2019 in Canada

• 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}}

• Governor General – Julie Payette
• Prime Minister – Justin Trudeau
• Parliament – 42nd (until 11 September), then 43rd (from 5 December)

• Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Lois Mitchell
• Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Janet Austin
• Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Janice Filmon
• Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick –

:*Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau (until August 2)

:*vacant (August 2 to September 8)

:*Brenda Murphy (since September 8)

• Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador – Judy Foote
• Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Arthur LeBlanc
• Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Elizabeth Dowdeswell
• Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Antoinette Perry
• Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – J. Michel Doyon
• Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan –

:*W. Thomas Molloy (until July 2)

:*vacant (July 2 to 18)

:*Russell Mirasty (since July 18)

• Premier of Alberta – Rachel Notley (until April 30), then Jason Kenney
• Premier of British Columbia – John Horgan
• Premier of Manitoba – Brian Pallister
• Premier of New Brunswick – Blaine Higgs
• Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador – Dwight Ball
• Premier of Nova Scotia – Stephen McNeil
• Premier of Ontario – Doug Ford
• Premier of Prince Edward Island – Wade MacLauchlan (until May 9), then Dennis King
• Premier of Quebec – François Legault
• Premier of Saskatchewan – Scott Moe

• Commissioner of Nunavut – Nellie Kusugak
• Commissioner of the Northwest Territories – Margaret Thom
• Commissioner of Yukon – Angélique Bernard

• Premier of Nunavut – Joe Savikataaq
• Premier of the Northwest Territories – Bob McLeod (until October 24), then Caroline Cochrane
• Premier of Yukon – Sandy Silver

• January 5 – Finland won the gold medal match of the 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (which began 26 December 2018).
• January 11 – A double-decker bus accident OC Transpo struck a bus shelter killing three people and injuring 23 others in Ottawa.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ledevoir.com/societe/545364/plusieurs-blesses-dans-un-accident-d-autobus-a-ottawa|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190113182244/https://www.ledevoir.com/societe/545364/plusieurs-blesses-dans-un-accident-d-autobus-a-ottawa|url-status=dead|title=Trois morts dans un accident d'autobus à Ottawa|first=La Presse|last=canadienne|date=January 12, 2019|archivedate=January 13, 2019|website=Le Devoir}}
• January 13 to 30 – The 2019 Canadian Figure Skating Championships were held.
• January 22 – A CN Rail train derailed at a level crossing on Saskatchewan Highway 11 north of Saskatoon. Nobody was hurt. There was significant damage to the train and crossing.{{Cite web |url=https://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/tracks-cleared-investigation-underway-after-train-derailment-near-saskatoon |title=Tracks cleared, investigation underway, after train derailment near Saskatoon |access-date=2019-01-23 |archive-date=2019-01-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190124152225/https://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/tracks-cleared-investigation-underway-after-train-derailment-near-saskatoon |url-status=live }}

• February 15 to March 3 – 2019 Canada Winter Games in Red Deer.
• March 10 – Daylight saving time starts
• March 16 to 17 – Juno Awards of 2019 in London
• March 18 – Proceedings of the Senate of Canada were televised for the first time in the chamber's history.[https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tasker-senate-tv-first-time-1.5060943 "Ready for their closeup: Senate begins broadcasting proceedings for first time today"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114210042/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tasker-senate-tv-first-time-1.5060943 |date=2022-11-14 }}. CBC News, March 18, 2019.
• March 20 – The Crucifix that has hung in the Montreal council chamber since 1937 is taken down.https://globalnews.ca/news/5077018/montreal-crucifix-in-museum/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/crucifix-montreal-city-hall-1.5063897
• March 30 to April 7 – 2019 World Men's Curling Championship in Lethbridge

• April 3 – Quebec City announces that it has no plans to remove the Crucifix inside their city council chamber.https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-city-sherbrooke-won-t-remove-crucifixes-from-city-hall-chambers-1.5081279
• April 16 – Alberta general election held. United Conservatives win a majority government, defeating New Democrats.
• April 23 – Prince Edward Island general election held. The Progressive Conservative Party wins a minority government, the Green Party will form the official opposition.
• May 15 – The 2019 Canadian Championship began. They are to be held till September 25, 2019.
• May 16 – Newfoundland and Labrador general election held.{{Cite web |date=19 May 2019 |title=Office of the Chief Electoral Office – Official Results of the 2019 Provincial General Election |url=https://www.gov.nl.ca/releases/2019/elections/0519n01/ |access-date=6 January 2024 |website=Government of Newfoundland and Labrador}} The Liberal Party retains power but with a minority government which was Newfoundland and Labrador's first minority government since 1971.{{Cite web |title=Liberals to form minority government, CBC projects |url=https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/elections/newfoundland-labrador/2019/results/ |access-date=6 January 2024 |website=CBC News}}
• May 17 to 26 – 2019 Memorial Cup held in Halifax

• June 13 – The Toronto Raptors win their first NBA championship in the 2019 NBA Finals, the first time a Canadian team had won the NBA championship.
• June 17 – Quebec passed Bill 21, a law which bars public servants from wearing religious symbols while on duty.{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-quebec-legislature-expected-to-pass-bill-21-late-sunday/|title = Quebec passes bill banning public servants from wearing religious symbols}}
• July 9 –
• The Crucifix in the National Assembly of Quebec that Quebec Premier Maurice Duplessis hung there in 1936 (83 years), is removed.{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/crucifix-removed-national-assembly-from-blue-room-1.5205352|title=Crucifix removed from National Assembly's Blue Room|date=July 9, 2019|work=CBC News|access-date=2019-07-14}}
• 46 people were sent to the hospital after a serious carbon monoxide leak at a Super 8 motel in Winnipeg. There were no fatalities.
• July 14 to July 19 – 2019 Northern British Columbia murders
• July 31 – Canada withdrew its peacekeeping forces from Mali.{{cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/5112146/canada-peacekeeping-mission-mali-freeland/|title=Canada won't extend peacekeeping mission in Mali, Freeland says|publisher=Global News|date=March 29, 2019|access-date=March 30, 2019|last=Berthiaume|first=Lee}}

• August 7 – Bodies believed to be the suspects of the Northern British Columbia murders are found in dense brush near the Nelson River.{{cite web| url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/rcmp-significant-announcement-1.5239053| title = Bodies found in northern Manitoba believed to be 2 B.C. fugitives {{!}} CBC News}}
• August 11 – Bianca Andreescu wins the 2019 Rogers Cup in the women's singles event after Serena Williams retires the match due to an upper back injury.{{cite news|last=Chidley-Hill|first=John|date=August 11, 2019|title=Bianca Andreescu wins Rogers Cup after tennis icon Serena Williams retires from final|work=CBC News|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/tennis/rogers-cup-final-andreescu-williams-1.5243269}} This is the first time a Canadian has won the event since 1969.
• August 31 – Contracts for Ontario teachers and education workers expires.
• September 10 – Manitoba general election held. The Progressive Conservative Party wins a second majority government.
• September 19 – Photos and a video of blackface from 2001 of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are released. Trudeau later apologizes for the photos and the video.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/18/world/canada/trudeau-brownface.html|title = Justin Trudeau Says He is 'Deeply Sorry' After Brownface Photo Surfaces|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 18 September 2019|last1 = Austen|first1 = Ian|last2 = Bilefsky|first2 = Dan}}

• October 1 – Northwest Territories general election was held.{{cite web |title=Elections NWT hopes to boost young adult turnout in 2019 election |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/elections-nwt-young-adult-vote-1.5190694 |website=CBC |access-date=28 July 2019}}
• October 21 – The 2019 Canadian federal election was held, with the Liberal Party forming a minority government.{{Cite news |last=Brean |first=Joseph |date=22 October 2019 |title=All-time low share of popular vote is enough for Liberals to win power |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/election-2019/canadian-federal-election-2019-liberals-justin-trudeau-win |access-date=5 January 2024 |work=The National Post}}
• November 3 – Daylight saving time ends.
• November 11 – Longtime hockey analyst Don Cherry is fired from Hockey Night in Canada, by Sportsnet.
• November 23 – Calgary Dinos win the Vanier Cup, in Quebec City.
• November 24 – Winnipeg Blue Bombers win the Grey Cup, in Calgary.
• November 25 – 2019 World Ringette Championships in Burnaby, British Columbia.

• December 9 – Bianca Andreescu awarded the 2019 Lou Marsh Trophy{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/2019/12/09/bianca-andreescu-named-unanimous-winner-of-lou-marsh-award.html|title=Bianca Andreescu named unanimous winner of Lou Marsh Award as Canada's athlete of the year|last=Armstrong|first=Laura|newspaper=Toronto Star|date=2019-12-09|access-date=2019-12-12}}
• December 12 – Andrew Scheer announces pending resignation as leader of the Conservative Party.

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• 3 January
• William Miller, football player (born 1957)
• Marcelle Corneille administrator and educator (born 1923)
• 4 January
• Peter Doucette, politician (born 1954)
• Frank Mugglestone, 94, English rugby league footballer (Bradford Northern, Castleford).{{cite web|title=Frank Mugglestone |url=https://www.fundyfuneralhome.com/notices/Frank-Mugglestone|access-date=4 January 2019}}
• Norman Snider, screenwriter (born 1945)
• 5 January
• Jean-Eudes Dubé, politician (born 1926)
• Gerry Plamondon, ice hockey player (born 1924)
• Alexis Smirnoff, wrestler (born 1947)
• Myron Thompson, politician (born 1936)
• 6 January
• George Crowe, ice hockey coach (born 1936)
• Gene Zwozdesky, politician (born 1948)
• 9 January
• Pierre de Bané, senator (born 1938)
• Paul Koslo, actor (born 1944)
• 11 January
• Mark Elliot, radio host (born 1953)
• Marge Callaghan, baseball player (born 1921)
• 12 January
• George Ball, entomologist (born 1926)
• Dennis Marvin Ham, politician (born 1941)
• 13 January – Bo Westlake, rower (born 1927)
• 14 January – Gavin Smith poker player(born 1968)
• 16 January
• Jean Chatillon, composer (born 1937)
• Alfred Kunz, composer (born 1929)
• 18 January
• Walter Craig, mathematician (born 1953)
• Gilles Paquet, economist (born 1936)
• François Protat, cinematographer
• 19 January – Red Sullivan, ice hockey player (born 1929)
• 22 January – A. Brian Deer, librarian (born 1945)
• 23 January – Jim McKean, Major League Baseball umpire (born 1945)
• 25 January – Jacques Berthelet, Roman Catholic bishop (born 1934)
• 29 January – Andy Hebenton, ice hockey player (born 1929)
• 31 January
• Ron Joyce, businessman, co-founder of Tim Hortons (born 1930)
• William Winegard, politician (born 1924)

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• 1 February – Raymond Ratzlaff, politician (born 1931)
• 2 February
• Michael Ferguson, Auditor General of Canada (born 1958)
• William Slater, swimmer (born 1940)
• 4 February – Phil Western, musician (born 1971)
• 6 February – Paul Dewar, educator and politician from Ottawa (born 1963)
• 10 February – Michael Wilson, politician (born 1937)
• 11 February
• James Burns, businessman
• Joe Schlesinger, television journalist, and author (born 1928)
• 15 February – Erminie Cohen, senator (born 1926)
• 16 February – Albert Ludwig, politician and author (born 1919)
• 18 February – Charles Deblois, politician (born 1939)
• 23 February – Bob Adams, decathlete (born 1924)
• 24 February – Trevor Eyton, senator and businessman (born 1934)
• 25 February – Chantal duPont, multidisciplinary artist (born 1942)
• 27 February – Sandra Faire, television producer and philanthropist
• 28 February – Ed Bickert, jazz guitarist (born 1932)

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• March 1 – Elly Mayday, model and women's health advocate (born 1988)
• March 4
• Robert Wagner Dowling, politician (born 1924)
• Art Hughes, Canadian soccer player (born 1930)
• Ted Lindsay, professional ice hockey player (born 1925){{Cite web |url=http://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/26133939/hall-famer-howe-linemate-lindsay-dies |title=Hall of Famer and Howe linemate Lindsay dies |date=4 March 2019 |access-date=2019-06-21 |archive-date=2019-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306044617/http://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/26133939/hall-famer-howe-linemate-lindsay-dies |url-status=live }}
• March 5
• Richard Allen, politician (born 1929)
• Stephen Irwin, architect (born 1939)
• March 6
• Gordon Osbaldeston, civil servant (born 1930)
• Charlie Panigoniak, Inuktitut singer and guitarist (born 1946)
• March 7 – Patrick Lane, poet (born 1939)
• March 9 – Harry Howell, ice hockey player (born 1932)
• March 11 – Joe Rosenblatt, poet (born 1933)
• March 16 – Joe Fafard, sculptor (born 1942)

• April 3 – Mary Borgstrom, potter and ceramist (born 1916{{Cite web |url=https://gregorysfuneralhomes.com/book-of-memories/3790131/Borgstrom-Mary/index.php |title=Mary Borgstrom |access-date=2019-04-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404201345/https://gregorysfuneralhomes.com/book-of-memories/3790131/Borgstrom-Mary/index.php |archive-date=2019-04-04 |url-status=dead }}
• April 7 – Wilbert Keon, physician and senator (born 1935)
• April 19 – William Krehm, author, journalist, political activist and real estate developer (born 1913){{Cite web|url=http://canadianobituaries.com/toronto/112528-bill-krehm-april-19-2019.html|title = KREHM, Bill Krehm - Canadian Obituaries}}
• April 28 – Wayson Choy, writer (born 1939)

• May 2
• Red Kelly, ice hockey player and politician (born 1927)
• Murray Thomson, activist (born 1922)
• May 23 – Mike Laffin, politician and dentist (born 1918){{Cite web |url=https://www.capebretonpost.com/living/new-waterford-man-lived-life-to-the-fullest-315512/ |title=New Waterford man lived life to the fullest |access-date=2019-05-25 |archive-date=2019-05-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526054623/https://www.capebretonpost.com/living/new-waterford-man-lived-life-to-the-fullest-315512/ |url-status=live }}

• June 20 – Mark Warawa, politician (born 1950)
• June 30 – John Rafferty, politician (born 1953)

• July 2 – W. Thomas Molloy, 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan
• July 7 – Edna Anderson, politician. (born 1922){{Cite web |url=https://www.orilliamatters.com/local-news/former-mp-edna-anderson-who-had-an-iron-will-dies-at-96-1584499 |title=Former MP Edna Anderson, who had 'an iron will,' dies at 96 |date=15 July 2019 |access-date=2019-07-15 |archive-date=2019-07-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715122902/https://www.orilliamatters.com/local-news/former-mp-edna-anderson-who-had-an-iron-will-dies-at-96-1584499 |url-status=live }}
• July 8 – Greg Johnson, ice hockey player (b. 1971){{Cite web |url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/sports/nhl/2019/07/09/greg-johnson-nashville-predators-red-wings-penguins-blackhawks-dies-48/1683259001/ |title=Greg Johnson, who played for Nashville Predators and three other NHL teams, dies at 48 |access-date=2019-07-15 |archive-date=2020-01-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200126230909/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nhl/2019/07/09/greg-johnson-nashville-predators-red-wings-penguins-blackhawks-dies-48/1683259001/ |url-status=live }}

• August 2
• Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau, 31st Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick (b. 1955/1956)
• Deepak Obhrai, Canadian Member of Parliament for Calgary Forest Lawn (b. 1950)
• August 19 – Bette Stephenson, physician and politician (born 1924)

• September 17 – Harvey Wylie, gridiron football player (born 1933)
• September 18 – Graeme Gibson, writer (born 1934)
• September 20 – Rick Bognar, wrestler (born 1970)

• October 7 – Devan Bracci-Selvey, school student and murder victim (born 2005)
• October 9 – Anne Hart, writer (born 1935)
• October 30 – Bernard Slade, playwright (born 1930)

• December 11 – Fernande Saint-Martin, art critic, museologist, semiologist, visual arts theorist and writer (born 1927)
• December 24 – Kelly Fraser, Inuk pop singer and songwriter (born 1993)

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