2009 in Canada

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Events from the year 2009 in Canada.

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Events

[edit] January to March

• January 5 - Forth explosion from 2008-09 British Columbia pipeline bombings destroyed a metering shed near the community of Tomslake, British Columbia.^[1]
• January 8 - Large amount of gang violence in Vancouver starts.
• January 15 - A large blackout hits Toronto effecting an estimated 250,000 people.^[2]
• January 26 - The 40th Canadian Parliament reopens for its second session after a two-month prorogation. Governor General Michaëlle Jean reads the Speech from the Throne.
• January 27 - Finance Minister Jim Flaherty presents the 2009 Canadian federal budget to the Canadian House of Commons.
• January 28 - Opposition Leader Michael Ignatieff announces the support of the Liberal Party for the budget on the condition that his amendment is included.
• January 28 - The first of the 2009 Canadian Tamil protests begin in front of the Consulate General office of Sri Lanka in Toronto.^[3]
• January 29 - 2008-09 York University Strike comes to an end with a count of 42-8 ending the strike.
• February 19 - American President Barack Obama made his first foreign trip by visiting Canada.^[4]
• February 22 - FV Monte Galineiro the Spanish fishing vessel sank off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador.
• March 12 - A Helicopter Crash off the coast of Newfoundland kills.
• March 17 - Former U.S. President George W. Bush gave a talk in Calgary, Alberta.^[5]
• March 29 - Researchers from the University of Toronto discover GhostNet.

[edit] April to June

• April 2 - Stephen Harper attends the 2009 G-20 London summit.
• April 6 - Tamil protestors gather at Parliament Hill, Ottawa for a non-stop, continuous protest requesting Harper to call for a ceasefire to the Sri Lankan Civil War. Six people begin their own hunger strikes.
• April 8 - Victoria "Tori" Stafford is abducted Oliver Stephens Public School in Woodstock, Ontario.
• April 26 - First cases of the 2009 swine flu outbreak are confirmed in Canada.
• April 28 - Canada reports its first death from 2009 swine flu outbreak^[6]
• April 30 - Liberal Party of Canada leadership convention, 2009 is held in Vancouver, British Columbia.
• May 20 - Two people, Michael Thomas Rafferty, and Terri-Lyne McClintic are charged with the abduction and murder of Victoria "Tori" Stafford.
• May 25 - Second death from the 2009 swine flu outbreak is confirmed in Ontario.
• June 1 - Third death from the 2009 swine flu outbreak is confirmed in Ontario.
• June 8 - Fourth death from the 2009 swine flu outbreak is confirmed in Quebec.
• June 10 - Fifth death from the 2009 swine flu outbreak is confirmed in Quebec.
• June 13 - Sixth death from the 2009 swine flu outbreak is confirmed in Quebec.
• June 14 - Seventh death from the 2009 swine flu outbreak is confirmed in Quebec.

[edit] Predicted and scheduled events

[edit] July to December

• July 26 - The Trophée des Champions Final will be hosted in Montreal.
• August 6 - The 67th World Science Fiction Convention is set to be held in Montreal, Quebec at the Palais des congrès de Montréal.
• August 12 - 2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships is set to begin in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia on Lake Banook.
• September 21 - The 2009 Polaris Music Prize will be presented in Toronto.
• October 12 - The Canadian National Challenge Cup 2009 is set to be held in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

[edit] Arts and literature

• March 6 - Art and Social Responsibility The Interdependence of the Arts and Civil Society conference is held in Toronto, Ontario.

[edit] Film

• April 4 - The 29th Genie Awards are held at the Canadian Aviation Museum in Ottawa, Ontario.

[edit] Music

• March 29 - The Juno Awards of 2009 are held in Vancouver, hosted by Russell Peters.

[edit] Television

[edit] Sport

[edit] January to July

• January 4 - The 2009 World U-17 Hockey Challenge is held in several cities in the Lower Mainland.
• January 6 - Team Canada wins the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships for the 5th time in a row.
• February 4 - The 2009 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships is held in Vancouver.
• March 12 - The 2009 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships are held in Richmond, BC.
• April 13 - The 2009 Allan Cup is held in Steinbach, Manitoba.^[7]

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

[edit] January

• January 8 - Richard John Neuhaus, churchman and author (b.1936)
• January 10 - Jean Pelletier, politician and Mayor of Quebec City (b.1935)
• January 11 - Daryl Seaman, businessman (b.1922)
• January 20 - Stan Hagen, politician (b.1940)
• January 22 - John Alan Beesley, diplomat and civil servant (b.1927)
• January 23 - Helen Maksagak, politician, first woman and first Inuk Northwest Territories Commissioner (b.1931)
• January 23 - Percy Smith, barrister, lawyer and politician (b.1922)
• January 31 - Thérèse Lavoie-Roux, politician and Senator (b.1928)
• January 31 - Dewey Martin, rock drummer (b.1940)

[edit] February

• February 2 - Russ Germain, radio presenter (b.1947)
• February 5 - John W. Grace, first Privacy Commissioner of Canada (b.1927)
• February 5 - Leo Orenstein, director, producer and writer (b. c1919)
• February 6 - George Karpati, neurologist and neuroscientist (b.1934)
• February 8 - Bob Stephen, Canadian football player (b.1958)
• February 23 - Elizabeth Bradford Holbrook, portrait sculptor (b.1913)
• February 23 - Scott Symons, writer (b.1933)
• February 25 - Molly Kool, North America's first registered female sea captain (b.1916)
• February 27 - James Page Mackey, chief of Toronto Police Service (b.1913)

[edit] March

Gilbert Parent

• March 1 - Alf Pike, ice hockey player and coach (b.1917)
• March 2 - Michael Baker, politician (b.1957)
• March 3 - Gilbert Parent, politician and 33rd Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons (b.1935)
• March 4 - Yvon Cormier, wrestler (b.1938)
• March 9 - Larry Regan, ice hockey player, coach and manager (b.1930)
• March 10 - Tom Hanson, photojournalist (b.1967)
• March 13 - Andrew Martin, wrestler (b.1975)
• March 15 - Edmund Hockridge, singer and actor (b.1919)
• March 17 - Gaston Labrèche, Chief Justice of Quebec Superior Court
• March 18 - Donald Tolmie, politician (b.1923)
• March 21 - Walt Poddubny, ice hockey player and coach (b.1960)
• March 22 - Archie Green, folklorist and musicologist (b.1917)
• March 26 - Shane McConkey, extreme skier and base jumper (b.1969)
• March 29 - Ivor Dent, politician and mayor of Edmonton (b.1924)

[edit] April

• April 2 - Émilie Lavoie, supercentenarian (b.1898)
• April 2 - Albert Sanschagrin, Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec (b.1911)
• April 6 - J. M. S. Careless, historian (b.1919)^[8]
• April 10 - Frank Morris Canadian football player (b.1923)
• April 12 - Danny Cameron, politician (b.1924)
• April 12 - Kent Douglas, ice hockey player and coach (b.1936)
• April 24 - Orville Howard Phillips, politician and Senator (b.1924)
• April 28 - Ted Reynolds, television and radio sportscaster (b.1925)

[edit] May

• May 3 - Renée Morisset, pianist (b.1928)
• May 7 - Robin Blaser, author and poet (b.1925)
• May 7 - Hugh Stansfield, Chief Judge of the Provincial Court of British Columbia (b.1952)
• May 11 - Lude Check, ice hockey player (b.1917)
• May 19 - Clint Smith, ice hockey player and coach (b.1913)
• May 20 - Arthur Erickson, architect and urban planner (b.1924)
• May 22 - Randy Steele, television news reporter (b.1962)
• May 26 - Charles Dalfen, chairperson of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (b.1943)
• May 26 - Peter Zezel, ice hockey player (b.1965)
• May 27 - Abram Hoffer, orthomolecular psychiatrist (b.1917)
• May 28 - Marcel Béliveau, television host, film director and comedian (b.1940)
• May 28 - Lawrence Heisey, businessman (b.1930)
• May 28 - John Tolos, wrestler and wrestling manager (b.1930)
• May 29 - Hank Bassen, ice hockey player (b.1932)

[edit] June

Allan King

• June 3 - David Bromige, poet (b. 1933)
• June 3 - Sam George, native rights activist (b.1952)
• June 3 - Benoit Marleau, actor (b. 1937)
• June 8 - Sheila Finestone, politician and Senator (b. 1927)
• June 8 - Nathan Marsters, ice hockey player (b. 1980)
• June 14 - William McIntyre, Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (1979-1989) (b. 1918)
• June 14 - Angela Coughlan, swimmer and Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1952)
• June 15 - Allan King, film director (b. 1930)
• June 17 - Tony Wong, politician (b. 1948)
• June 17 - Charles A. Barkley, politician, Mayor of South Dundas, Ontario (b. 1950)
• June 20 - Roseanne Allen, Olympic cross-country skier (b. 1954)
• June 21 - Lorena Gale, playwright (b. 1958)
• June 22 - Billy Red Lyons, professional wrestler (b. 1932)
• June 23 - Raymond Berthiaume, jazz musician, singer and record producer (b. 1931)
• June 24 - Roméo LeBlanc, Governor General & politician (b. 1927)
• June 27 - Jackie Washington, blues musician (b. 1919)
• June 28 - Terry Black, singer (b. 1949)
• June 29 - Jan Rubes, Czech-Canadian singer and actor (b. 1920)
• June 29 - Pauline Picard, politician, MP for Drummond (1993–2008) (b. 1947)
• June 29 - Glen Nicoll, farm writer and photojournalist (b. 1953)
• June 29 - Dave Batters, politician, MP for Palliser (2004–2008) (b. 1969)
• June 30 - Dave Batters, former Member of Parliament (b. 1969)
• June 30 - Pauline Picard, former Member of Parliament (b. 1947)

[edit] July

• July 4 - Leo Mol, sculptor (b. 1915)
• July 5 - Waldo Von Erich, professional wrestler (b. 1933)
• July 6 - Martin Streek, disc jockey (b. 1964)

[edit] See also

• Public holidays in Canada

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• English language obituaries on the Web
  • The Globe and Mail: Obituaries