1986 in Canada

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See also: 1985 in Canada, other events of 1986, 1987 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.

[edit] Incumbents

See 1986 Canadian incumbents for more

[edit] Events

January 22 - An investigation determines that a bomb caused the crash of Air India flight 182
January 31 - The Canadian dollar hits an all-time low of 70.2 U.S. cents on international money markets
February 8 - Hinton train collision: 23 people are killed when a VIA Rail train collides with a Canadian National Railway train near Hinton, Alberta
March 15 - In an international women's field hockey match at Wembley Stadium (England) Canada beats England 3 – 1.
May 1 - Shirley Carr becomes the first female head of the Canadian Union of Public Employees
May 2 - Joe Ghiz becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing James Lee
May 2 - The 1986 World Exposition in Vancouver opens.
May 8 - Alberta election: Don Getty's PCs win a fifth consecutive majority, but a smaller majority than before
May 24 - In Calgary, the Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup against the Calgary Flames
May 25 - In Vancouver an attempt is made to assassinate Malkiat Singh Sidhu, a cabinet minister in the Indian state of Punjab
June 14 - An accident involving the "Mindbender" roller coaster at West Edmonton Mall kills three people and seriously injures a fourth
June 19 - The new Competition Act comes into force
June 20 - Jean Drapeau resigns as mayor of Montreal
August 5 - Canada adopts sanctions against South Africa for its apartheid policies
August 6 - Bill Vander Zalm becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing Bill Bennett
August 11 - Tamil refugees are found drifting off the coast of Newfoundland
September 16 - Queen Elizabeth II augments the Coat of Arms of Saskatchewan with a crest and supporters
September 30 - MPs elect the Speaker by secret ballot for the first time.
October 6 - Canada receives a United Nations award for sheltering refugees
October 20 - Saskatchewan election: Grant Devine's PCs win a second consecutive majority
December 8 - The University of Toronto's John C. Polanyi shares the Nobel Prize for chemistry for the development of the chemical laser
Negotiators begin work on what would eventually be the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement
The birds series of Canadian banknotes is released
Supreme Court rules on the RWDSU v. Dolphin Delivery Ltd. case
Conrad Black buys The Daily Telegraph
Dinosaur fossils are found near Parrsboro, Nova Scotia
The Canadian Amateur Football Association is renamed Football Canada