1994 In Canada ,
Other Events Of 1995 ,
1996 In Canada and the
List Of 'years In Canada' .
- January 5 - Rogers Communications withdraws the unpopular Negative Option Billing system after widescale consumer protest
- January 7 - The opening of Parliament is televised for the first time
- January 18 - A video of the Canadian Airborne Regiment 's brutal hazing rituals is made public
- January 23 - As a result of the Somalia Affair and the video the Airborne Regiment is disbanded
- January 23 - Guy Paul Morin 's conviction for murder that had seen him jailed for 11 years is overturned
- February 21 - The inquiry into the April 1994 uprising in the Kingston Prison For Women rules that authorities used excessive force in putting it down
- February 23 - American President Bill Clinton addresses Parliament
- March 9 - As part of Brian Tobin 's Turbot War Canadian officials seize the Spanish trawler the '' Estai ''
- March 11 - '' The Globe And Mail '' publishes an investigative piece by Gerald Hannon , alleging that Julian Fantino 's "Project Guardian" Child Pornography investigation in London, Ontario is a deliberately falsified attempt to harass members of the city's Gay community
- March 15 - Former Nova Scotia Premier Gerald Regan is charged with child abuse
- March 18 - March 27 - A major rail Strike occurs; the workers are eventually legislated back to work
- March 20 - Erichs Tobias is accused of War Crime s
- March 27 - Bell Canada announces major job cuts
- March 31 - Perrin Beatty appointed head of the CBC
- April - Chapters is officially incorporated
- April 5 - Mark Chahal kills 10 people in Vernon, British Columbia
- April 9 - Steve Stavro buys Maple Leaf Gardens from Harold Ballard 's estate
- April 16 the Turbot War ends as Canada and the European Union reach an agreement
- April 26 - Direct-to-home Satellite Television is made legal in Canada
- May 9 - The law against Homosexual Adoption is struck down
- May 18 - The trial of Paul Bernardo begins
- May 25 - '' Egan V. Canada '' - Supreme Court Of Canada rules that sexual orientation is a prohibited grounds of discrimination under the Canadian Charter Of Rights And Freedoms .
- May 31 - The RCMP announce a $1 million reward in Air India Flight 182 case and restarts its investigation.
- June 6 - Labatt is sold to a Belgian company
- 's PCs win a majority, defeating Bob Rae 's NDP
- June 9 - Flood s in Medicine Hat, Alberta force the evacuation of over 5000 people
- June 13 - A strict new Gun Control law is passed banning most handguns and forcing all rifles to be registered
- June 15 - June 17 - The G-7 meet in Halifax, Nova Scotia
- 's NDP win a second consecutive majority
- June 28 - Mike Harris becomes premier of Ontario , replacing Bob Rae
- July 17 - Christine Silverberg becomes Canada's first female police chief when she is promoted to that position in Calgary
- July 20 - In Hill V. Church Of Scientology Of Toronto the Supreme Court upholds Canada's largest ever Libel award
- July 27 - Thomson Corp. agrees to sell 27 Canadian newspapers to Hollinger Inc.
- August 1 - Popular Ottawa sportscaster Brian Smith is shot in the parking lot of CJOH by escaped mental patient Jeffrey Arenburg ; Smith dies in hospital the following day.
- August 11 - The first ever fatal accident aboard a Toronto Transit Commission Subway kills three
- September 1 - Paul Bernardo is found guilty of the kidnapping, rape, and murder of Leslie Mahaffy and Kristen French
- September 6 - The government announces plans to sell off most of its remaining holdings in Petro-Canada
- October 14 - Alexa McDonough is elected head of the NDP , replacing Audrey McLaughlin
- October 26 - The Cree of Quebec hold a plebiscite voting overwhelmingly to stay in Canada
- October 27 - A massive rally is held in Montreal by the No side in the referendum
- October 30 - The 1995 Quebec Referendum is held on separation. The No side narrowly wins.
- October 31 - Newfoundland passes a constitutional amendment to overhaul its school system
- November 4 - Radarsat , Canada's first observation satellite is launched
- November 5 - André Dallaire breaks into 24 Sussex Drive and the Prime Minister fends him off with an Inuit sculpture
- November 5 - Paul Bernardo is declared a Dangerous Offender , meaning he will be ineligible for parole
- November 11 - Journalist Judy Steed , in a conference speech, attacks the chair of Ryerson University 's journalism program for employing Gerald Hannon as a part-time instructor; the controversy spans the next three weeks.
- November 15 - British Columbia premier announces his resignation because of the Bingogate scandal.
- November 20 - Former PM Brian Mulroney sues the government over the Airbus Affair
- November 22 - Don Morin becomes premier of the Northwest Territories, replacing Nellie Cournoyea
- November 23 - Jean Chrétien unveils a law that would give each of Canada's four regions a constitutional veto. The West complains that it deserves more than one.
- November 28 - Canadian National Railway , the nation's largest Crown Corporation and one of the largest state-run enterprises in the industrialized world is privatized
- December - Representatives of aboriginal peoples gather and issue the Sacred Assembly Proclamation ; from this was developed the Reconciliation Proclamation and the Statement Of Principles And Priorities .
- December 6 - The Toonie is introduced
- December 6 - Canada agrees to send 1000 Peacekeepers to Bosnia
- December 7 - The Montreal Canadiens trade Patrick Roy to the Colorado Avalanche
- December 11 - Voters in what will become Nunavut select Iqaluit as the capital of the new territory
- December 20 - Lieutenant General Jean Boyle becomes Chief Of The Defence Staff
- December 21 - The Krever Commission holds its final hearings
- December 28 - Premier of Newfoundland Clyde Wells announces his retirement
- January 28 - George Woodcock , author
- February 23 - Murray Cotterill , labour leader
- April 23 - Douglas Lloyd Campbell , Manitoba politician
- May 6 - John Black Aird , politician
- July 8 - George Johnson , Manitoba politician
- August 2 - Brian Smith , hockey player and TV sportscaster
- August 25 - Francis Lawrence Jobin , Manitoba politician
- September 3 - Earle Birney , poet
- September 23 - Philip Gaglardi , British Columbia politician
- September 30 - Jean-Luc Pépin , politician
- October 17 - Herbert J. Smith , president of General Electric Canada
- October 26 - Lucie Cavoukian , photographer
- October 27 - Artin Cavoukian , photographer
- November 3 - Gordon S. Fahrni , doctor
- November 13 - Emmett Hall , Supreme Court justice
- November 21 - Bruno Gerussi , actor
- December 2 - Robertson Davies , author
- December 3 - Elsie Knott , first female band chief
- December 4 - Little Beaver , wrestler
- December 17 - Jean Fortier , head of Radio-Canada
- Earle Birney , poet
- John Peters Humphrey , legal scholar
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