1991 In Canada ,
Other Events Of 1992 ,
1993 In Canada and the
Timeline Of Canadian History .
See also: 1992 Canadian Incumbents
- becomes the first Canadian woman in space.
- February 8 - February 23 - 1992 Winter Olympics are held in Albertville, France . Canada finishes ninth in the medal count.
- May - GSC expedition sets official elevation of Mount Logan to 5,959m.
- May 7 - 3 employees are murdered and 1 permanently disabled during a robbery at a McDonald's restaurant in Sydney River, Nova Scotia
- May 9 - 26 miners are killed in the Westray Mine Disaster
- July 1 - The Vandoos launch a successful operation to secure control of Sarajevo 's airport
- July 2 - a two-year shutdown of the Cod fishery is announced
- July 25 - August 9 - Canada competes in the 1992 Summer Olympics
- August 12 - the details of NAFTA are released
- August 22 - the final draft of the Charlottetown Accord , a proposed package of constitutional amendments, is released
- August 24 - Mechanical Engineering Professor Valery Fabrikant opens fire at Concordia University in Montreal killing four people
- October 8 - The modern-day Ottawa Senators play their first game in the National Hockey League , defeating the Montreal Canadiens
- October 24 - the Toronto Blue Jays become the first non- US team to win the World Series
- October 26 - the Charlottetown Accord is rejected in a nationwide referendum
- October - The ban on Homosexual s in the Canadian military is lifted, following a legal challenge by Michelle Douglas .
- November 7 - John Ostashek becomes government leader of the Yukon , replacing Tony Penikett
- November 12 - a referendum endorsing the creation of Nunavut is successful in the Northwest Territories
- December 15 - the first members of the Canadian Airborne Regiment arrive in Somalia on an ill-fated humanitarian mission
- December 16 - Ralph Klein succeeds Don Getty as Premier Of Alberta
- December 17 - Prime Minister Brian Mulroney signs the NAFTA deal
- win 24-10 over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- win 31-0 over the St. Mary's Huskies
- Rudolph A. Marcus wins the Nobel Prize for Chemistry
- Agriculture Canada introduces a national BSE prevention program
- Delwin Vriend , an Alberta teacher, wins a court case against the Alberta Human Rights Commission regarding the status of LGBT persons under the province's human rights legislation. The case was appealed to the Alberta Court Of Appeal ; see 1994 In Canada .
- Michael Ondaatje 's ''The English Patient'' wins the prestigious Booker Prize , the first Canadian to do so
- See 1992 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
- , ''Such a Long Journey''
- , ''Wiles of Girlhood''
- , ''Covering Rough Ground''
- , ''Prayers of a Very Wise Child''
- , ''The English Patient''
- Alanis , '' Now Is The Time ''
- Barenaked Ladies , '' Gordon ''
- Beau Dommage , '' Beau Dommage Au Forum ''
- Blue Rodeo , '' Lost Together ''
- Bootsauce , '' Bull ''
- La Bottine Souriante , '' Jusqu'aux P'tites Heures ''
- Bourbon Tabernacle Choir , ''Superior Cackling Hen''
- The Box , ''Decade of the Box''
- Change Of Heart , ''Smile''
- Leonard Cohen , '' The Future ''
- Cowboy Junkies , '' Black Eyed Man ''
- 54-40 , '' Dear Dear ''
- Front Line Assembly , '' Tactical Neural Implant ''
- Hart-Rouge , ''Le dernier mois de l'année''
- HHead , ''Fireman''
- Intermix , '' Intermix ''
- Jr. Gone Wild , ''Pull the Goalie''
- Lava Hay , ''With a Picture in Mind''
- Leslie Spit Treeo , '' Book Of Rejection ''
- Martha And The Muffins , '' Modern Lullaby ''
- Moxy Früvous , '' Moxy Früvous ''
- Sarah McLachlan , '' Live EP ''
- The Northern Pikes , ''Neptune''
- The Nylons , ''Live to Love''
- The Rankin Family , ''Fare Thee Well Love''
- Rheostatics , '' Whale Music ''
- Jane Siberry , '' A Collection 1984-1989 '' and '' Summer In The Yukon ''
- Skydiggers , '' Restless ''
- Sloan , '' Peppermint '' and '' Smeared ''
- The Tragically Hip , '' Fully Completely ''
- The Waltons , ''Lik My Trakter''
- The Watchmen , ''mclarenfurnaceroom''
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