1992 In Canada ,
Other Events Of 1993 ,
1994 In Canada and the
List Of 'years In Canada' .
- January 25 - Catherine Callbeck becomes premier of Prince Edward Island , she is the first female premier elected in Canadian history. replacing Joe Ghiz
- February 24 - Brian Mulroney announces his resignation as Prime Minister
- March 4 - Canadian soldiers shoot and kill a Somali man outside their base in Somalia
- March 16 - Canadian soldiers beat to death Shidane Arone , a Somali teenager, in Somalia.
- March 18 - Master Corporal Clayton Matchee is arrested in connection with Arone's death
- April 2 - The Farm Credit Corporation Act is passed
- June - The Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act and the Nunavut Act are passed leading to the eventual creation of Nunavut in 1999
- June 11 - John Savage becomes premier of Nova Scotia , replacing Donald Cameron
- 's PCs win a seventh consecutive majority
- June 25 - Kim Campbell becomes prime minister, replacing Brian Mulroney . She is the first woman to be the country's head of government
- September 16 - Canadian forces engage in an intensive firefight with Croatia n forces during Operation Medak Pocket
- October 4 - The Krever Inquiry into Canada's Blood system begins
- October 14 - The Tories release an Election Ad that many see as mocking Jean Chrétien 's facial paralysis. See 1993 Chrétien Ad .
- October 23 - The Toronto Blue Jays win back-to-back World Series , the first on Canadian soil, as Joe Carter hit the series winning homerun, becoming the second person to ever do so.
- 's Liberals win a majority, defeating Kim Campbell's PCs, which are reduced to two seats. Campbell loses her own seat. The Bloc Québécois form the official opposition
- November 4 - Jean Chrétien sworn in as prime minister, replacing Kim Campbell
- A cow suffering from Mad Cow Disease is found in Alberta it and its herd are slaughtered
- Canadian Major-General Romeo Dallaire appointed commander of the U.N. forces in Rwanda
- Ben Johnson is permanently banned from international competition after again testing positive for banned substances
- Gary Bettman becomes commissioner of the National Hockey League
- Margaret Atwood , '' The Robber Bride ''
- Réjean Ducharme , ''Dévadé''
- Dave Duncan , ''The Stricken Field''
- William Gibson , ''Virtual Light''
- Michael Ignatieff , ''Scar Tissue''
- Thomas King , ''One Good Story, That One''
- Antonine Maillet , ''Le nuit des roi''
- Yann Martel , '' The Facts Behind The Helsinki Roccamatios ''
- Farley Mowat , ''My Father's Son''
- Robert J. Sawyer , ''Fossil Hunter''
- Jeffrey Simpson , ''Faultines, Struggling for a Canadian Vision''
- Bryan Adams , '' So Far So Good ''
- Jann Arden , '' Time For Mercy ''
- The Band , '' Jericho ''
- Big Sugar , ''Five Hundred Pounds''
- Blinker The Star , ''Blinker the Star''
- Blue Rodeo , '' Five Days In July ''
- Cowboy Junkies , '' Pale Sun Crescent Moon ''
- Crash Test Dummies , '' God Shuffled His Feet ''
- Crash Vegas , ''Stone''
- Cub , ''Betti-Cola''
- Céline Dion , '' The Colour Of My Love ''
- Doughboys , ''Crush''
- Eric's Trip , '' Love Tara ''
- Lawrence Gowan , ''...but you can call me Larry''
- Great Big Sea , '' Great Big Sea ''
- Grievous Angels , ''Watershed''
- Hart-Rouge , ''Blue Blue Windows''
- The Headstones , ''Picture of Health''
- I Mother Earth , ''Dig''
- The Inbreds , ''Hilario''
- Intermix , '' Phaze Two ''
- Junkhouse , ''Here Lies Happiness'' and ''Strays''
- King Cobb Steelie , ''King Cobb Steelie''
- The Look People , ''Crazy Eggs''
- Lost Dakotas , ''Sun Machine''
- Sarah McLachlan , '' Fumbling Towards Ecstasy ''
- Me Mom & Morgentaler , ''Shiva Space Machine''
- Moxy Früvous , '' Bargainville ''
- Odds , '' Bedbugs ''
- The Pursuit Of Happiness , ''The Downward Road''
- The Rankin Family , ''North Country''
- Rose Chronicles , ''Dead and Gone to Heaven''
- Rush , '' Counterparts ''
- Jane Siberry , '' When I Was A Boy ''
- Skydiggers , '' Just Over This Mountain ''
- Spirit Of The West , '' Faithlift ''
- The Tea Party , '' Splendor Solis ''
- 13 Engines , ''Perpetual Motion Machine''
- Shania Twain , '' Shania Twain ''
- Voivod , ''The Outer Limits''
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