivian Barbot is named as the interim president.{{cite web|title=Présidence par intérim|url=http://www.blocquebecois.org/dossiers/presidence/bio.aspx|publisher=Bloc Québécois|access-date=July 29, 2011|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614002545/http://www.blocquebecois.org/dossiers/presidence/bio.aspx|archive-date=June 14, 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}
  • May 5 – The military arrives to aid with the flooding in Quebec caused by the Richelieu River overflowing its banks.{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/military-aids-weary-que-flood-victims-1.1077928 |title=Military aids weary Que. flood victims |publisher=CBC |location=Canada |date=May 5, 2011 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • May 15 – 16 – Wildfires destroy a large section of Slave Lake, Alberta, forcing 7,000 residents to evacuate.{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/fire-destroys-40-of-slave-lake-1.981352 |title=Slave Lake firefighters struggle to save town |publisher=CBC |location=Canada |date=May 16, 2011 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • May 25 – Michael Ignatieff resigns as leader of the Liberal Party, and Bob Rae is chosen as interim leader.{{Cite news|url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/liberals-choose-rae-as-interim-leader-1.1012598|title = Liberals choose Rae as interim leader|access-date =May 26, 2011|last = Fitzpatrick|first = Meagen|date=May 2011| work = Canadian Broadcasting Corporation}}
  • May 27 – A fire destroys an empty building, at 4057 Richmond Road and owned by the National Capital Commission.{{cite news| url=https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.986285 | work=CBC News | title=Fire destroys NCC building | date=May 28, 2011}}
  • June 2
  • Canada Post workers begin a rotating strike across the country after contract talks fall through.{{cite web |url=http://www.globalnews.ca/Canada+Post+strike+start+Winnipeg/4881323/story.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120903190155/http://www.globalnews.ca/Canada+Post+strike+start+Winnipeg/4881323/story.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 3, 2012 |title=Canada Post strike to start in Winnipeg |publisher=Globalnews.ca |date=June 2, 2011 |access-date=November 30, 2011 }}
  • The 41st Parliament convenes.
  • June 3 – Senate Page Brigette DePape interrupts the Speech from the Throne, with her silent protest.
  • June 6 – 120th anniversary of the death of John Alexander Macdonald.
  • June 11 – Darrell Pasloski is sworn in as premier of Yukon, following the Yukon Party leadership election.
  • June 15
  • Canada Post locks out the Canadian Union of Postal Workers in a labour dispute.{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/tories-prepare-to-end-canada-post-labour-dispute-1.991804|title=Canada Post locks out workers|publisher=CBC |location=Canada |access-date=June 15, 2011|date=June 16, 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110713023412/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/06/15/canada-post-strike.html| archive-date= July 13, 2011 | url-status=live}}
  • Riots break out in Downtown Vancouver after the Vancouver Canucks lose game 7 of the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals to the Boston Bruins.{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/riots-erupt-in-vancouver-after-canucks-loss-1.993707 |title=Canucks fans erupt in anger after loss |publisher=CBC |location=Canada |date=June 16, 2011 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • June 21 – Following the merger of their U.S. parent services in 2010, the satellite radio providers Sirius Canada and XM Radio Canada complete their own merger into Sirius XM Canada.[http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/news/sirius-canada-and-xm-canada-complete-merger/1000486539/ "Sirius Canada and XM Canada Complete Merger"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810044003/http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/news/sirius-canada-and-xm-canada-complete-merger/1000486539/ |date=August 10, 2014 }}. Broadcaster, June 21, 2011.

= July to September =

File:William, Duke of Cambridge, july 2011.jpg

  • June 13 – August 5 – 2011 British Columbia sales tax referendum – The mail-in referendum was delayed due in part to the Canada Post lockout.
  • June 30 – July 7 – The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (Prince William and Catherine) tour Canada
  • July 1 – Face of Canada, an art exhibition in Vancouver is showcased.{{cite web|author=|url=https://vancouversun.com/life/food/Canadian+artist+open+Vancouver+Canada+exhibit+featuring+portraits+famous/5026251/story.html |title=Canadian artist to open Vancouver Canada Day exhibit featuring 100 portraits of famous Canadians |publisher=Vancouversun.com |date=2011-06-29 |accessdate=2011-08-22}}
  • July 6 – Steve Cardiff, Yukon MLA for Mount Lorne killed in a two-vehicle road accident, one kilometre north of Lewes Lake on the South Klondike Highway, involving a tractor trailer and a small vehicle.{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/yukon-ndp-mla-killed-in-crash-1.1089196 |title=Yukon NDP MLA killed in crash |publisher=CBC |location=Canada |access-date=July 7, 2011 |date=July 6, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710015451/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/07/06/steve-cardiff-killed.html |archive-date=July 10, 2011 }}
  • July 21 – A heat wave across Eastern Canada peaks with temperatures reaching as high as 37.1 degrees Celsius (humidex: 51 degrees Celsius) in Toronto, Ontario.{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/heat-wave-breaks-daily-records-in-ontario-quebec-1.1034495|title=Ontario heat wave breaks temperature records|publisher=CBC |location=Canada |access-date=July 21, 2011|date=July 22, 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110721214149/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/07/21/records-southern-ontario-weather.html| archive-date= July 21, 2011 | url-status=live}}
  • July 22 – Montreal city officials report at least 10 heatwave-related deaths.{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-deaths-linked-to-heat-wave-1.977308|title=Quebec deaths linked to heat wave|date=July 23, 2011|publisher=CBC |location=Canada }}
  • July 25 – Leader of the Opposition, Jack Layton takes a medical leave of absence, and Nycole Turmel is appointed interim leader of the New Democratic Party.{{cite web|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/layton-stepping-aside-as-he-battles-new-cancer-1.674846|title=Layton stepping aside as he battles new cancer|date=July 25, 2011|publisher=CTV.ca}}
  • August 13 – The federal government extends trade, travel and assets sanctions against Syria, in response to the oppression of anti-government protests.{{cite news|title=Canada extends Syria sanctions|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-extends-syria-sanctions-1.1021517|publisher=CBC |location=Canada |access-date=August 14, 2011|date=August 13, 2011}}
  • August 14 – A massive shooting occurs outside a casino in Kelowna, British Columbia, killing one and injuring four others, including a Hell's Angels member. Jonathan Bacon, one of the Bacon Brothers and one of the most notorious gangsters in British Columbia suspected to have been with the Red Scorpions, is the only one killed in the shooting.
  • August 15 – Frank Lewis becomes Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island, replacing Barbara Hagerman
  • August 16 – Maritime Command, Land Force Command and Air Command are renamed to the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army, and the Royal Canadian Air Force, respectively.
  • August 20 – First Air Flight 6560 crashes near Resolute Bay killing 12 people and injuring 3 others.{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/plane-crash-near-resolute-bay-kills-12-1.1021035 |title=Plane crash near Resolute Bay kills 12 |publisher=CBC |location=Canada |date=August 20, 2011 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • August 21 – A powerful F3 tornado sweeps through Goderich, killing one man and causing substantial damage.{{cite web |url=http://www.canada.com/news/dead+after+tornado+hits+community/5286270/story.html |title=1 dead after tornado hits Ont. community |publisher=Canada.com |date=August 21, 2011 |access-date=November 30, 2011 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • August 22 – Jack Layton, 61, the Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the NDP dies of cancer. The flag atop the Peace Tower, as well as federal buildings in Toronto, fly their flags at half-mast.{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.982554|title=Jack Layton dead of cancer at 61|publisher=CBC |location=Canada |access-date=August 22, 2011|date=August 23, 2011}}
  • August 23 – An earthquake, originating in the American state of Virginia, is felt in areas across the country from Sudbury, Ontario to Fredericton, New Brunswick. There were no injuries nor damage in Canada.{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/virginia-earthquake-s-tremors-felt-far-and-wide-1.1010824|title=Virginia earthquake's tremors felt far and wide|publisher=CBC |location=Canada |access-date=August 25, 2011|date=August 23, 2011}}
  • August 24 – A severe thunderstorm passed through Southern Ontario, causing a significant number of damage. Severe Thunderstorm Watches were issued for parts of Southern Ontario.
  • August 27
  • A state funeral is held for Jack Layton.
  • The CN Tower is illuminated in orange, the colour of Layton's NDP, overnight.{{cite news|title=CN Tower to turn orange for Layton |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/cn-tower-to-turn-orange-for-layton-1.1094402 |publisher=CBC |location=Canada |access-date=August 25, 2011 |date=August 24, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110826070104/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2011/08/24/toronto-layton-cntower.html |archive-date=August 26, 2011 }}
  • September 3 – The first of two antiquities is stolen from the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
  • September 22 – A float plane crashes into a street in Yellowknife killing both pilots on board.{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/yellowknife-crash-pilots-identified-1.989371 |title=Yellowknife crash pilots identified |publisher=CBC |location=Canada |date=September 23, 2011 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • September – The Tutte Institute for Mathematics and Computing is given its current name.

=October to December=

Arts and literature

=Art=

=Film=

=Music=

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=Television=

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=Literature=

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Deaths in 2011

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= January =

  • January 1 – Bruce Halliday, 84, physician and politician, MP for Oxford (1974–1993) (b. 1926)
  • January 8 – Peter Donaldson, 57, actor (b. 1952)
  • January 11 -Riley Johnson, 16, ON, Oshawa, (b. 2002)
  • January 11 – Marcel Trudel, 93, historian (b. 1917)
  • January 13 – Alex Kirst, 47, drummer (Iggy Pop, The Nymphs) (b. 1963)
  • January 17
  • Keith Davey, 84, politician and campaign organizer, Senator for York, Ontario (1966–1996) (b. 1926)
  • Robert W. Mackenzie, 82, politician, MPP for Hamilton East (1975–1995) (b. 1928)
  • January 18 – Antonín Kubálek, pianist (b. 1935)
  • January 19
  • Ernest McCulloch, 84, haematologist, pioneer of stem cell science. (b. 1926){{cite web|url=http://www.uhnres.utoronto.ca/news/php/readarticle.php?id=31327 |title=UHN Research: Dr. Ernest McCulloch (1926–2011) |publisher=Uhnres.utoronto.ca |date=January 21, 2011 |access-date=March 16, 2011}}
  • Jose Kusugak, 60, Inuit leader, bladder cancer. (b. 1950)[http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/987898_jose_kusugak_nunavuts_cheerful_muse_dies_at_60/ Jose Kusugak, Nunavut’s cheerful muse, dies at 60]. Nunatsiaq Online, January 19, 2011.
  • January 21 – Herb Gray, 76, football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers) (b. 1934){{cite news|last=Tait |first=Ed |url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/Former-Blue-Bomber-Herb-Gray-dies-at-age-76-114499109.html |title=Former Blue Bomber Herb Gray dies at age 76 |newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press |date=January 24, 2011 |access-date=March 16, 2011}}
  • January 22
  • René Piché, 79, politician (b. 1931){{cite web |url=http://www.northernontariobusiness.com/Around-the-North/110131/Rene-Piche,-former-Kap-mayor,-dies.aspx |title=Rene Piche, former Kap mayor, dies |publisher=Northernontariobusiness.com |access-date=March 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110208011610/http://www.northernontariobusiness.com/Around-the-North/110131/Rene-Piche,-former-Kap-mayor,-dies.aspx |archive-date=February 8, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}
  • Lois Smith, 81, dancer (National Ballet of Canada). (b. 1929){{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/principal-dancer-lois-smith-dies-1.1029238 |title=Principal dancer Lois Smith dies |publisher=CBC |location=Canada |date=January 24, 2011 |access-date=March 16, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502002226/http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/principal-dancer-lois-smith-dies-1.1029238 |archive-date=May 2, 2014 }}
  • January 24
  • Chief White Eagle, 93, Mohawk tribal leader, actor and stuntman (b. 1917)
  • Jack Matheson, 86, sports journalist (b. 1924){{cite web|author=PAUL FRIESEN |url=http://www.winnipegsun.com/sports/othersports/2011/01/25/17020706.html#/sports/columnists/paul_friesen/2011/01/24/pf-17020681.html |title=Sportswriting legend Jack Matheson dead at 86 |publisher=Winnipeg Sun |access-date=March 16, 2011}}
  • January 25 – Audrey Best, 50, lawyer, ex-wife of politician and lawyer Lucien Bouchard, breast cancer (b. 1960){{cite web|url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/audrey-best-succumbs-to-breast-cancer-1.599848 |title=CTV Montreal – Audrey Best succumbs to breast cancer – CTV News |date=January 25, 2011 |publisher=Montreal.ctv.ca |access-date=March 16, 2011}}
  • January 28 – Megan McNeil, 20, singer, cancer. (b. 1990){{cite web|url=https://theprovince.com/health/singer+Megan+McNeil+dies+after+battle+with+cancer/4191230/story.html |title=B.C. singer Megan McNeil dies after battle with cancer |publisher=Theprovince.com |date=January 29, 2011 |access-date=March 16, 2011}}

= February =

Image:BAD NEWS NAKED EYE.jpg in Montreal 2010]]

  • February 2 – Eric Nicol, 91, writer (b. 1919){{cite web |last=Carrigg |first=David |url=https://theprovince.com/health/Eric+Nicol+passes+away+with+children+side/4214221/story.html |title=Eric Nicol passes away at 91 with children by his side |publisher=Theprovince.com |date=February 3, 2011 |access-date=March 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110215065958/http://www.theprovince.com/health/Eric+Nicol+passes+away+with+children+side/4214221/story.html |archive-date=February 15, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}
  • February 3 – Ron Piché, 75, baseball player (Braves, Angels, Cardinals), cancer (b. 1935){{cite web |url=http://www.rds.ca/baseball/ron-pich%C3%A9-rend-l-%C3%A2me-%C3%A0-l-%C3%A2ge-de-75-ans-1.397757 |title=Ron Piché rend l'âme à l'âge de 75 ans |work=RDS.ca |date=3 February 2011 |access-date=15 July 2014|language=fr}}
  • February 10 – Fred Speck, 63, hockey player (b. 1947){{cite web|url=http://www.thespec.com/print/article/485523 |title=Tough and fast, local legend Fred Speck dies |publisher=TheSpec |date=February 15, 2011 |access-date=March 16, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717032150/http://www.thespec.com/print/article/485523 |archive-date=July 17, 2011 }}
  • February 11 – Bad News Brown, 33, rapper and harmonica player, beaten and shot. (b. 1977){{cite web |last=Lampert |first=Allison |url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/Popular+musician+News+Brown+killed/4272023/story.html |title=Montreal rapper Bad News Brown had no known enemies: family |publisher=Montrealgazette.com |date=February 12, 2011 |access-date=March 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110215132729/http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Popular+musician+News+Brown+killed/4272023/story.html |archive-date=February 15, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}
  • February 18 – Cayle Chernin, 63, actress (Goin' Down the Road), cancer. (b. 1947){{cite web|last=Canadian |first=The |url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/entertainment/breakingnews/goin-down-the-road-actress-cayle-chernin-dies-after-cancer-battle-116552588.html |title='Goin' Down the Road' actress Cayle Chernin dies after cancer battle |publisher=Winnipeg Free Press |date=February 20, 2011 |access-date=March 16, 2011}}
  • February 22 – Jud McAtee, 91, hockey player (b. 1920){{cite web|url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/ourlives/deathnotices.aspx |title=Deaths – March 16, 2011 |publisher=Tulsa World |access-date=March 16, 2011}}
  • February 24 – Robert Reguly, 80, journalist (Toronto Star), heart disease (b. 1931){{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/obituary/article/947093--legendary-star-reporter-robert-reguly-dies?bn=1 |title=Legendary Star reporter Robert Reguly dies |work=Toronto Star |date=March 1, 2011 |access-date=March 16, 2011 |first=Joseph |last=Hall}}
  • February 26 – Roch Thériault, 63, cult leader and convicted murderer (b. 1947){{cite web|url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/cult-leader-roch-theriault-dead-in-jail-1.612302 |title=CTV Montreal – Cult leader Roch Theriault dead in jail – CTV News |date=February 26, 2011 |publisher=Montreal.ctv.ca |access-date=March 16, 2011}}
  • February 28 – Allan Williams, 88, politician, Attorney General of British Columbia (1979–1983), after long illness (b. 1922){{cite web |url=https://theprovince.com/attorney+general+made+controversial+Clifford+Olson+deal+dies/4362928/story.html |title=B.C. attorney general who made controversial Clifford Olson deal dies |publisher=Theprovince.com |date=February 28, 2011 |access-date=March 16, 2011 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

= March =

Image:Dr. Donny George Youkhanna in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.jpg in the Metropolitan Museum of Art]]

  • March 3
  • May Cutler, 87, founder of Tundra Books and first female Mayor of Westmount, Quebec (b. 1924){{cite web|last=Block |first=Irwin |url=https://montrealgazette.com/technology/Former+Westmount+mayor+dies/4379996/story.html |title=Former Westmount mayor dies at 87 |publisher=Montrealgazette.com |date=March 4, 2011 |access-date=March 16, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110306040818/http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Former+Westmount+mayor+dies/4379996/story.html |archive-date=March 6, 2011 }}
  • James Travers, 62, Toronto Star journalist (b. 1948)[https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/948213--star-columnist-jim-travers-dies?bn=1 "Star columnist Jim Travers dies"]. Toronto Star, March 3, 2011.
  • March 6 – Marie Andrée Bertrand, 85, criminologist, feminist and anti-prohibitionist (b. 1925){{cite web|url=https://openparliament.ca/hansards/2360/116/only/ |title=Diane Bourgeois on Marie-Andrée Bertrand |publisher=openparliament.ca |date=March 8, 2011 |access-date=March 16, 2011}}
  • March 8 – Bronko Nagurski Jr., 73, football player (Hamilton Tiger-Cats) (b. 1937){{cite news|url=http://www.thespec.com/sports-story/2141285-bronko-nagurski-jr-dead-at-73/ |title=Bronko Nagurski Jr. dead at 73 |publisher=TheSpec.com |date=March 8, 2011 |access-date=March 16, 2011|newspaper=The Hamilton Spectator |last1=Milton |first1=Steve }}
  • March 10 – Nick Harbaruk, 67, hockey player (b. 1943){{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/former-nhl-player-harbaruk-dies-1.1105115 |title=Former NHL player Harbaruk dies|publisher=CBCSports |date=March 15, 2011 |access-date=April 30, 2014}}
  • March 11 – Donny George Youkhanna, 60, archaeologist, anthropologist and author (b. 1950){{cite web|author=Judith H. Dobrzynski |url=http://www.artsjournal.com/realcleararts/2011/03/donny-george-youkhanna-rip.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511110443/http://www.artsjournal.com/realcleararts/2011/03/donny-george-youkhanna-rip.html |archive-date=2011-05-11|title=Donny George Youkhanna, RIP – UPDATED |publisher=Artsjournal.com |date=March 12, 2011 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • March 12
  • Olive Dickason, 91, historian and author (b. 1920){{cite news|agency=The Canadian Press |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/953178--author-olive-patricia-dickason-dies-at-91 |title=Author Olive Patricia Dickason dies at 91 |work=Toronto Star |date=March 12, 2011 |access-date=March 16, 2011 }}
  • Donald Brenner, 64, judge, Chief Justice of the British Columbia Supreme Court (2000–2009) (b. 1947){{cite web |last=Mulgrew |first=Ian |url=https://vancouversun.com/news/trail+blazing+judge+remembered/4434576/story.html |title=A trail-blazing judge remembered |work=The Vancouver Sun |access-date=March 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110319112456/http://www.vancouversun.com/news/trail+blazing+judge+remembered/4434576/story.html |archive-date=March 19, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all |date=November 24, 2001 }}
  • March 13 – Rick Martin, 59, ice hockey player (Buffalo Sabres, Los Angeles Kings) (b. 1951){{cite web|url=https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=357911 |title=Former Sabre Rick Martin passes away |publisher=Tsn.ca |access-date=March 16, 2011}}
  • March 14
  • Bruce Campbell, 87, Edmonton alderman (b. 1923)
  • G. Alan Marlatt, 69, professor, kidney failure (b. 1941){{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/22/us/22marlatt.html?src=twrhp | work=The New York Times | first=Dennis | last=Hevesi | title=G. Alan Marlatt, Advocate for Shift in Addiction Treatment, Dies at 69 | date=March 21, 2011}}
  • Larry Zolf, 76, journalist (b. 1934)
  • March 18 – Kirk Wipper, 87, professor and founder of the Canadian Canoe Museum (b. 1923){{cite web |url=http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3036245 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130105050001/http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3036245 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 5, 2013 |title=Kirk Wipper founded canoe museum |publisher=Peterborough Examiner |access-date=April 8, 2011 }}
  • March 22
  • Victor Bouchard, 84, pianist, duettist (1952–2003) with Renée Morisset, respiratory disease (b. 1926){{cite web |url= http://www.lapresse.ca/le-soleil/arts-et-spectacles/sur-scene/201103/23/01-4382566-le-pianiste-victor-bouchard-seteint-a-la-veille-de-ses-85-ans.php |title=Le pianiste Victor Bouchard s'éteint à la veille de ses 85 ans |first=Richard |last=Boisvert |work=Le Soleil (Quebec) |year=2011 |access-date=15 July 2014|language=fr}}
  • Jean-Guy Morissette, 73, ice hockey goaltender (b. 1937){{Cite web|date=2011-03-23|title=Goalie Jean-Guy Morissette dies|url=https://tj.news/telegraph-journal|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514131804/http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/sports/article/1391681|archive-date=May 14, 2011|website=tj.news}}
  • March 23 – Frank Howard, 85, politician, member of the BC Legislative Assembly for Skeena (1953–1956; 1979–1986) and MP for Skeena (1957–1974) (b. 1925){{Cite web|date=2011-04-02|title=Houston Today - Former MLA, MP passes away|url=http://www.bclocalnews.com/bc_north/houston-today/news/119121734.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110406081525/http://www.bclocalnews.com/bc_north/houston-today/news/119121734.html|archive-date=2011-04-06|access-date=2021-11-10|website=bclocalnews.com}}
  • March 24 – Dudley Laws, 76, Jamaican-born civil rights activist, kidney disease (b. 1934){{cite web|url=https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/activist-dudley-laws-passes-away-from-kidney-disease-1.622742 |title=Activist Dudley Laws passes away from kidney disease |publisher=CTV Toronto |date=March 24, 2011 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • March 27 – Roger Abbott, 64, actor, writer and co-founder of the Royal Canadian Air Farce (b. 1946){{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/television/roger-abbott-of-royal-canadian-air-farce-dies-at-64/article1958538/ |title=Roger Abbott of Royal Canadian Air Farce dies at 64 |work=The Globe and Mail |access-date=November 30, 2011 |location=Toronto, Ontario, Canada}}
  • March 29 – Neil Reimer, 88, politician, Leader of the Alberta New Democratic Party (1962–1968) (b. 1921){{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/former-alta-ndp-leader-neil-reimer-dies-1.1088699 |work=CBC News |title=Former Alta. NDP leader Neil Reimer dies |date=March 30, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110402091214/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/story/2011/03/30/edmonton-neil-reimer.html |archive-date=April 2, 2011 }}

= April =

  • April 2 – James McNulty, 92, politician, MP for Lincoln (1962–1968) and St. Catharines (1968–1972). (b. 1918){{cite web |url=http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3058666 |title=Respected MP, football coach James McNulty dies – St. Catharines Standard, Niagara Region, Sun Media – Ontario, California |publisher=Stcatharinesstandard.ca |access-date=November 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308191026/http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3058666 |archive-date=March 8, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}
  • April 3
  • Mandi Schwartz, 23, college ice hockey player (b. 1988){{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/news/story?id=6287495&campaign=rss&source=ESPNHeadlines |title=Former Yale hockey player Mandi Schwartz dies at 23 |publisher=ESPN |date=April 5, 2011 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • John A. Tory, 81, lawyer and corporate executive (b. 1930){{cite news| url=https://www.thestar.com/news/article/968486--john-a-tory-81-leading-lawyer-and-towering-contributor | location=Toronto | work=The Star | first=Megan | last=Ogilvie | title=Obituary: Lawyer John A. Tory guided Canada's mightiest men | date=April 3, 2011}}
  • April 4 – Wayne Robson, 64, actor (b. 1946){{cite web|url=http://www.theatermania.com/canada/news/04-2011/canadian-actor-wayne-robson-has-died_35866.html |title=Canadian Actor Wayne Robson Has Died |publisher=Theatermania.com |date=April 6, 2011 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • April 6 – John Bottomley, 50, singer-songwriter, suicide (b. 1960){{cite web|url=http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/April2011/11/c3105.html |title=Juno Award Winning Singer-songwriter John Bottomley Dies Unexpectedly at age 50 |publisher=Newswire.ca |access-date=November 30, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427192049/http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/April2011/11/c3105.html |archive-date=April 27, 2011 }}
  • April 7
  • Pierre Gauvreau, 88, painter (b. 1922){{cite web|url=http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/arts_et_spectacles/2011/04/08/001-pierre-gauvreau-mort.shtml |title=Pierre Gauvreau s'éteint |publisher=Radio-Canada.ca |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • E. J. McGuire, 58, ice hockey coach and scout, cancer (b. 1952){{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=558573 |title=NHL Scouting VP EJ McGuire passes away |publisher=NHL.com |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • April 12 – Sidney Harman, 92, businessman and publisher (Newsweek) (b. 1918){{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/arts-patron-industrialist-sidney-harman-dies-at-92/2011/04/13/AFj2Y1YD_story.html | newspaper=The Washington Post | date=April 14, 2011 | first=Adam | last=Bernstein | title=Arts patron, industrialist Sidney Harman dies at 92}}
  • April 14 – Jean Gratton, 86, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Mont-Laurier (1978–2001) (b. 1924){{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|bgratton|Bishop Jean Gratton|23 January 2015}}
  • April 15 – Reno Bertoia, 76, Italian-born baseball player (Detroit Tigers), lymphoma (b. 1935){{Cite web|url=http://www.windsorstar.com/sports/Bertoia+remembered+baseball+pioneer/4622621/story.html|title=Former Detroit Tiger Reno Bertoia dies|date=April 20, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110420130519/http://www.windsorstar.com/sports/Bertoia+remembered+baseball+pioneer/4622621/story.html|archive-date=April 20, 2011}}
  • April 16
  • Allan Blakeney, 85, politician, premier of Saskatchewan (1971–1982), liver cancer (b. 1925){{Cite web|last1=Chabun|first1=Will|last2=French|first2=Janet|date=2011-04-16|title=Former Sask. Premier Allan Blakeney dies|url=http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Former+Sask+Premier+Allan+Blakeney+dies/4628533/story.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20110418024103/http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Former+Sask+Premier+Allan+Blakeney+dies/4628533/story.html|archive-date=April 18, 2011|website=The Gazette|access-date=November 10, 2021}}
  • Serge LeClerc, 61, ex-criminal, former politician (b. 1950){{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/serge-leclerc-former-sask-mla-dies-1.1035518|title=Serge LeClerc, former Sask. MLA, dies|publisher=CBC News|date=April 16, 2011|access-date=April 16, 2011}}
  • Ulla Ryghe, 75, Swedish film editor, National Film Board of Canada worker{{cite web |url=http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/Deaths.20110423.93262745/BDAStory/BDA/deaths |title=Ulla Ryghe |date=23 April 2011 |access-date=15 October 2017 |work=The Globe and Mail |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016001017/http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/Deaths.20110423.93262745/BDAStory/BDA/deaths |archive-date=October 16, 2017 |url-status=dead }}
  • April 17
  • Michael Sarrazin, 70, actor (b. 1940)
  • Victor Ward, 87, pilot, survivor of the 1956 Springhill Mine disaster, after long illness (b. 1924){{cite web|url=http://jobspress.com/announcements/obituaries/ward-victor-vincent-dick-%E2%80%94-87-years-springhill-passed|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709190535/http://jobspress.com/announcements/obituaries/ward-victor-vincent-dick-%E2%80%94-87-years-springhill-passed|url-status=dead|title=Access denied - Jobspress|date=July 9, 2012|archive-date=July 9, 2012|access-date=July 14, 2018}}
  • April 21 – Ken Kostick, 57, cooking show host (What's for Dinner?), complications of pancreatitis (b. 1953){{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/cooking-show-celebrity-ken-kostick-dies-1.1096649 |work=CBC News |title=Cooking show celebrity Ken Kostick dies |date=April 23, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110425135430/http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2011/04/23/kostick-obit.html |archive-date=April 25, 2011 }}

= May =

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  • May 2 – Danny Kassap, 28, Congolese-born long-distance runner (b. 1982).{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/trackandfield/news/story?id=6467426 |title=28-year old runner Danny Kassap dies day after quitting race |publisher=ESPN |date=May 3, 2011 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • May 3 – Richie Hubbard, 78, politician (b. 1932).
  • May 7 – Willard Boyle, 86, physicist (b. 1924).
  • May 8 – Hilton Rosemarin, 58, set decorator (Three Men and a Baby, Cocktail, Jumper), brain cancer (b. 1952).{{cite news| url=https://variety.com/2011/film/news/hilton-rosemarin-dies-at-58-1118036921/ | work=Variety | title=Hilton Rosemarin dies at 58 | date=May 12, 2011}}
  • May 13
  • Derek Boogaard, 28, hockey player (Wild, Rangers). (b. 1982).{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=562799&navid=mod-rr-headlines |title=Ranger forward Boogaard dead at age 28 – NHL.com – News |publisher=NHL.com |date=May 14, 2011 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • Wallace McCain, 81, businessman, co-founder of McCain Foods, pancreatic cancer. (b. 1930).{{Cite web|last=Press {{!}}|first=Associated|date=2011-05-14|title=McCain Foods co-founder Wallace McCain dies at 81|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2011/05/14/mccain-foods-co-founder-wallace-mccain-dies-at-81/|access-date=2021-11-10|website=The Mercury News|language=en-US}}
  • Jack Richardson, 81, record producer (The Guess Who) (b. 1929).{{Cite web|title=Legendary Canadian Producer Jack Richardson Dies at 81 {{!}} Exclaim!|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/legendary_canadian_producer_jack_richardson_dies_at_81|access-date=2021-11-10|website=exclaim.ca|language=en-ca}}
  • May 18 – John Fortino, 61, Italian-born businessman, founder of the Fortinos supermarket chain, cancer (b. 1950).{{cite web |url=http://www.thespec.com/news/article/534258--supermarket-founder-dead-at-76 |title=Supermarket founder dead at 76 |publisher=TheSpec |date=May 19, 2011 |access-date=November 30, 2011 |archive-date=September 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110907081848/http://www.thespec.com/news/article/534258--supermarket-founder-dead-at-76 |url-status=dead }}
  • May 19 – David H. Kelley, 87, American-born archaeologist (b. 1924).{{cite news |url=http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/Deaths.20110523.93265489/BDAStory/BDA/deaths |title=DAVID HUMISTON KELLEY |location=Toronto |newspaper=Globe and Mail |date=May 23, 2011 |access-date=May 25, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140719180449/http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/Deaths.20110523.93265489/BDAStory/BDA/deaths |archive-date=July 19, 2014 |url-status=dead }}
  • May 24 – Barry Potomski, 38, ice hockey player (b. 1972).{{cite web|url=https://windsorstar.com/sports/NHLer+Potomski+dies+Windsor/4834616/story.html |title=Ex-NHLer Potomski dies in Windsor |access-date=May 26, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525171446/http://www.windsorstar.com/sports/NHLer%2BPotomski%2Bdies%2BWindsor/4834616/story.html |archive-date=May 25, 2011 }}
  • May 28
  • Bill Harris, 79, baseball player (Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers) (b. 1931).{{cite web|url=http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/sports/article/1410730|title=timestranscript.canadaeast.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321220911/http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/sports/article/1410730|archive-date=March 21, 2012|access-date=June 2, 2011}}
  • Alys Robi, 88, jazz singer (b. 1923).{{cite web|url=http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/arts_et_spectacles/2011/05/28/002-alys-robi-deces.shtml |title=Décès d'Alys Robi |publisher=Radio-Canada.ca |date=May 28, 2011 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}

= June =

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  • June 2 – Joel Rosenberg, 57, science fiction author, heart attack (b. 1954).{{cite web |author=Joel Rosenberg |url=http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/06/03/obituary-joel-rosenberg/ |title=SF Site News » Obituary: Joel Rosenberg |publisher=Sfsite.com |date=June 3, 2011 |access-date=November 30, 2011 |archive-date=August 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810202252/http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/06/03/obituary-joel-rosenberg/ |url-status=dead }}
  • June 3 – Bruce Crozier, 72, politician, Ontario MPP for Essex South (1993–1999) and Essex (since 1999), aortic aneurysm (b. 1938).{{cite news| url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1002784--retiring-liberal-mpp-bruce-crozier-dead | location=Toronto | work=The Star | first=Robert | last=Benzie | title=Retiring Liberal MPP Bruce Crozier dead | date=June 4, 2011}}
  • June 8 – Paul Massie, 78, BAFTA-winning actor and theater professor (b. 1932).{{cite news| url=https://variety.com/2011/scene/people-news/paul-massie-dies-at-78-1118038694/ | work=Variety | first=Carmel | last=Dagan | title=Paul Massie dies at 78 | date=June 16, 2011}}
  • June 10 – Theo Dubois, 100, rower (b. 1911).{{cite web|last=Bender |first=Jim |url=http://www.winnipegsun.com/2011/06/14/rowing-legend-dead-at-100 |title=Rowing legend dead at 100 |publisher=Winnipeg Sun |date=June 14, 2011 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • June 12 – René Audet, 91, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Joliette (1968–1990) (b. 1920).{{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|baudet|Bishop René Audet|23 January 2015}}
  • June 16 – Betty Fox, 71, cancer research activist, mother of Marathon of Hope starter Terry Fox (b. 1940).{{cite web|url=https://www.tsn.ca/other_sports/story/?id=369232 |title=Betty Fox, mother of Canadian hero Terry Fox, has died |publisher=Tsn.ca |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • June 19 – John Kerr, Sr., 67, Scottish-born soccer player (b. 1943).{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/soccer-insider/post/john-kerr-sr-one-of-american-soccers-pioneers-dies-at-age-67/2011/06/20/AGFoYddH_blog.html | newspaper=The Washington Post | title=Stats, scores and schedules | date=June 20, 2011 | first=Steven | last=Goff}}
  • June 21 – Robert Kroetsch, 83, poet and novelist (b. 1927).{{cite web |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/books/robert-kroetsch-acclaimed-canadian-author-dies-in-alberta-crash/article2071261/ |title=Robert Kroetsch, acclaimed Canadian author, dies in Alberta crash |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=June 22, 2011 |access-date=August 23, 2017 |archive-date=August 24, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824150101/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/books/robert-kroetsch-acclaimed-canadian-author-dies-in-alberta-crash/article2071261/ |url-status=dead }}
  • June 22 – Harley Hotchkiss, 83, businessman, member of Hockey Hall of Fame, prostate cancer (b. 1927).
  • June 23 – Gaye Delorme, 64, musician, heart attack (b. 1947).{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/philanthropist-flames-owner-hotchkiss-dies-1.992110 |title=Philanthropist, Flames owner Hotchkiss dies |date=June 22, 2011 |publisher=CBC News |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • June 26 – Barry Wilkins, 64, hockey player (Vancouver Canucks), lung cancer (b. 1947).{{cite web |author=David Murray |url=http://www.pittmeadowstoday.ca/sports-vancouver-canuck-1st-ever-goal-scorer-barry-wilkins-dies-sunday/ |title=Sports: Vancouver Canuck 1st Ever Goal Scorer-Barry Wilkins Dies Sunday |date=June 28, 2011 |publisher=PittMeadowsToday.com |access-date=November 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502000603/http://www.pittmeadowstoday.ca/sports-vancouver-canuck-1st-ever-goal-scorer-barry-wilkins-dies-sunday/ |archive-date=May 2, 2014 |url-status=dead }}

= July =

  • July 4 – Wes Covington, 79, American-born baseball player (Milwaukee Braves, Kansas City Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies), cancer. (b. 1932){{cite web|url=http://www.jsonline.com/sports/125052799.html |title=Wes Covington sparked '57 Braves |publisher=JSOnline |date=July 5, 2011 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • July 5
  • Malcolm Forsyth, 74, South African-born trombonist and composer, pancreatic cancer. (b. 1936){{cite news| url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/composer-malcolm-forsyth-dies-at-74-1.1109680 | work=CBC News | title=Composer Malcolm Forsyth dies at 74 | date=July 5, 2011 |access-date=April 30, 2014}}
  • Gordon Tootoosis 69, actor and activist, pneumonia. (b. 1941){{Cite web|url=http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Canadian+actor+First+Nations+leader+Gordon+Tootoosis+dead/5055281/story.html|title=Canadian actor and First Nations leader Gordon Tootoosis dead at 69|date=July 9, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709195836/http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Canadian+actor+First+Nations+leader+Gordon+Tootoosis+dead/5055281/story.html|archive-date=July 9, 2011}}
  • July 6 – Steve Cardiff, 53, Yukon NDP MLA for Mount Lorne, road accident. (b. 1957)
  • July 7
  • Peter Aucoin, 67, professor of political science and public administration (Dalhousie University). (b. 1943){{cite web |last=Wherry |first=Aaron |url=http://www.macleans.ca/2011/07/08/in-memoriam-3/#disqus_thread |title=In memoriam – Beyond The Commons, Capital Read |publisher=Macleans.ca |date=July 8, 2011 |access-date=November 30, 2011 }}
  • Paul-André Crépeau, 85, legal academic. (b. 1926)(French)[https://web.archive.org/web/20111005165403/http://www.branchez-vous.com/info/actualite/2011/07/professeur-paul-andre-crepeau-est-decede.html Le professeur Paul-André Crépeau est décédé], Branchez-vous.com, 8 juillet 2011
  • July 8 – Aleksis Dreimanis, 96, Latvian-born geologist. (b. 1914){{cite news |url=http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/Deaths.20110712.93269586/BDAStory/BDA/deaths |title=ALEKSIS DREIMANIS |location=Toronto |work=Globe and Mail |date=July 12, 2011 |access-date=July 15, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140720041656/http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/Deaths.20110712.93269586/BDAStory/BDA/deaths |archive-date=July 20, 2014 |url-status=dead }}
  • July 10
  • Pierrette Alarie, 89, soprano, wife of tenor Léopold Simoneau. (b. 1921){{cite web |url= http://www.mccallbros.com/pierrette-alarie-simoneau/ |title=Pierrette Alarie-Simoneau of Victoria, Obituary |work=mccallbros.com |date=July 11, 2011 |access-date=July 15, 2014}}
  • Lee Vines, 92, television announcer (What's My Line?) and actor, complications from a fall and pneumonia. (b. 1919){{cite news| url=https://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-passings-20110711,0,3498749.story?page=2 | work=Los Angeles Times | title=PASSINGS: Leo Kirch, Roland Petit, Cal Montney, Lee Vines, Googie Withers, Frank Billerbeck}}
  • July 18 – Albert Driedger, 75, politician, stroke. (b. 1936){{cite web|url=http://www.steinbachonline.com/local-news/former-mla-dead/itemid_232|title=Former MLA Dies|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722090442/http://www.steinbachonline.com/local-news/former-mla-dead/itemid_232|archive-date=July 22, 2011|access-date=July 22, 2011}}
  • July 20 – Gloria Sawai, 78, author. (b. 1932){{cite news| url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-author-gloria-sawai-dies-at-78-1.1026159 |title=Edmonton author Gloria Sawai dies at 78 | work=CBC News | date=July 21, 2011}}
  • July 21 – Elwy Yost, 86, television host and writer. (b. 1925){{cite news| url=https://www.thestar.com/news/books/article/1028603--elwy-yost-dies-at-85 | location=Toronto | work=The Star | first=Martin | last=Knelman | title=Elwy Yost, host of Saturday Night at the Movies, dies at 85 | date=July 22, 2011}}
  • July 22 – Brian Vallée, 70, author, journalist and documentary producer. (b. 1940){{cite news| url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/notable-canadian-deaths-in-2011-jack-layton-betty-fox-and-nhl-enforcers-1.1075720 | work=CBC News | date=December 23, 2011 | title=Notable Canadian deaths in 2011: Jack Layton, Betty Fox and NHL enforcers}}
  • July 24 – Paul Marchand, 74, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Timmins (since 1999). (b. 1937){{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|bmarchand|Bishop Paul Marchand, S.M.M.|23 January 2015}}

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  • July 26 – Silvio Narizzano, 84, film and television director. (b. 1927){{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/jul/28/silvio-narizzano-obituary |location=London |work=The Guardian | first=Ronald | last=Bergan | title=Silvio Narizzano obituary | date=July 28, 2011}}
  • July 27
  • Wilfred Arsenault, 57, Prince Edward Island MLA. (b 1953)
  • Francis John Spence, 85, Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Kingston (1982–2002). (b. 1926){{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|bspence|Archbishop Francis John Spence|23 January 2015}}

= August =

  • August 2 – Jeanne Landry, 89, composer, pianist and teacher (b. 1922){{cite web|title=Jeanne Landry|url=https://www.lepinecloutier.com/necrologie-avis-de-deces/22154|publisher=Lepine Cloutier|language=fr|date=August 3, 2011|access-date=December 5, 2020}}
  • August 3 – William Commanda, 97, former Algonquin chief near Maniwaki, Quebec, spiritual leader and Order of Canada recipient. (b. 1913){{cite web|last=Nease |first=Kristy |url=https://ottawacitizen.com/life/William+Commanda+Algonquin+spiritual+leader+dead/5199557/story.html |title=William Commanda, Algonquin spiritual leader, dead at 97 |publisher=Ottawacitizen.com |date=August 4, 2011 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • August 7 – Jiří Traxler, 99, Czech-born jazz pianist. (b. 1912){{Cite web|date=2011-08-08|title=Ve věku 99 let zemřel v Kanadě skladatel Jiří Traxler|url=http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/kultura/zpravy/ve-veku-99-let-zemrel-v-kanade-skladatel-jiri-traxler/672145|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120729145859/http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/kultura/zpravy/ve-veku-99-let-zemrel-v-kanade-skladatel-jiri-traxler/672145|archive-date=July 29, 2012|access-date=|website=ceskenoviny.cz}}
  • August 8 – Royal Copeland, 86, football player (Toronto Argonauts), Alzheimer's disease. (b. 1924){{cite web|url=https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=373491 |title=Former Argos star Royal Copeland passes away at 86 |publisher=Tsn.ca |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • August 9 – Wendy Babcock, 32, advocate for the rights of prostitutes, suspected suicide. (b. 1978 or 1979){{cite news| url=https://www.thestar.com/news/article/1037824--prostitute-turned-osgoode-law-student-found-dead | location=Toronto | work=The Star | first=Daniel | last=Dale | title=Prostitute turned Osgoode law student found dead | date=August 11, 2011}}

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  • August 12 – Austin-Emile Burke, 89, Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Halifax (1991–1998). (b. 1922){{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|bburkea|Archbishop Austin-Emile Burke|23 January 2015}}
  • August 14 – Shawn Tompkins, 37, kickboxer and mixed martial artist. (b. 1974){{Cite web|date=2011-08-14|title=MMA trainer Shawn Tompkins dies|url=http://www.usatoday.com/sports/mma/post/2011/08/reports-mma-trainer-shawn-tompkins-dead/415135/1|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130205061055/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/mma/post/2011/08/reports-mma-trainer-shawn-tompkins-dead/415135/1|archive-date=February 5, 2013|access-date=2021-11-10|website=usatoday.com}}
  • August 15 – Rick Rypien, 27, ice hockey player (Vancouver Canucks). (b. 1984){{cite web |last=Associated |first=The |url=https://www.thescore.com/home/articles/159891-report-rick-rypien-found-dead-at-age-27 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120525131419/http://www.thescore.com/home/articles/159891-report-rick-rypien-found-dead-at-age-27 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 25, 2012 |title=Reflecting on Rypien |publisher=The Score |date=August 16, 2011 |access-date=November 30, 2011 }}
  • August 18 – Simon De Jong, 69, politician, MP for Regina East (1979–1988) and Regina—Qu'Appelle (1988–1997), leukemia. (b. 1942){{cite web|url=http://nextyearcountrynews.blogspot.co.uk/2011/08/simon-de-jong-former-regina-ndp-mp-dies.html|title=Simon de Jong, former Regina NDP MP, dies at 69 |publisher=nextyearcountrynews.blogspot.co.uk |access-date=April 30, 2014|date=August 22, 2011 }}
  • August 19 – Gil Courtemanche, 68, journalist and novelist (Un dimanche à la piscine à Kigali), cancer. (b. 1943){{cite web|url=http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/arts_et_spectacles/2011/08/19/002-deces-gil-courtemanche.shtml |title=Le monde de la culture rend hommage à Gil Courtemanche |publisher=Radio-Canada.ca |date=August 19, 2011 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • August 22 – Jack Layton, 61, politician, leader of New Democratic Party (2003–2011) and Leader of the Official Opposition (2011), cancer. (b. 1950){{cite web|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/jack-layton-61-dies-after-struggle-with-cancer-1.686548 |title=Jack Layton, 61, dies after struggle with cancer |date=August 22, 2011 |publisher=CTV News |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • August 26 – Aloysius Ambrozic, 81, Slovenian-born Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Toronto (1990–2006). (b. 1930){{cite news| url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-s-cardinal-ambrozic-dies-1.1036831 | work=CBC News | title=Toronto's Cardinal Ambrozic dies | date=August 26, 2011}}
  • August 31
  • Wade Belak, 35, ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs, Nashville Predators). (b. 1976){{cite news|last=Robertson |first=Ian |url=http://www.torontosun.com/2011/08/31/ex-leafs-enforcer-belak-found-dead |title=Ex-NHLer Belak found dead |newspaper=Toronto Sun |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • Robert Muir, 91, politician, MP and Senator. (b. 1919){{cite news| url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/former-nova-scotia-parliamentarian-robert-muir-dies-at-91-1.1074937 | work=CBC News | title=Former Nova Scotia Parliamentarian Robert Muir dies at 91 | date=September 2, 2011}}

= September =

  • September 3 – Edgar Benson, 88, politician and diplomat. (b. 1923){{cite web|url=http://yourlifemoments.ca/sitepages/obituary.asp?oId=531584 |title=Edgar John Benson – Obituaries – Kingston, ON – Your Life Moments |publisher=Yourlifemoments.ca |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • September 7 – Brad McCrimmon, 52, professional ice hockey defenceman (b. 1959){{cite web |url=https://montrealgazette.com/sports/McCrimmon+downed+plane+reports/5364518/story.html |title=Ex-NHLers Brad McCrimmon, Ruslan Salei, Pavol Demitra on downed plane: reports |publisher=Montrealgazette.com |date=September 8, 2011 |access-date=November 30, 2011 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|url=http://www.timescolonist.com/sports/Hockey+team+crashed+Russian+plane+dead/5363841/story.html|title=Hockey team on crashed Russian plane, 44 dead|agency=Reuters|work=Times Colonist|location=Victoria, British Columbia, Canada|date=September 7, 2011|access-date=September 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913142031/http://www.timescolonist.com/sports/Hockey+team+crashed+Russian+plane+dead/5363841/story.html|archive-date=September 13, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}
  • September 9 – William Lesick, 88, politician, MP for Edmonton East (1984–1988) (b. 1923){{cite web|url=http://www.cknw.com/Channels/News/Edmonton/Story.aspx?ID=1535815 |title=CKNW AM 980: News. Talk. Sports. CKNW AM980 – Edmonton News |publisher=Cknw.com |date=October 9, 2011 |access-date=November 30, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111010194425/http://www.cknw.com/Channels/News/Edmonton/Story.aspx?ID=1535815 |archive-date=October 10, 2011 }}
  • September 10 – Cecil Marshall, 71, Trinidadian-born cricketer (b. 1939){{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/canada/content/story/532472.html |title=Canada news: Former allrounder Cecil Marshall dies aged 71 |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=November 30, 2011|date=September 15, 2011 }}
  • September 13 – Paul Gallant, 67, entrepreneur, inventor of Puzz-3D, cancer (b. 1944){{cite web |url=http://toysandgamesmagazine.ca/9404/famous-puzz-3d-inventor-dies-at-67/ |title=Canada's Toy Industry Mourns Famous Puzz 3D Inventor |publisher=TOYS & GAMES MAGAZINE |date=September 14, 2011 |access-date=November 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110923144535/http://toysandgamesmagazine.ca/9404/famous-puzz-3d-inventor-dies-at-67/ |archive-date=September 23, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}
  • September 14 – Buddy Tinsley, 87, football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers) (b. 1924){{cite web|last=Penton |first=Kirk |url=http://www.torontosun.com/2011/09/15/bombers-great-tinsley-dead |title=Bombers great Tinsley dead at 87 |publisher=Toronto Sun |access-date=2012-08-10}}
  • September 15
  • Frances Bay, 92, character actress (Happy Gilmore, Blue Velvet, The Middle), died in Tarzana, California (b. 1919){{cite news|author=Claire Noland |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/09/character-actress-frances-bay-dies-at-92.html |title=Character actress Frances Bay dies at 92 |publisher=Latimesblogs.latimes.com |date=September 16, 2011 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • Mo Rothman, 92, movie executive, persuaded Charlie Chaplin to return to the United States, Parkinson's disease (b. 1919){{cite news|last=Woo |first=Elaine |url=https://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-0929-mo-rothman-20110929,0,5684307.story |title=Mo Rothman obituary: Studio executive helped spark interest in Charlie Chaplin films |work=Los Angeles Times |date=September 29, 2011 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • September 16 – Roger Belanger, 45, ice hockey player, heart attack (b. 1965){{cite web|url=http://www.wellandtribune.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3303390|title=Roger Belanger remembered in loving tribute] Welland Tribune, Niagara Region|access-date=November 30, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926053255/http://www.wellandtribune.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3303390|archive-date=September 26, 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}
  • September 27 – Joseph Maraachli, 1, infant with Leigh's disease (b. 2010){{cite news |url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/baby-joseph-dies-in-his-canadian-home-surrounded-by-family/ |title='Baby Joseph' Dies in His Canadian Home Surrounded by Family |date=September 28, 2011 |publisher=Fox News}}
  • September 28 – Pierre Dansereau, 99, ecologist (b. 1911){{Cite web|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/532855/pierre-dansereau-deces|title=Pierre Dansereau s'éteint à l'âge de 99 ans|first=Zone Environnement-|last=ICI.Radio-Canada.ca|website=Radio-Canada.ca}}
  • September 30
  • Clifford Olson, 71, serial killer, cancer (b. 1940){{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/serial-killer-clifford-olson-dies-1.1110039 |title=Clifford Olson funeral to be 'low key' – Canada – CBC News |publisher=CBC |location=Canada |date=October 1, 2011 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • Ralph M. Steinman, 68, immunologist, announced as 2011 Nobel Laureate in Medicine, pancreatic cancer, died in New York City, U.S. (b. 1943){{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-15155642 |title=BBC News – Late Nobel medicine laureate Ralph Steinman keeps award |publisher=BBC |date=October 3, 2011 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}

= October =

  • October 2 – Cindy Shatto, 54, Olympic diver, lung cancer (b. 1957){{cite news|last=Christie|first=James|date=2011-10-04|title=Olympic diver felt cheated out of a medal|work=The Globe and Mail|location=Toronto, Ontario, Canada|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/deaths/olympic-diver-felt-cheated-out-of-a-medal/article2191322/|url-status=dead|access-date=November 30, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201012920/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/incoming/olympic-diver-felt-cheated-out-of-a-medal/article555899/|archive-date=2016-02-01}}
  • October 9
  • Rob Buckman, 63, British-born oncologist and comedian (b. 1948){{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/article/1067533--dr-robert-buckman-renowned-oncologist-comedian-and-star-columnist-dead-at-63 |title=Toronto News: Dr. Robert Buckman, renowned oncologist, comedian and Star columnist, dead at 63 |work=Toronto Star |date= October 10, 2011|access-date=November 30, 2011 |first=Josh |last=Tapper}}
  • James Worrall, 97, Olympic athlete (1936) and administrator (b. 1914){{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/espn/wire?section=oly&id=7083774 |title=Canadian Olympic official James Worrall dies at 97 – Olympics |publisher=ESPN |date=October 10, 2011 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • October 13 – Barbara Kent, 103, silent film actress (b. 1907){{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/20/movies/barbara-kent-silent-film-star-dies-at-103.html | work=The New York Times | first=Bruce | last=Weber | title=Barbara Kent, Silent-Film Star, Dies at 103 | date=October 19, 2011}}
  • October 14 – Reg Alcock, 63, politician, minister, MP for Winnipeg South (1993–2006); President of the Treasury Board (2003–2006), heart attack (b. 1948){{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/former-liberal-mp-reg-alcock-dies-at-63-1.1048597 |title=Former Liberal MP Reg Alcock dies at 63 – Politics – CBC News |publisher=CBC |location=Canada |date=October 14, 2011 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • October 15 – Earl McRae, 69, journalist (Ottawa Sun), apparent heart attack (b. 1942){{cite web |url=https://ottawacitizen.com/news/Ottawa+journalist+Earl+McRae+dies/5557067/story.html |title=Ottawa Sun journalist Earl McRae dies |publisher=Ottawacitizen.com |date=October 15, 2011 |access-date=November 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120115064751/http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Ottawa%2Bjournalist%2BEarl%2BMcRae%2Bdies/5557067/story.html |archive-date=January 15, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}
  • October 17 – Barney Danson, 90, politician and soldier (b. 1921){{cite news|agency=The Canadian Press |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/trudeau-era-minister-barney-danson-dies-1.1107088 |title=Trudeau-era minister Barney Danson dies|work=CBC News|location=Canada |date=October 18, 2011 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • October 18 – Tommy Grant, 76, football player (Hamilton Tiger-Cats) (b. 1935){{cite web |url=https://montrealgazette.com/sports/Hall+Fame+receiver+Grant+passes+away/5569848/story.html |title=Canadian Football Hall of Fame receiver Grant passes away |publisher=Montrealgazette.com |date=October 18, 2011 |access-date=November 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111126134006/http://www.montrealgazette.com/sports/Hall+Fame+receiver+Grant+passes+away/5569848/story.html |archive-date=November 26, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}
  • October 19 – Tadeusz Sawicz, 97, Polish-born World War II fighter pilot (b. 1914){{cite web |url=https://vancouversun.com/news/Much+decorated+Polish+airman+dies+Toronto/5611251/story.html |title=Much-decorated Polish airman dies in Toronto at age 97 |work=The Vancouver Sun |date=October 26, 2011 |access-date=November 30, 2011 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • October 20 – Maria Rika Maniates, 74, musicologist (b. 1937){{cite encyclopedia|last1=Bowen|first1=William R.|last2=King|first2=Betty Nyggard|last3=Hayes|first3=Florence|last4=Mcgregor|first4=Nancy|title=Rika Maniates|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/rika-maniates-emc|encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia|date=October 23, 2011|access-date=November 4, 2020}}
  • October 23 – Tillie Taylor, 88, judge (b. 1922){{cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/saskatchewan-judge-who-championed-womens-rights-dead-at-88/article2211387/ |title=This page is available to GlobePlus subscribers |work=The Globe and Mail |access-date=November 30, 2011 |location=Toronto, Ontario, Canada |date=October 24, 2011 |archive-date=August 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820134842/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/saskatchewan-judge-who-championed-womens-rights-dead-at-88/article2211387/ |url-status=dead }}
  • October 24 – Harold Huskilson, 91, politician, member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly (1970–1993) (b. 1920){{cite news|author=AT |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/former-mla-huskilson-dies-at-91-1.1035731 |title=Former MLA Huskilson dies at 91 – Nova Scotia – CBC News |publisher=CBC |location=Canada |date=October 25, 2011 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • October 30 – Serge Aubry, 69, ice hockey player (Quebec Nordiques), diabetes (b. 1942){{Cite web|date=2011-10-30|title=Serge Aubry décède à l'âge de 69 ans|url=http://www.rds.ca/hockey/serge-aubry-decede-a-l-age-de-69-ans-1.442170|access-date=2021-11-10|website=RDS.ca|language=fr}}

= November =

  • November 6 – Hickstead, 15, Dutch-born Canadian show jumping horse, Olympic champion (2008), ruptured aorta (b. 1996){{cite web |author=Carol Jones-Packwood |url=http://www.horse-canada.com/horse-news/world-cup-qualifier-suspended-as-hickstead-dies/ |title=World Cup Qualifier Suspended as Hickstead Dies |publisher=Horse Canada |date=November 6, 2011 |access-date=November 30, 2011 |archive-date=November 8, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111108234500/http://www.horse-canada.com/horse-news/world-cup-qualifier-suspended-as-hickstead-dies/ |url-status=dead }}
  • November 11 – Choiseul Henriquez, 51, Haitian-born politician (b. 1950){{cite web |url=http://www.sentinel.ht/politics/articles/executive/1984-newly-appointed-minister-of-culture-dies-at-51 |title=Newly Appointed Haitian Minister of Culture Dies at 51 |work=The Haiti Sentinel |date=November 12, 2011 |access-date=July 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140719063805/http://www.sentinel.ht/politics/articles/executive/1984-newly-appointed-minister-of-culture-dies-at-51 |archive-date=July 19, 2014 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}
  • November 12 – Jim Sullivan, 43, curler, world junior champion (1988) (b. 1968){{cite news|author=AT |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/curling-champ-jim-sullivan-dies-1.1065771 |title=Curling champ Jim Sullivan dies – New Brunswick – CBC News |publisher=CBC |location=Canada |date=November 14, 2011 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • November 15 – Thomas Worrall Kent, 89, journalist and public servant, cardiac arrest (b. 1922){{cite web|agency=The Canadian Press |url=http://www.macleans.ca/article.jsp?content=n14508147 |title=Tom Kent, who led 1980 inquiry into newspaper ownership, dead at 89 |publisher=Macleans.ca |date=November 16, 2011 |access-date=November 30, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603183311/http://www.macleans.ca/article.jsp?content=n14508147 |archive-date=June 3, 2012 |df=mdy }}
  • November 16
  • James Fraser Mustard, 84, doctor and early childhood educator, cancer (b. 1927){{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/article/1088364--dr-fraser-mustard-world-renowned-for-work-in-early-childhood-development?bn=1 |title=Toronto News: Dr. Fraser Mustard, world-renowned for work in early childhood development |work=Toronto Star |date=November 17, 2011 |access-date=November 30, 2011 |first=Kristin |last=Rushowy}}
  • Eddy Palchak, 71, ice hockey trainer and equipment manager (b. 1940){{cite web|last=Stubbs |first=Dave |url=https://montrealgazette.com/sports/Veteran+Habs+trainer+Eddy+Palchak+dies/5725744/story.html |title=Longtime Montreal Canadiens equipment manager Eddy Palchak dies at 71 |publisher=Montrealgazette.com |date=November 17, 2011 |access-date=November 30, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111119180540/http://www.montrealgazette.com/sports/Veteran%2BHabs%2Btrainer%2BEddy%2BPalchak%2Bdies/5725744/story.html |archive-date=November 19, 2011 }}
  • November 19
  • Francis Cabot, 86, gardener and horticulturist (b. 1925){{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/concordmonitor/obituary.aspx?n=francis-higginson-cabot&pid=154706033 |title=Francis Higginson Cabot Obituary: View Francis Cabot's Obituary by Concord Monitor |publisher=Legacy.com |date=November 19, 2011 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • Gordon S. Clinton, 91, politician, Mayor of Seattle (1956–1964) (b. 1920){{cite news|last=Welch |first=Craig |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2016829782_clintonobit23m.html |title=Former Seattle Mayor Gordon Clinton dies |publisher=Seattle Times |date=November 22, 2011 |access-date=November 30, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111126031448/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2016829782_clintonobit23m.html |archive-date=November 26, 2011 }}
  • John Neville, 86, British-born actor (The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The X-Files), Alzheimer's disease, died in Toronto, Ontario (b. 1925){{cite news|agency=The Canadian Press |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/actor-john-neville-dies-at-86-1.1029689 |title=Actor John Neville dies at 86 – Arts & Entertainment – CBC News |publisher=CBC |location=Canada |date=November 21, 2011 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • November 20
  • Frank Leonard Brooks, 100, British-born artist (b. 1911){{Cite web|last=Virtue|first=John|date=2012-08-01|title=Leonard Brooks, 1911-2011|url=http://www.atencionsanmiguel.org/2011/11/25/leonard-brooks-1911-2011/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120801054942/http://www.atencionsanmiguel.org/2011/11/25/leonard-brooks-1911-2011/|archive-date=August 1, 2012|access-date=November 10, 2021|website=atencionsanmiguel.org}}
  • Barry Steers, 85, Ambassador to Brazil and Japan, first Canadian Commissioner to Bermuda (b. c. 1926){{cite web|url=https://lfpress.com/news/london/2011/11/25/19021581.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111127050318/http://www.lfpress.com/news/london/2011/11/25/19021581.html|title=Ambassador loved work, adventure, family |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 27, 2011 |access-date=December 20, 2011 }}
  • November 21
  • Albert D. Cohen, 97, businessman (b. 1914){{cite news|author=Staff Writer |url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/Business-community-loses-its-patriarch-134328203.html |title=Business community loses a patriarch with Albert Cohen's passing |newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press |date=November 22, 2011 |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • Hal Patterson, 79, American-born player of football (Montreal Alouettes, Hamilton Tiger-Cats) (b. 1932){{cite web|url=http://www.thespec.com/localprofile/article/628352--prince-hal-was-truly-one-of-the-greats |title=Prince Hal was truly one of the greats |publisher=TheSpec |date=November 22, 2011 |access-date=November 30, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111129181649/http://www.thespec.com/localprofile/article/628352--prince-hal-was-truly-one-of-the-greats |archive-date=November 29, 2011 }}
  • November 24 –
  • Salvatore Montagna, 40, mobster, shot (b. 1970 or 1971){{cite web|url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/high-ranking-mobster-salvatore-montagna-murdered-1.731075 |title=High-ranking mobster Salvatore Montagna murdered |date=November 25, 2011 |publisher=CTV Montreal |access-date=November 30, 2011}}
  • Helen Forrester, 92, British-born writer (b. 1919){{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/edmontonjournal/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=154799376 |title=June BHATIA Obituary: View June BHATIA's Obituary by Edmonton Journal |publisher=Legacy.com |access-date=2012-08-10}}
  • November 25
  • Jean Casselman Wadds, 91, politician, MP for Grenville—Dundas (1958–1968); High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (1979–1983) (b. 1920){{cite web |author=nurun.com |url=http://www.recorder.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3384852 |title=Political pioneer Jean Wadds of Prescott dies |publisher=Brockville Recorder |date=2011-11-28 |access-date=2012-08-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111130082811/http://www.recorder.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3384852 |archive-date=November 30, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}
  • John Edzerza, 63, politician, Yukon MLA for McIntyre-Takhini (2002–2011), leukemia (b. 1948)
  • Fred Etcher, 79, Olympic silver medal-winning (1960) ice hockey player (b. 1932){{cite web|url=http://www.durhamregion.com/whitby/article/1255427 |title=Former Whitby Dunlops great Fred Etcher dies |publisher=DurhamRegion Article |date=2011-12-01 |access-date=2012-08-10}}
  • November 26 – Ed Harrington, 70, American-born football player (Toronto Argonauts), cancer (b. 1941){{cite web|last=Lankhof |first=Bill |url=http://www.torontosun.com/2011/11/27/ex-argo-harrington-70-dies |title=Ex-Argo Harrington, 70, dies |publisher=Toronto Sun |date=2011-11-27 |access-date=2012-08-10}}

= December =

  • December 3 – Louky Bersianik, 81, novelist (b. 1930){{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20120719015138/http://fr.canoe.ca/divertissement/celebrites/nouvelles/2011/12/04/19066816-qmi.html]}} (French)
  • December 6 – Sum Ying Fung, 112, supercentenarian, oldest person in Canada at time of death, natural causes (b. 1899){{cite news| url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/woman-who-was-oldest-living-canadian-dies-at-112-1.1036829?cmp=rss | work=CBC News | title=Woman who was oldest living Canadian dies at 112 | date=December 13, 2011}}
  • December 14 – Karl-Heinrich von Groddeck, 75, Olympic rower, gold medalist (1960) (b. 1936){{Cite web|date=2012-01-13|title=Ruder-Olympiasieger Moritz von Groddeck gestorben - Yahoo! Eurosport|url=http://de.eurosport.yahoo.com/14122011/30/ruder-olympiasieger-moritz-groddeck-gestorben.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113004435/http://de.eurosport.yahoo.com/14122011/30/ruder-olympiasieger-moritz-groddeck-gestorben.html|archive-date=2012-01-13|access-date=|website=de.eurosport.yahoo.com}}
  • December 18 – Jean Boucher, politician (b. 1926)
  • December 19 – Evans Knowles, 97, politician (b. 1914){{cite web|url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=709cfbf3-1d5e-442f-a66f-68adfd36c35a&Language=E&Section=ALL |title=Parliamentarian File – Complete File – KNOWLES, John Evans |publisher=PARLINFO |access-date=2012-08-10}}
  • December 21
  • Ernest A. Watkinson, 99, politician (b. 1912){{cite news | url=http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/Deaths.20111227.93282629/BDAStory/BDA/deaths | title=ERNEST ALFRED WATKINSON | location=Toronto | work=Globe and Mail | access-date=December 31, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303190221/http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/Deaths.20111227.93282629/BDAStory/BDA/deaths | archive-date=March 3, 2016 | url-status=dead }}
  • David Gold, 31, musician (Woods of Ypres), car accident (b. 1980){{cite web|last=Adams |first=Gregory |url=http://exclaim.ca/News/woods_of_ypres_singer_david_gold_dies_at_31 |title=Woods of Ypres Singer David Gold Dies at 31 |publisher=Exclaim.ca |access-date=2012-08-10}}
  • December 22
  • Michael von Grünau, 67, psychologist and neurophysiologist (b. 1944){{cite web|url=http://computervisionnews.wordpress.com/2011/12/28/visionlist-in-memoriam-michael-von-grunau/ |title=In Memoriam: Michael von Grunau |publisher=Computer Vision News |date=2011-12-28 |access-date=2012-08-10}}
  • December 24 – Lex Gigeroff, 49, writer, actor and producer (Lexx), heart attack (b. 1962){{cite web|url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/artslife/47129-arts-community-mourns-loss-writer-actor-gigeroff|title=The Chronicle Herald|website=thechronicleherald.ca}}
  • December 27 – Johnny Wilson, 82, ice hockey player and coach (Detroit Red Wings) (b. 1929){{cite web |url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/NHL/2011/12/27/19171976.html |title=Former NHLer Johnny Wilson dies |publisher=Slam.canoe.ca |date=2011-12-27 |access-date=2012-08-10 |archive-date=2012-07-14 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714092714/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/NHL/2011/12/27/19171976.html |url-status=usurped }}
  • December 30 – Doug Sellars, 50, television executive (Fox Sports Media Group, CBC Sports), heart attack (b. 1951){{cite web|last=Kenneally |first=Tim |url=https://www.thewrap.com/tv/column-post/fox-sports-media-group-evp-doug-sellars-dies-50-34012 |title=Doug Sellars, Fox Sports Media Group EVP, Dies at 50 |publisher=TheWrap TV |date= January 2012|access-date=2012-08-10}}

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