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2023 in Canada

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{{Year in Canada|2023}}

Events from the year 2023 in Canada.

Incumbents

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=The Crown=

=Federal government=

=Provincial governments=

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==Lieutenant Governors==

==Premiers==

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==Commissioners==

==Premiers==

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Events

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= January =

  • January 1 – Canada enacts a law prohibiting foreigners, except for immigrants and permanent residents, from acquiring residential areas in the country for two years in response to a real-estate bubble.{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/01/business/canada-bans-home-purchases-foreigners/index.html|title=Canada is banning some foreigners from buying property after home prices surged|first=Chris|last=Isidore|website=CNN|date=January 1, 2023|access-date=January 3, 2023}}
  • January 10 – CF Montréal Reserve sacks Sandro Grande as head coach, after backlash over comments Grande made on Twitter following the attempted assassination of Quebec premier Pauline Marois.{{cite news |date=10 January 2023 |title=CF Montréal terminates Sandro Grande one day after coach was hired |url=https://montrealgazette.com/sports/soccer/mls/club-de-foot-montreal/pq-denounces-cf-montreal-hiring-of-sandro-grande |work=Montreal Gazette |accessdate=10 January 2023}}
  • January 18 – Defence Minister Anita Anand announces that the country is donating 200 Senator APCs to Ukraine to aid them during the war.{{Cite news |last=Zimonjic |first=Peter |date=January 18, 2023 |title=Canada announces it will donate 200 armoured vehicles to Ukraine |work=CBC |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-ukaine-armoured-personnel-carriers-donation-1.6717597 |access-date=January 19, 2023}}
  • January 21 – The government agreed to pay {{CAD|2.8}} billion to settle a class-action lawsuit regarding compensation for the effects of residential schools to First Nations.{{Cite news |date=2023-01-21 |title=Canada settles residential schools lawsuit for $2.8bn |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64362246 |access-date=2023-01-24}}
  • January 26:
  • Anand announces that Canada is sending four Leopard 2A4 tanks to Ukraine, the first Canadian tanks sent to the country. This move comes a day after Germany and the United States reversed their initial hesitations and announced a shipment of tanks to Ukraine as well.{{Cite web |last=Roblin |first=Sebastien |title=Canada Donates Leopard 2A4 Tank Platoon To Ukraine |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/sebastienroblin/2023/01/26/canada-donates-leopard-2a4-tank-platoon-to-ukraine/ |access-date=2023-01-27 |website=Forbes |language=en}}
  • Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appointed Amira Elghawaby as Canada's first special representative on combatting Islamophobia for a four-year term. Her appointment was not only criticized by the Quebec government and the Parti Québécois, but they also called for her to resign due to remarks she said about Quebecers in 2019.{{cite web | url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/legault-government-calls-for-removal-of-federal-anti-islamophobia-representative | title=CAQ government wants federal anti-Islamophobia adviser removed over Bill 21 comments }}{{cite web | url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-mnas-call-for-dismissal-of-anti-islamophobia-advisor-1.6253926 | title=Quebec MNAs call for dismissal of anti-Islamophobia advisor | date=31 January 2023 }}{{cite web | url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-minister-calls-on-new-anti-islamaphobia-advisor-to-step-down-over-bill-21-comments-1.6251996 | title=Quebec minister calls on new anti-Islamophobia representative to step down over Bill 21 comments | date=30 January 2023 }}{{Cite news |last=Authier |first=Philip |date=1 February 2024 |title=Trudeau endorses contempt for Quebec by supporting Elghawaby, Legault charges |url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/quebec-politicians-wade-into-amira-elghawaby-controversy |work=The Gazette}}

= February =

  • February 2 – In response to a detected Chinese balloon flying over Canadian and American airspace, Cong Peiwu, the Chinese ambassador to Canada, was summoned by officials, while the Canadian Armed Forces said in a statement that the incident posed no danger to Canadians.{{Cite web |date=2023-02-03 |title=Ottawa tight-lipped on details as Canada, U.S. call out China over balloon |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/ottawa-tight-lipped-on-details-as-canada-u-s-call-out-china-over-balloon-1.6258826 |access-date=2023-02-04 |website=CTVNews |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Defence |first=National |date=2023-02-03 |title=Statement on High Altitude Surveillance Balloon |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/news/2023/02/statement-on-high-altitude-surveillance-balloon.html |access-date=2023-02-04 |website=www.canada.ca}} The balloon was shot down two days later off the coast of the U.S. state of South Carolina by a missile.{{Cite news |date=5 February 2023 |title=Suspected Chinese spy balloon shot down off South Carolina coast |work=CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chinese-spy-balloon-shot-down-off-carolina-coast/ |access-date=22 December 2023}}
  • February 8 – A man crashed a bus into a daycare in Laval, Quebec, killing two children and injuring six others. The man, identified to be 51-year-old Pierre Ny St-Amand, was arrested.{{cite web|url=https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/serious-injuries-as-bus-crashes-into-daycare-in-montreal-suburb-driver-arrested|title=Driver charged with first-degree murder in 'nightmare' bus attack on Quebec daycare|website=National Post|date=February 8, 2023|access-date=February 8, 2023}}
  • February 11 – 2023 Yukon high-altitude object: Justin Trudeau orders the takedown of an unidentified object over Yukon, which is later shot down by a United States Air Force F-22 Raptor using a AIM-9X Sidewinder. The Canadian Armed Forces is deployed to collect and analyze the object.{{Cite web |last=Britzky |first=Paula Newton,Haley |date=2023-02-11 |title=US jet shoots down 'unidentified object' over northern Canada |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/11/politics/norad-additional-object-northern-canada/index.html |access-date=2023-02-12 |website=CNN |language=en}}
  • February 13 – At least twelve people are injured in an explosion at a construction site in Ottawa.{{Cite news|date=2023-02-14|orig-date=Originally published 2023-02-13 |title=Ottawa neighbourhood devastated by massive explosion |last=Woods|first=Michael|url=https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/ottawa-neighbourhood-devastated-by-massive-explosion-1.6271158 |access-date=2023-02-14 |agency=CJOH-DT|language=en}}
  • February 18–March 5 – The 2023 Canada Winter Games are held in Prince Edward Island.{{Cite web |title=For two weeks in 2023, we were all Islanders. |url=https://www.canadagames.ca/previous-games/pei-2023#:~:text=In%202023%2C%20Prince%20Edward%20Island,ceremony%20on%20March%205%2C%202023. |access-date=21 December 2023 |website=Canada Games Council}}
  • February 27–March 5 – The 2023 World Junior Figure Skating Championships are held in Calgary, Alberta.{{Cite web |title=2023 World Junior Figure Skating Championships |url=https://www.goldenskate.com/events/2023-world-junior-figure-skating-championships/ |access-date=18 December 2023 |website=Golden Skate}}
  • February 28 – Canada bans social media platform TikTok from all government-issued devices, citing "an unacceptable level of risk to privacy and security" from the Chinese-owned app.{{Cite news |date=2023-02-27 |title=Canada bans TikTok on government devices |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64792894 |access-date=2023-02-28}}

= March =

  • March 12: The Parti Québécois PQ held a leadership confidence vote. PQ party leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon broke a record for the PQ votes of confidence, with 98.51% support.{{cite web |title=PQ leader gets 98% approval in vote of confidence |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/pq-pspp-vote-of-confidence-1.6776563 |website=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=2023-03-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319090653/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/pq-pspp-vote-of-confidence-1.6776563 |archive-date=19 March 2023 |url-status=live |access-date=19 March 2023 }}{{cite web |last=Authier |first=Philip |date=12 March 2023 |title=PQ leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon breaks record for confidence vote |url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/pq-to-present-hypothetical-budget-for-sovereign-quebec-this-spring |website=The Gazette}}{{cite web | url=https://globalnews.ca/news/9545979/pq-leader-paul-st-pierre-plamondon-wins-record-confidence-vote/ | title=PQ leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon wins record 98.51% of delegate support in vote of confidence - Montreal {{pipe}} Globalnews.ca }}
  • March 13:
  • The Juno Awards of 2023 are held in Edmonton, Alberta.{{Cite web |title=Actor Simu Liu to host 2023 Juno Awards in Edmonton - Edmonton {{!}} Globalnews.ca |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/9317417/simu-liu-edmonton-juno-awards-host/ |access-date=2023-01-16 |website=Global News |language=en-US}}
  • Guillaume Cliche-Rivard from Québec solidaire is elected in the 2023 Saint-Henri—Sainte-Anne provincial by-election.{{Cite web |title=Québec solidaire victorious in byelection, capturing Montreal Liberal stronghold {{!}} Globalnews.ca |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/9547238/quebec-byelection-montreal-march-13-2023/ |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=Global News |language=en-US}}
  • A pickup truck hit eleven pedestrians in Amqui, Quebec, killing three and injuring eight. The driver was arrested after attempting to flee the scene.{{cite web|url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/suspect-in-amqui-que-pedestrian-deaths-charged-police-identify-victims-1.6312196|title=Suspect in Amqui, Que. pedestrian deaths charged; police identify victims|website=CTV News|date=March 14, 2023|access-date=March 15, 2023}}
  • March 16 – A fire kills seven people in Old Montreal. The fire prompts a crackdown on illegal short-term housing rentals in Quebec.{{cite web |title=Two years after fatal fire, Montreal tightens rules on short-term rentals like Airbnb |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/two-years-after-fatal-fire-montreal-tightens-rules-on-short-term-rentals-like-airbnb/#:~:text=The%20new%20rules%2C%20adopted%20days,a%20day%20for%20repeat%20offenders. |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=CTV News}}
  • March 26 – Janine Gibson wins the 2023 Green Party of Manitoba leadership election.{{Cite news |last=Kives |first=Bartley |date=March 26, 2022 |title=Steinbach-area ag consultant becomes new leader of Manitoba Green Party |work=CBC |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-new-green-party-leader-1.6791704 |access-date=March 29, 2022}}

= April =

  • April 3 – The 2023 Prince Edward Island general election is held. The Progressive Conservative Party under Dennis King won a majority government.{{Cite news |last=MacKay |first=Cody |date=6 March 2023 |title=King makes it official: Prince Edward Island election to be held April 3 |work=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-spring-election-1.6769670 |access-date=9 December 2023}}{{Cite news |title=P.E.I. Votes 2023 |work=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |url=https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/elections/pei/2023/results/ |access-date=9 December 2023}}
  • April 5–16 – The 2023 IIHF Women's World Championship is held in Brampton, Ontario.{{Cite web |title=2023 IIHF WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP |url=https://www.iihf.com/en/tournaments?tournamentType=WW&selectedSeason=2023&tournamentCategory=worlds |access-date=12 December 2023 |website=International Ice Hockey Federation}}
  • April 5 – 2023 Canada ice storm: Two people are killed and over a million people are without power after an ice storm strikes Ontario and Quebec.{{Cite news |last=Shakil |first=Ismail |date=2023-04-07 |title=Two dead, over a million without power after ice storm hits Canada |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/freezing-rain-canada-leaves-more-than-million-without-power-2023-04-06/ |access-date=2023-04-10}}
  • April 9 – The 2023 Canadian Ringette Championships are held in Regina, Saskatchewan. National champions are decided in U16, U19, and National Ringette League divisions.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}
  • April 17 – Over $20 million worth of gold and other high-value items are stolen at the Toronto Pearson International Airport.{{Cite news |last=Humphreys |first=Adrian |date=11 October 2023 |title=New details about $20M Toronto airport gold heist revealed in Brink's suit against Air Canada |work=The National Post |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/toronto/new-details-toronto-pearson-airport-gold-heist |access-date=8 December 2023}}
  • April 19–May 3 – 2023 Canadian federal worker strike.{{Cite news |last1=Scherer |first1=Steve |last2=Paperny |first2=Anna |date=1 May 2023 |title=Canada lands May Day deal to end strike by federal workers |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canada-public-workers-reach-contract-agreement-with-federal-govt-ending-strike-2023-05-01/ |access-date=17 December 2023}}{{Cite web |date=4 May 2023 |title=The Canada Revenue Agency reaches a tentative agreement with the Public Service Alliance of Canada – Union of Taxation Employees |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/news/2023/05/the-canada-revenue-agency-reaches-a-tentative-agreement-with-the-public-service-alliance-of-canada--union-of-taxation-employees.html |access-date=17 December 2023 |website=The Government of Canada}}
  • April 27 – The Online Streaming Act receives royal assent, officially amending the Broadcasting Act and other related acts.{{Cite web |title=An Act to amend the Broadcasting Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts |url=https://www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en/bill/44-1/c-11 |access-date=3 December 2024 |website=Parliament of Canada}}
  • April 29 – The Toronto Maple Leafs win a playoff series for the first time since 2004.{{Cite news |last=Pingue |first=Frank |date=30 April 2023 |title=Maple Leafs oust Lightning for first playoff series win since 2004 |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/sports/nhl/maple-leafs-oust-lightning-first-playoff-series-win-since-2004-2023-04-30/ |access-date=16 December 2023}}

= May =

  • May 6 – Coronation of Charles III as King of Canada and the other Commonwealth realms.{{Cite news |date=6 May 2023 |title=King Charles III is crowned in Westminster Abbey, amid pomp and pageantry |work=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/king-charles-coronation-1.6834728 |access-date=10 December 2023}}
  • May 8 – Canada expels Zhao Wei, a Chinese diplomat based in Toronto, from Canada, after Wei was accused of intimidating a Canadian opposition legislator critical of Beijing. The legislator Wei was accused of intimidating was reported to be Conservative MP Michael Chong.{{Cite web |date=8 May 2023 |title=Canada expelling Chinese diplomat over alleged legislator threats |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/5/8/canada-expelling-chinese-diplomat-over-alleged-legislator-threats |access-date=8 May 2023 |website=Al Jazeera}}{{Cite web |date=8 May 2023 |title=Canada expels Chinese diplomat who allegedly targeted Conservative MP |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/9682723/canada-expels-chinese-diplomat-targeted-michael-chong/ |access-date=8 May 2023 |website=Global News}} In response to Canada's expulsion of Wei, China listed Jennifer Lynn Lalonde, Canadian Consul in Shanghai, as persona non grata, where she would be expelled by May 13.{{cite news |title=China Says To Expel Canada's Top Diplomat In Shanghai |url=https://www.barrons.com/news/china-says-to-expel-canada-s-top-diplomat-in-shanghai-c7f94c78 |access-date=9 May 2023 |agency=APF |date=9 May 2023}}{{Cite news |first1=Chloe |last1=Kim |first2=Kelly |last2= Ng |date=2023-05-09 |title=China expels Canadian diplomat in tit-for-tat move |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65529185 |access-date=2023-05-09 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}
  • May 9 – Quebec's premier Francois Legault comes out opposed to a plan by Century Initiative lobby group which wants to increase immigration in Canada, saying that "it constitutes a threat to Quebec".{{cite news |last1=Bergeron |first1=Patrice |title=100 millions d'habitants en 2100: L'Initiative du siècle est une menace pour le Québec, dit Legault |url=https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/politique/2023-05-09/100-millions-d-habitants-en-2100/l-initiative-du-siecle-est-une-menace-pour-le-quebec-dit-legault.php?sharing=true |website=La Presse |access-date=10 May 2023 |language=fr-CA |date=9 May 2023}}{{Cite news |last=Authier |first=Philip |date=9 May 2023 |title=Quebec alone will determine its immigration levels, Premier Legault says |url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/quebec-alone-will-determine-its-immigration-levels-premier-legault-says |access-date=23 March 2024 |work=The Gazette}}{{cite web | url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/plan-to-boost-canada-s-population-through-immigration-threatens-quebec-premier-says-1.6391514 | title=Plan to boost Canada's population through immigration threatens Quebec, premier says | work=Montreal | date=9 May 2023 }}
  • May 24 – Canada and Saudi Arabia agree to restore full diplomatic relations after a breakdown in relations in 2018 over the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi.{{Cite news |last=Scherer |first=Steve |date=2023-05-25 |title=Canada and Saudi Arabia normalize diplomatic relations after 2018 split |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/canada-saudi-arabia-appoint-new-ambassadors-end-2018-dispute-2023-05-24/ |access-date=2023-07-19 |archive-date=June 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604133727/https://www.reuters.com/world/canada-saudi-arabia-appoint-new-ambassadors-end-2018-dispute-2023-05-24/ |url-status=live }}
  • May 29
  • The 2023 Alberta general election is held, with Danielle Smith and the United Conservative Party retaining a reduced majority government.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/albertans-should-be-taking-notice-of-bill-81-here-s-why-1.6280351|title=Albertans should be taking notice of Bill 81. Here's why|publisher=CBC News|date=December 10, 2021|access-date=December 10, 2021|last=Thomson|first=Graham|archive-date=December 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211210161718/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/albertans-should-be-taking-notice-of-bill-81-here-s-why-1.6280351|url-status=live}}
  • Paul Bernardo is transferred from Millhaven Institution, a maximum security prison in Ontario, to La Macaza Institution, a medium security prison in Quebec. The transfer caused controversy.{{cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/9769606/paul-bernardo-prison-transfer-pmo-trudeau/|title=The PMO knew in March of Paul Bernardo prison transfer 'possibility'|first=Sean|last=Boynton|publisher=Global News|date=June 14, 2023|access-date=June 21, 2023}}

= June =

  • June 6 – Out-of-control wildfires burn in nearly every single province and territory. By the end of the season, which began early and ended late, 184,493 square kilometres burned in Canada, the equivalent of nearly 1.5 times the size of the Maritime Provinces.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-16 |title=Canada's top 10 weather stories of 2023 |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/top-ten-weather-stories/2023.html |agency=Government of Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada}}
  • June 8 – Smoke from several wildfires in Ontario and Québec cause an eery orange sky in New York City sparking "Eh!POCALYPSE NOW" and "BLAME CANADA!" headlines on the cover of the New York Post.{{Cite news |last=Smirlies |first=Justin |date=June 8, 2023 |title='Blame Canada!' Wildfire smoke from Quebec, Ontario has Americans seeing red (and orange) |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/world/blame-canada-wildfire-smoke-from-quebec-ontario-has-americans-seeing-red-and-orange/article_4a135d82-7e6c-5a74-80d3-248d5f614279.html |work=Toronto Star}}
  • June 11 – Nick Taylor becomes the first Canadian citizen to win the Canadian Open since 1954.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/golf/golf-canadian-open-final-round-june-11-1.6872805|title=B.C. golfer Nick Taylor 1st Canadian to win Canadian Open since 1954, prevailing in playoff|first=Myles|last=Dichter|website=CBC.ca|date=June 11, 2023|access-date=June 12, 2023}}
  • June 15 – A vehicle collision between a handi-transit bus and a semi-truck occurs on the Trans-Canada Highway near Carberry, Manitoba, killing 17 seniors and injuring 8 others.{{Cite web |last=Gowriluk |first=Caitlyn |date=June 15, 2023 |title=15 confirmed dead after collision between bus carrying seniors and semi in southwestern Manitoba: RCMP |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/crash-carberry-manitoba-1.6877826 |website=CBC News}}{{Cite web |last=Vadeboncoeur |first=Dan |date=July 17, 2023 |title=17th Carberry, Man., bus crash victim dies: RCMP |url=https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/17th-carberry-man-bus-crash-victim-dies-rcmp-1.6481941 |website=CTV News}}
  • June 18
  • Titan, a submersible carrying five people, goes missing in the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland.{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/missing-titanic-tourist-submersible-timeline/story?id=100265183|title=A timeline of the missing Titanic tourist submersible|publisher=ABC News|first=Morgan|last=Winsor|date=June 21, 2023|access-date=June 21, 2023}} The submersible imploded, killing everyone in it.{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/catastrophic-implosion-titan-submersible-occupants-died-instantly-100346242|title=What happens during a catastrophic implosion? Titan submersible occupants likely died instantly|website=ABC News|date=June 23, 2023|access-date=July 24, 2023}}
  • Canada reaches the 2023 CONCACAF Nations League final, their first final in a CONCACAF tournament since the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup. However, they lose to the United States 2–0.
  • June 19 – Federal by-elections are held in:{{Cite web |title=FAQs on the Federal By-Elections on June 19, 2023 |url=https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=vot&dir=faq&document=faq2023by&lang=e |website=Elections Canada}}
  • Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount
  • Oxford
  • Portage—Lisgar
  • Winnipeg South Centre
  • June 24 – Provincial by-elections in British Columbia are held in:{{Cite news |last=Harnett |first=Cindy |date=28 May 2023 |title=Byelection called for Langford-Juan de Fuca, John Horgan's former seat |work=Times Colonist |url=https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/byelection-called-for-langford-juan-de-fuca-john-horgans-former-seat-7060920 |access-date=11 December 2023}}{{Cite news |title=Byelections called for Vancouver-Mount Pleasant, Langford-Juan de Fuca |work=British Columbia Government News |url=https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2023PREM0033-000831 |access-date=11 December 2023}}
  • Langford-Juan de Fuca
  • Vancouver-Mount Pleasant
  • June 26 – Olivia Chow wins the 2023 Toronto mayoral by-election, becoming the first visible minority person and the first woman to lead the city post-amalgamation.{{cite web|url=https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/olivia-chow-elected-mayor-of-toronto-1.6456998|title=

Olivia Chow elected mayor of Toronto|first=Joshua|last=Freeman|publisher=CTV News|date=June 26, 2023|access-date=June 27, 2023}}

  • June 28 – A professor and two students are stabbed during a gender issues philosophy class at the University of Waterloo.{{cite news |title= A professor and two students were stabbed during class at Canada's university of Waterloo, police say. A suspect is in custody |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2023/06/29/americas/canada-waterloo-university-stabbing/index.html |work= CNN}}

= July =

  • July 2 – A ban on the testing of cosmetic products on animals is imposed by the government.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}
  • July 5 – The Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrests Patrick Gordon Macdonald, the chief propagandist for neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division, and charges him on three counts of terrorism.{{Cite web |last=Lamoureux |first=Mack |date=2023-07-05 |title=Canadian Police Just Arrested Influential Neo-Nazi 'Dark Foreigner' |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/dark-foreigner-arrested-canada-terrorism/ |access-date=2023-07-06 |website=Vice |language=en}}
  • July 24 – 2023 Calgary Heritage federal by-election is held.{{Cite news |last=Tran |first=Paula |date=18 June 2023 |title=Federal byelection called for Calgary Heritage |work=Global News |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/9776854/calgary-heritage-federal-byelection-2023/ |access-date=14 December 2023}}
  • July 27: Provincial by-elections in Ontario are held in:{{Cite news |last=Duffy |first=Andrew |date=15 July 2023 |title=PC candidate a no-show at Kanata-Carleton debate |work=Ottawa Citizen |url=https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/pc-candidate-a-no-show-at-kanata-carleton-debate |access-date=13 December 2023}}{{Cite web |title=Important dates for the By-elections |url=https://www.elections.on.ca/en/political-entities-in-ontario/important-dates-for-the-by-elections.html |access-date=13 December 2023 |website=Elections Ontario}}
  • Kanata-Carleton
  • Scarborough-Guildwood

= August =

  • August 23 – Saskatchewan follows New Brunswick's Policy 713 changes and implements a policy that requires parental consent when students under 16 years old wish to change their gender pronouns.{{Cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/9915390/sask-joins-new-brunswick-in-changes-to-lgbtq-inclusion-policy-in-schools/|title=Saskatchewan joins N.B. in changes to LGBTQ inclusion policy in schools - New Brunswick {{pipe}} Globalnews.ca|website=Global News}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-saskatchewan-new-brunswick-naming-changes-means-life-or-death-for/|title=Saskatchewan, New Brunswick naming changes means 'life or death' for trans students, minister says|newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=August 31, 2023|via=www.theglobeandmail.com}}{{Cite web |title=Teen Gender Identity Policy |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/nb-teen-gender-identiy-policy-sask-1.6954841 |website=www.cbc.ca}}{{cite news |last1=Hantiuk |first1=Paul |title=This teen worries N.B.'s gender identity policy change started a chain reaction |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/nb-teen-gender-identiy-policy-sask-1.6954841 |access-date=3 September 2023 |work=CBC |date=September 1, 2023}}

= September =

  • September 2 – Canadian Indian residential school gravesites: During four weeks over the summer of 2023, the Pine Creek First Nation team sent to the site performed an excavation of some of the anomalies, but found no human remains.{{cite web |title=No bodies found in alleged mass graves of Canada's residential schools' victims |url=https://tvpworld.com/72452350/no-bodies-found-in-alleged-mass-graves-of-canadas-residential-schools-victims |website=tvpworld.com |access-date=2 September 2023}}
  • September 7–17 – 2023 Toronto International Film Festival.
  • September 9 – At the Conservative Party of Canada 2023 policy convention, delegates voted 69%-31% to ban under 18 year olds from having gender-affirming care such as surgical interventions.{{Cite news |last=Tasker |first=John Paul |date=9 September 2023 |title=Conservatives approve policies to limit transgender health care for minors, end race-based hiring |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/conservative-policy-convention-transgender-1.6961991 |access-date=29 April 2024 |work=CBC News}}{{Cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/9950302/poilievre-social-issues-distraction/|title='Social' issues distract from Poilievre's focus on economy, affordability - National {{pipe}} Globalnews.ca|website=Global News}}{{Cite web |last=Lévesque |first=Catherine |date=9 September 2023 |title=Conservatives pass resolutions on cultural issues amid heated debate {{pipe}} National Post |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/conservatives-close-convention-voting-on-policy-changes-stance-on-gender-issues |website=National Post}}
  • September 10 – Canada wins bronze after defeating the United States 127–118 in overtime at the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup, their first medal in the event.
  • September 14–21 – 2023 Atlantic International Film Festival.
  • September 16–24 – 2023 Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival.
  • September 18 – 2023 India-Canada diplomatic crisis: The Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau stated that Canadian intelligence has identified a credible link between the Hardeep Singh Nijjar murder and the Indian government and that he had brought this up to his counterpart Narendra Modi at the 2023 G20 New Delhi summit, calling on India to cooperate with Canada in investigating the murder.{{cite news |last1=Yousif |first1=Nadine |title=India could be behind killing of Canadian Sikh - Trudeau |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66848041 |access-date=18 September 2023 |work=BBC News |date=18 September 2023}} In response to the alleged killing, the Canadian foreign minister Mélanie Joly ordered the expulsion of a top Indian diplomat in Canada named Pavan Kumar Rai, who headed the operations of the Research and Analysis Wing, India's external intelligence agency, in Canada.{{Cite news |last=Tasker |first=John Paul |date=18 September 2023 |title=Trudeau accuses India's government of involvement in killing of Canadian Sikh leader |work=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-indian-government-nijjar-1.6970498}}
  • September 20 – Ford Motor Company and the auto workers union Unifor reach a deal which averts a labor strike. The deal is predicted to influence the resolution of the American United Auto Workers' strike against the big three major American auto makers.{{Cite web |date=2023-09-20 |title=UAW strike: Ford, Canadian workers reach deal; GM, UAW gap 'is very big,' source says |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/uaw-strike-ford-canadian-workers-reach-deal-gm-uaw-gap-is-very-big-source-says-175602964.html |access-date=2023-09-20 |website=Yahoo Finance |language=en-US}}
  • September 21–October 1 – 2023 Calgary International Film Festival.
  • September 22 – Yaroslav Hunka, a Ukrainian-Canadian World War II veteran of the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician), was in the House of Commons. He had been invited by Anthony Rota, the speaker of the House of Commons. Rota recognized Hunka's presence and praised him. Hunka received a standing ovation. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy was there and took part in the standing ovation. The event was controversial. Within the next several days, Rota apologized and resigned.{{cite web|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/anthony-rota-resigns-as-house-speaker-amid-condemnation-for-inviting-nazi-veteran-to-parliament-1.6577796|title=Anthony Rota resigns as House Speaker amid condemnation for inviting Nazi veteran to Parliament|first=Rachel|last=Aiello|website=CTV News|date=September 26, 2023|access-date=September 26, 2023}}
  • September 28–October 8 – 2023 Vancouver International Film Festival.

= October =

  • October 2 – 2023 Jean-Talon provincial by-election.
  • October 3 – The 2023 Manitoba general election is held, resulting in Wab Kinew and the Manitoba New Democratic Party winning a majority government.{{cite web |title=NDP wins Manitoba election as Wab Kinew set to become first First Nation provincial premier in Canada |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-ndp-wins-manitoba-election-as-wab-kinew-set-to-become-first-first/ |access-date=2025-05-19 |author=Carrie Tait |website=Globe and Mail}}
  • October 13–15 – The 2023 Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador leadership election was held. Tony Wakeham is chosen leader, on the second ballot.{{cite web |title=Tony Wakeham wins PC leadership, setting stage for next election |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/tory-leadership-newfoundland-labrador-1.6995742 |access-date=2025-05-19 |author=Elizabeth Whitten |website=CBC News}}
  • October 19 – Canada withdraws 41 diplomats from India due to India's decision to revoke the diplomats' immunity following the death of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar.{{Cite web |title=Canada Withdraws 41 Diplomats From India Amid Huge Diplomatic Row |url=https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/canada-forced-to-repatriate-41-diplomats-from-india-foreign-minister-4498288 |access-date=2023-10-20 |website=NDTV.com}}
  • October 29 – In Ottawa, a pro-Palestinian protest is held calling for the Canadian government to help push for a ceasefire to the Gaza war.{{Cite web |date=2023-10-29 |title=Massive pro-Palestine rally in Ottawa calls on Canadian government to push for ceasefire |url=https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/massive-pro-palestine-rally-in-ottawa-calls-on-canadian-government-to-push-for-ceasefire-1.6622317 |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=Ottawa |language=en}}
  • October 31 – Joan Kingston, Rodger Cuzner, Réjean Aucoin, Krista Ann Ross, John M. McNair are appointed to the Senate of Canada.{{Cite web |last=Office |first=Prime Minister's |title=Prime Minister announces the appointment of senators |url=https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/prime-minister-announces-the-appointment-of-senators-827112400.html |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=Newswire.ca |language=en}}

= November =

  • November 14 – The 2023 Northwest Territories general election is held.
  • November 19 – The 110th Grey Cup in Hamilton, Ontario, was won by the Montreal Alouettes, 28–24, against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.{{cite web|url=https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/montreal-alouettes-beat-winnipeg-blue-bombers-28-24-to-win-grey-cup-1.6651796|title=Montreal Alouettes beat Winnipeg Blue Bombers 28-24 to win Grey Cup|website=CTV News|date=November 19, 2023|access-date=November 19, 2023}}
  • November 21 – The first of a series of province-wide strikes during the 2023 Quebec public sector strikes.{{cite news |last1=Laframboise |first1=Kalina |title=Quebec teachers, public sector workers begin 3-day strike. Here's what is going on {{!}} Globalnews.ca |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/10105448/quebec-public-sector-strike-nov-21-2023/ |work=Global News |date=November 21, 2023}}
  • November 22 – A single car crashed and exploded approaching the Rainbow Bridge border crossing in Niagara Falls, New York, killing its two occupants. Canada–United States border and related security was briefly heightened. Contrary to some initial public concerns about terrorism, investigation soon determined the likely cause was driver recklessness.{{Cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/explosion-us-canada-border-caused-by-reckless-driver-sources-2023-11-22/ |title=Explosion at US-Canada border caused by reckless driver |date=November 22, 2023 |publisher=Reuters |access-date=November 27, 2023}}

= December =

  • December 2 – Bonnie Crombie wins the 2023 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election.{{cite web|url=https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/bonnie-crombie-wins-ontario-liberal-leadership-1.6670685|title=Bonnie Crombie wins Ontario Liberal leadership after 3 rounds of voting|website=CTV News|date=December 2, 2023|access-date=December 3, 2023}}
  • December 7 – Cindy Woodhouse is elected as national chief of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN).{{Cite news |last=Forester |first=Brett |date=December 7, 2023 |title=Cindy Woodhouse wins election for Assembly of First Nations national chief |work=CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/afn-national-chief-winner-1.7051907 |access-date=December 8, 2023}}
  • December 28 – Mary Simon announces 78 new appointments to the Order of Canada.{{Cite news |last=Zimonjic |first=Peter |date=28 December 2023 |title=Gov. Gen. Mary Simon announces 78 new appointments to Order of Canada |work=CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/order-of-canada-dec-2023-1.7065562 |access-date=28 December 2023}}

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